This is the Lagoon Nebula, also in Sagittarius as a bonus, there's a small globular cluster in the lower left.

I haven't posted much lately, so here's something. The Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius.

For some reason, republicans want this video taken down on Twitter and FaceBook. It would be a shame it all of you shared it here too! youtu.be/aK-weXT5HxE

This is from last fall. It's our galactic next door neighbor. The Andromeda galaxy. It's bigger than we are, and in a few billion years, we will merge into it. It's a mere 2,500,000 light years away. It's big in the sky, but too dim. It spans 6 full moons!

This is another image from late January. It's called the Little Pinwheel Galaxy. It's a smaller version of a bigger, closer one. This one is about 40,000,000 light years away. It's what the Milky Way would look like.

This is from late January. It's the Rosette Nebula. It's about 5,000 light years from us. The reddish color is from ionized hydrogen molecules.

I really haven't been posting enough here. Well, today Lincoln just missed a pretty good storm.

So, #FirstLadyElonia is threatening congress?

I feel that I've done my part for the economy. I've been planning to trade-down from my 4x4 pickup. Put a holder on a new Hyundai Venue today (should take delivery this week). Last of my big spends. Done with big spending before getting "tariff-ied" next year. Thanks Brandon!

.... and here's the traditional winter image of the Orion Nebula

Ok, this a recent 2-panel mosaic of the Pleiades.