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How this site works (2026 edition)
This site was rebuilt from scratch after being offline for over a decade. Here's what changed.
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Pelican Nebula & North American Nebula
Experimenting with new image processing techniques.
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Heart Nebula (IC 1805)
Second attempt with a new scope and narrowband filter technique.
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Iris Nebula (NGC 7023)
Located about 1,300 light-years away, one of the faintest objects.
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Western Veil Nebula
A supernova remnant, unlike others formed from a single massive star explosion.
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Dumbbell Nebula
1,300 light-years away. A halo surrounds the luminous structure.
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Lagoon Nebula
4,000 to 5,000 light-years away, spanning 110 x 50 light-years across.
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Great Orion Nebula (second attempt)
1,300 light-years away. Second attempt at this object.
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Bode's Galaxy
12 million light-years away, spanning 90 thousand light-years across.
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Jellyfish Nebula
A supernova remnant roughly 5,000 light-years away.
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Star Cluster in Hercules (M13)
Hundreds of thousands of stars in a globular cluster.
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Crab Nebula
A supernova remnant around 6,500 light-years away.
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Monkey Head Nebula
In the constellation of Orion, around 6,400 light-years away.
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Heart Nebula (mosaic)
7,500 light-years away. If visible to the naked eye, it would be around 4 times the moon's size.
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Rosette Nebula
Thousands of stars in the center were created from the matter of this nebula.
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Horsehead Nebula
Another gem hidden in the constellation of Orion.
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Great Orion Nebula
Around 1,300 light-years away in the constellation of Orion, also known as Mahavyadha — the great hunter in Sanskrit.
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The inner workings of kaiwalya.com
This article covers the implementation and deployment details of this website