Find M4: An easy to spot globular cluster near Antares

Find M4, one of the easiest globular star for beginners to spot, located just next to reddish Antares, the brightest star in Scorpius the Scorpion.

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a galactic neighbor

The Large Magellanic Cloud dwarf galaxy, visible all year round in the Southern Hemisphere, is somewhere between spiral and irregular in shape.

The Small Magellanic Cloud orbits our Milky Way

You need to be in Earth's Southern Hemisphere to see the Small Magellanic Cloud. It looks like a luminous cloud, but it's really a dwarf galaxy.

Exploring the Trifid Nebula

It's a stellar nursery, a cluster of young stars, a bright red emission nebula, a lovely blue reflection nebula, and an interesting dark nebula divided into three …

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