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This is the Rim Nebula! 💖💖💖

This star forming nebula has been drastically shaped by a nearby open star cluster known as NGC 6193. The rampant star formation was caused to a bunch of supernovae taking place during the last batch of stars - meaning that some of these stars are very young (only a few million years old)! 🌃🌃🌃

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Chile Two telescope on February 26th, 2021 at 8:42 UTC.

This is Altair! ✨✨✨

As a part of the Summer Triangle asterism, this is the brightest star in the constellation Aquila. With a mass of almost 2 times the Sun and a rotational speed of 240 km/s, this star is actually more of an oval shape as it flattens out! 🌃🌃🌃

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on June 24th, 2021 at 00:46 UTC. 

This is the Flame Nebula! 🔥🔥🔥

The vibrant clumps of gas in this nebula are assumed to be proplyds, which are disks of gas around young stars that may form planets. This appears to be common all throughout the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, which not only includes the Flame Nebula but also other famous nebulae like the Horsehead Nebula and the Orion Nebula! ✨✨✨

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Chile Two telescope on November 23rd, 2021 at 1:58 UTC.  

This is the Box Nebula AKA The Little Gem Nebula! 📦 💎 📦 💎 📦💎

Although this planetary nebula may look small, it’s around 4 light years across! The unusual shape may be due to its orientation to us… 👀👀👀

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on June 19th, 2020 at 00:02 UTC. 

It’s reptile hours

This is the Skull Nebula! 💀💀💀

The glow of this eerie nebula is perfect for Halloween! This planetary nebula has a binary star system with a third star orbiting it. The beautiful colors of this nebula come from the outer layers of a Sun-like star that died in an explosion! 👻👻👻

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Three telescope on October 28th, 2021 at 1:57 UTC.

February 27, 2021

A week of playing catch-up 

This is the Black Eye Galaxy! 🌌🌌🌌

The disk of this galaxy vigorously produces stars with its rapid inflow of mass into the incredibly active black hole at the center. An inner disk produces this galaxy’s distinct dust lane that gives it its name! 🌃🌃🌃

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on March 7th, 2021 at 4:53 UTC.

14.01.2021 — looking forward to the next semester! i’ve signed up for cs1 and although i have some cs experience outside of school, i’ve never taken an actual cs class before so i’m curious how it’ll go.