Saturn And Mars Visit Milky Way Star Clouds

M8 - Lagoon Nebula Up Close

June is “Lagoon Month” from my latitude.  The June and July New Moons will be dedicated to photographing this photogenic nebula.  I have booked a camping trip in early June, so I should be able to start capturing some more photons then! :)  Here’s my version with limited exposure time from 2013.

Saturn in three bands of infrared light.

NGC 1275 Multi-Wavelength

M8 // Lagoon Nebula (left of center) & M20 // The Trifid (bottom)

Keyhole Nebula, inside the larger Carina Nebula

Carina Nebula clouds. So stunning.

NGC 3576, an emission nebula in the constellation of Carina 6,000 light years away. -image via paulhaese.net

Jupiter’s south pole, taken by Cassini

Orion Nebula from HAWK-1 js

TODAY IN HISTORY: On July 31, 1971, moonwalker Jim Irwin works at the lunar rover the first EVA of the Apollo 15 mission. In the background is Mount Hadley. Photo by Dave Scott. (NASA)