The Astrotourist: By Type

Diffuse Nebulae

Horsehead Nebula

The darker, horsehead-shaped dust cloud (known as Barnard 33) is in front of a larger, luminous nebula (called IC 434).

Horsehead Nebula IC 405

IC 405

The Flaming Star Nebula

IC 5146

The Cocoon Nebula

IC 5146 M8

M8

The Lagoon Nebula

M16

The Eagle Nebula

M16 M20

M20

The Trifid Nebula

M24

Sagittarius Star Cloud

M24 M42

M42

The Orion Nebula is one of the most beautiful diffuse nebulae in the sky.

M78

M78 NGC 281

NGC 281

The Pacman Nebula

NGC 1499

The California Nebula

NGC 1499 NGC 1977

NGC 1977

The Running Man Nebula

NGC 2024

The Flame Nebula

NGC 2024 NGC 2237

NGC 2237

The Rosette Nebula

NGC 2261

Hubble's Variable Nebula

NGC 2261 NGC 2264

NGC 2264

The Christmas Tree Cluster

NGC 2359

Thor's Helmet

NGC 2359 NGC 7000

NGC 7000

The North American Nebula

NGC 7023

The Iris Nebula

NGC 7023

Galaxies

Arp 244

The Antennae

Arp 244 Arp 271

Arp 271

Draco Galaxy Group

NGC 5982 IC 342

IC 342

M31

M31 M33

M33

M51

The canonical spiral galaxy.

M51 M63

M63

The Sunflower Galaxy.

M64

The Black Eye Galaxy.

M64 M65 and M66

M65 and M66

M74

M74 M77

M77

A Seyfert galaxy in Cetus.

M81

Bode's galaxy

M81 M81 and M82

M81 and M82

M81 and M82 are more than 12 million light-years away, and are separated from each other by about 100,000 light-years.

M82

Active galaxy M82.

M82 M83

M83

M88

M88 M94

M94

The Croc's Eye Galaxy.

M94

The Croc's Eye Galaxy.

M94 M101

M101

M104

The Sombrero Galaxy

M104 M106

M106

A Seyfert galaxy in Canes Venatici

NGC 253

NGC 253 NGC 772

NGC 772

NGC 891

An edge-on spiral galaxy

NGC 891 NGC 1300

NGC 1300

NGC 1365

NGC 1365 NGC 2683

NGC 2683

NGC 2775

NGC 2775 NGC 2841

NGC 2841

NGC 2903

NGC 2903 NGC 3184

NGC 3184

NGC 3344

NGC 3344 NGC 3628

NGC 3628

NGC 3718

NGC 3718 NGC 3953

NGC 3953

NGC 4216

NGC 4216 NGC 4535

NGC 4535

NGC 4565

NGC 4565 NGC 4565

NGC 4565

NGC 4725

NGC 4725 NGC 5005

NGC 5005

NGC 5866

NGC 5866 NGC 6946

NGC 6946

NGC 7331

NGC 7331 NGC 7479

NGC 7479

Caldwell 44

Galaxy Clusters

Abell 2151

Abell 2151

Globular Clusters

M13

The Great Hercules Cluster

M13 M15

M15

M15 is a globular cluster in the constellation Pegasus.

Planetary Nebulae

M27

The Dumbbell Nebula.

M27 M57

M57

The Ring Nebula

M97

M97 NGC 1535

NGC 1535

NGC 2392

The Eskimo Nebula

NGC 2392 NGC 7293

NGC 7293

The Helix Nebula

The Solar System

Jupiter

The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is a wonderful target.

Jupiter The Moon

Moon

The magnificent desolation of the lunar surface is visible even through a small telescope.

Saturn

The most beautiful planet, Saturn has been visited by the Cassini spacecraft.

Saturn

Supernova Remnants

M1

The Crab Nebula

M1 NGC 6960

NGC 6960

The Western Veil

NGC 6992

The Eastern Veil

NGC 6992