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02/03/2026

🌕🔴 March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon)

On March 3, 2026, the Moon will pass fully into Earth’s shadow, creating a spectacular total lunar eclipse — the stunning “Blood Moon.” Totality runs from 6:04 AM to 7:05 AM EST, with the greatest eclipse at 6:34 AM, while the full event spans from 4:35 AM to 7:43 AM EST.

The eclipse will be visible in its entirety from western North America, Oceania, and much of Asia. During totality, Earth blocks direct sunlight, but our atmosphere bends red and orange light onto the Moon, giving it that deep crimson glow. Completely safe to watch with the naked eye, this is one of the most beautiful night-sky events of the year. 🌌

02/03/2026

IC 447: Dreyer's Nebula
Anthony Saab (IG: anthonyrsaab)
Canada
Exposure time: 50 hours

01/03/2026

Vela XYZ
Credit: Javier O. Cadenas Parra
Chile

25/02/2026

Abell 209
Constellation: Cetus
Distance: 3 billion light years
RA: 01h 31m 53.00s
Dec: −13° 36′ 34.00″

Abell 209 is a massive, distant galaxy cluster located approximately 2.8 to 3 billion light-years away.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Postman, P. Kelly

24/02/2026

Deep Field: Galaxy Centaurus A
Jean-Christophe Dalouzy et al.
2025 April - September
SADR Remote Observatory, Monte Patria, Chile
87 hours of exposure

24/02/2026

A woodpecker in Chameleon
Credit: Vikas Chander
Chile

22/02/2026

Messier 51 (the Whirlpool Galaxy)
Credit: CAT Astronomy

21/02/2026

OED-1
Credit: Andy Campbell
Australia

18/02/2026

NGC 1333, popularly known as the Embryo Nebula, is one of the closest active star-forming regions to Earth.
It is a reflection nebula located in the constellation Perseus at a distance of approximately 1,000 light-years.
It has a diameter of about 15 light-years.
It is home to hundreds of young stars less than a million years old, many of which are still hidden by dense stellar dust.
It features intense jets of red gas (Herbig-Haro objects) emanating from the newborn stars and colliding with the surrounding gas.
It contains a cluster of about 150 stars divided into two distinct subgroups (north and south).
Scientists believe that the chaotic environment of NGC 1333 is similar to the environment where our own Sun was born 4.5 billion years ago.

Picture by Takashi Moriya
(Nanki Remote Observatory)

17/02/2026

The CG4 nebula, also known as the "Hand of God" or "Jaws of the Beast," is a cometary globule located in the constellation Puppis, about 1.300 light-years from Earth. This cloud of dust and gas is an active star-forming region with a peculiar comet-like shape, with a dense head 1.5 light-years across and a long tail about 8 light-years long.
Although it resembles a comet, it is an immensely larger object, a cloud of interstellar dust rich in material for forming new stars.
The "head" is bright and gaseous, while the tail is long and faint, giving it a menacing or hand-like appearance.
The characteristic shape could be due to erosion caused by radiation from nearby hot stars or be the remnant of a spherical nebula that was destroyed.
Despite appearing bright in images, it is a faint object and difficult to observe.

Picture by Mike Selby

16/02/2026

Messier 21
Constellation: Sagittarius
Distance: 4,000 light years
RA: 18h 04m 13.0s
Dec: −22° 29′ 24″

Messier 21 or M21, also designated NGC 6531 or Webb's Cross, is an open cluster of stars located to the north-east of Sagittarius.

Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA

15/02/2026

Planetary Nebula Shapley 1
Credit: Peter Bresseler
Chile

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