Ophelia

Comet Jacques and Heart Nebula

I thought I was dreaming. What a year. Bye .

star shopping.

Artwork by @elt4nqu3 (2018)

“All of the Stars have a reason”

— Lemony Snicket (via bnmxfld)

— Ada Limón, Bright Dead Things; “What Remains Grows Ravenous”

NGC 2170, Angel Nebula

Most Luminous Stars And Their Absolute Brightness via /r/spaceporn. Picture posted by /u/WeirdSymmetry.

— Annie Proulx

Revealing the Milky Way’s Center : Spitzer Space Telescope’s infrared cameras penetrate much of the dust, revealing the stars of the crowded galactic center region of our Milky Way. (via NASA)

Ghost of the Cepheus Flare

Image Credit: Adam Block, Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, University of Arizona

The Horsehead Nebula : The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most famous nebulae on the sky. It is visible as the dark indentation to the red emission nebula in the center of the above photograph. The horse-head feature is dark because it is really an opaque dust cloud that lies in front of the bright red emission nebula. Like clouds in Earth’s atmosphere, this cosmic cloud has assumed a recognizable shape by chance. After many thousands of years, the internal motions of the cloud will surely alter its appearance. The emission nebula’s red color is caused by electrons recombining with protons to form hydrogen atoms. On the image left is the Flame Nebula, an orange-tinged nebula that also contains filaments of dark dust. Just to the lower left of the Horsehead nebula featured picture is a blueish reflection nebulae that preferentially reflects the blue light from nearby stars. via NASA

— Nayyirah Waheed

Heather Havrilesky, How to Be a Person in the World

— Henry James / The Portrait of a Lady