Monday, October 31, 2011

Spooky Space

Below is a collection of Halloween themed space objects… Enjoy!


The Witches Nebula: Shaped strangely like the head of a witch, this reflection nebula shines brightly in blue because it's reflecting starlight from the large B star Rigel in the constellation Orion.

 
Ghost of the Cepheus Flare: This collection of dust in space is starting to trigger young star formation


Little Ghost Nebula: This strange looking object is a planetary nebula, the result of a star like our sun reaching the end of its life and shedding its outer layers of material.

 
Ghost Head nebula: This star forming region is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.