February 27, 2021

This is the Blue Moon! 🌝✨🌝✨🌝✨

A blue moon occurs when there are more than 1 full moon per month (it’s not actually blue 😭). We were lucky to have it on Halloween since this occurrence is pretty rare: the next time there will be a blue moon on Halloween is 19 years from now! 👻🎃🦇🍬🍭🍫

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on October 31st, 2020 at 23:29 UTC.

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. 

This is the Orion Nebula! ✨✨✨

Recent observations by the Hubble Space Telescope reveal the presence of protoplanetary disks, or proplyds, in the Orion Nebula. Newborn stars form in this beautiful nebula when clumps of hydrogen gas condense and become hot enough for stellar fusion! 💥💥💥

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on January 20th, 2022 at 3:22 UTC.

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.

This is the Lobster Nebula! 🦞🦞🦞

Despite this creative name, there were multiple petitions to change this nebula’s name to the Madokami Nebula (named after a character in the anime Madoka Magica) and the War and Peace Nebula (named after its resemblance to a skull and dove). The core of the nebula is the Pismis-24 cluster containing very massive stars up to 100 solar masses each! ✨✨✨

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on February 26th, 2021 at 8:32 UTC.

🌸 my first time bullet journaling! This was done a while ago! Also this is my first post on tumblr💕 🌸

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This is the Orion Nebula! 🤩🤩🤩

It’s the closest star forming region to Earth and even visible without a telescope. In this image alone, there are almost 3000 stars! ✨✨✨

Some people think the Orion Nebula resembles a turkey - its body is the wide circular part and its head is the small circle off of the nebula. Can you see it? I hope you enjoy this stunning image for Thanksgiving! 🦃🦃🦃

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on November 20th, 2020 at 3:37 UTC.

This is the Gabriela Mistral Nebula! 💫💫💫

Gabriela Mistral is a Chilean poet who was the first Latin American author to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. This nebula has her name because some believe that it resembles her (I honestly don’t know why 😂). Millions of years ago, a deposit of gas resulted in a surge of star formation that heats up and radiates this region today! ✨✨✨

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Chile Two telescope on January 13th, 2021 at 5:17 UTC.

a snom! requested by @cassiapeia

Throwback Thursday!