R136 is the central concentration of stars in the open cluster NGC 2070, which lies at the centre of the Tarantula Nebula. Packed into a… Read More »R136 Cluster: Home of the Most Massive Stars Known
On the night of February 24, 1987, astronomers witnessed something extraordinary: a brilliant supernova visible from Earth without a telescope for the first time in… Read More »Supernova 1987A: A Star’s Final Act That Changed Astronomy
NGC 55 is a Magellanic-type barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation Sculptor. With an apparent magnitude of 7.87 and an apparent size of… Read More »NGC 55 (String of Pearls Galaxy)
The Pavo Galaxy is an intermediate spiral galaxy located approximately 23.63 million light years away in the southern constellation of Pavo (the Peacock). It is… Read More »Pavo Galaxy (NGC 6744)
The Intergalactic Wanderer (NGC 2419) is a distant but relatively bright globular cluster located approximately 275,000 light-years away in the constellation Lynx. With an apparent… Read More »Intergalactic Wanderer (NGC 2419)
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a Magellanic spiral galaxy located 163,000 light-years away. It is the brightest satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and… Read More »Large Magellanic Cloud
The Tarantula Nebula is a vast star-forming region located approximately 160,000 light-years away in the southern constellation Dorado. The region of ionised hydrogen gas is… Read More »Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus)