astrophotography by bill w

The glowing eye nebula, NGC 6751 really looks like an eye to me, complete with a pupil, iris, and reflected light.  Yes, it's a bit bloo...

NGC 6886 is a stellate planetary nebula--it's so small it can't be distinguished from a star.  Here's a grey-scale image which...

M 29 is an open cluster in cygnus: relatively bright, an easy target for a small telescope or binoculars the 5 brightest stars are B0 g...