And from our yard the whole galaxy is visible: breathtaking photos from an amateur astronaut (36 photos)
In 2021, David Joyce, a big fan of everything related to space, decided to get a decent telescope to study the starry sky itself. He then invested in a special astronomical camera and can now capture galaxies, nebulae, star clusters and planets without leaving your backyard. Here are the best photos which he managed to do in a year. 
1. NGC 7000 - North America Nebula 
2. NGC 7380 - Wizard Nebula 
3. IC 434 - Horsehead Nebula 
4. "Wall of the Swan", a fragment of the North America Nebula 
5. M42 - Orion Nebula 
6. M31 - Andromeda Galaxy 
7. IC 1805 - Heart Nebula 
8. IC 1805 - Heart Nebula 
9. NGC 1499 - California Nebula 
10. NGC 7635 - The Bubble Nebula 
11. NGC 7380 - Wizard Nebula 
12. M45 - Pleiades 
13. NGC 281 - Pac-Man Nebula 
14. M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy 
15. M81 - Bode Galaxy 
16. IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula 
17. Loop Nebula in the constellation Cygnus 
18. IC 1396 - Elephant Trunk Nebula 
19. SH2-132 - Leo Nebula 
20. Saturn 
21. NGC 2244 - a star cluster in the Rosette Nebula 
22. SH2-173 - The Phantom of the Opera Nebula 
23. NGC 6888 - Crescent Nebula 
24. NGC 6992 - Part of the Veil Nebula 
25. IC 63 and IC 59 - Ghost of Cassiopeia 
26. IC 1848 - Soul Nebula 
27. NGC 2244 - Rosette Nebula 
28. Galaxy M106 
29. M20 - Triple Nebula 
30. M16 - Eagle Nebula 
31. SH2-129 - Bat Nebula and OU4 - Squid Nebula 
32. M13 is a globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules 
33. M33 - Triangulum Galaxy 
34. M17 - Omega Nebula, also known as the Cygnus Nebula 
35. NGC 1952 - Crab Nebula 
