Image Of Saturn Taken By Cassini Spacecraft In October 28, 2016.

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This is the Eagle Nebula! 🦅🦅🦅

This young cluster of stars and the distinct Pillars of Creation at the center of the nebula are located in the constellation of Serpens. These stars, which were formed in the HII region of this nebula, are very massive: some of them are up to 1 million solar luminosities! ✨✨✨

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on May 9th, 2021 at 00:36 UTC. 

there’s a goose on the loose

My favorite bird - it’s so cute!! 😍😍😍

#0026 - Killdeer

We have a lady killdeer who nests in my work parking lot every year and I love her so much. 

This is the Statue of Liberty Nebula! 🗽🗽🗽 (I guess to celebrate the inauguration!)

The dramatic shapes of the nebula are created by young, hot stars that were newly formed through this nebula. Most of the star formation takes place in the dark filaments in this region and it is located just a few thousand light years away from the famous Eta Carinae Nebula (also a prolific star forming region)! ✨✨✨

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Chile Two telescope on January 18th, 2021 at 5:12 UTC.

This is the Eskimo Nebula! ⛄⛄⛄

This nebula is created by the death of a Sun-like star and its strange 2 layered appearance gives it a lot of creative names such as the Clown-Faced Nebula or the Lion Nebula. Even though it looks like the planetary nebula is smooth, the reality is that it has dense filaments of matter all around it! ✨✨✨

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Chile One telescope on December 6th, 2020 at 3:58 UTC.

Unknown Orbit🪐💫 A painting for my first solo exhibition ’Out of this World’ at Gallery Nucleus in November! I hope you like it, I really enjoyed painting this💕✨

This is the Trifid Nebula! ✨✨✨

At the center of this nebula is a group of bright newborn stars that are releasing streams of radiation and sculpting the nebula’s shape. Located next to the famous Lagoon Nebula, the Trifid Nebula is a common target for astrophotographers due to its vibrant colors and high visibility! 💖💖💖

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on June 3rd, 2022 at 1:17 UTC. 

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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.

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This is the Crescent Nebula! 🌙🌙🌙

Happy Valentine’s Day! To celebrate, here is a ❤red❤ emission nebula: its color is created by energized hydrogen. This nebula was formed by a young Wolf-Rayet star blowing stellar wind and when the star became a red giant, it energized the wind! 💫💫💫

Taken by me (Michelle Park) on February 14th, 2021 at 6:51 UTC using the Slooh Canary Two telescope.

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This is Haley’s Coronet! 👑👑👑

The interaction between the larger spiral galaxy and its dwarf galaxy have created plumes of dust around the duo. The process of the larger galaxy eating the smaller one is actually called galactic cannibalism (spooky)! 👻👻👻

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Chile Two telescope on January 13th, 2021 at 3:18 UTC.

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This is the Cat’s Paw Nebula! 🐾🐾🐾

This nebula is glowing due to the interactions between its hot stars and large molecules known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. This makes it particularly bright in the infrared and a common target for astrophotography in the Milky Way galaxy! 🔭🔭🔭

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Chile Two telescope on March 7th, 2021 at 6:38 UTC.

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This is Vega! ✨✨✨

This is the brightest star in the summer constellation Lyra and the 5th brightest star in the night sky. Infrared observations have confirmed a circumstellar disk of dust around this star, similar to the Kuiper Belt around the solar system! 🌃🌃🌃

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on July 5th, 2021 at 22:26 UTC. 

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