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