MIDNIGHTSKYS
LATEST IMAGES:M13 - "The Great Hercules Star Cluster"
M13 is one of the best known globular star clusters, it conatains hundreds of thousands of stars and is estimated to be around 24 million years old. M13 is one of the jewels of a summer nights sky
Image details: 30 x 5 second exposures
M27 the "dumbell" is a planetary nebular in the constellation Vulpecula and lays 1,250 light years from Earth. The extremly hot blue-ish dwarth star at the centre of the nebular has entered the latter stages of its life cycle and has thrown off its outer layers of atmosphere leaving this expanding cloud of gas and dust.
Image details: 20 x 30 second exposures
M57 the "ring" nebular is another planetary nebular seen this time from end on, seen from the side it would possible resemble M27 above. M57 is in the constellation Lyra and is 2,300 light years from Earth, the "parent" star can be seen at the centre of the nebular
Image details: 20 x 21 second exposures
