Cosmic Genesis

For this weeks Creative Photo, I peered into cosmic genesis and found the likeness of my little cherub gently encouraging infant stars into the Small Magellanic Cloud crèche.

If your curious about this small satellite galaxy NGC 602 (pictured) near the Small Magellanic Cloud it’s 200 thousand light-years distant. Surrounded by natal gas and dust, NGC 602 [...]

NGC 3603 – The Holy Temple of the Galactic Wanderer

On the weekend I wandered around Melbourne with my family. While crossing the street I snapped this photo of the church opposite Federation Square. The background is a Hubble Space Telescope shot of the NGC 3603 star forming region.

(from Wikipedia)

NGC 3603 is a giant H II region[1] in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way [...]