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This star chart for Caldwell 35 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 35

While looking at this image, you have unwittingly become an intergalactic time traveler! Caldwell 35, also known as NGC 4889,...

Large, egg shaped, white galaxy in the center, surrounded by stars and dust, other galaxies behind the center one peppered throughout.

This star chart for Caldwell 34 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 34

The background image shows Caldwell 34 as observed by a ground-based telescope. The inset is a close-up taken by Hubble.

Large pink cloud of dust and gas which form the cygnus loop, in the center a bright white star along with an inset image showing a closer up view taken by Hubble.

Another small portion of Caldwell 34 is highlighted in this Hubble image, made from observations taken in 1994 and 1997....

Bright yellow, red, and blue clouds of dust and gas form together near the bottom half of the image.

This image shows a small section of the Veil Nebula, as it was observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope....

A colorful rainbow chain of gas and dust stretches across the image from the lower left corner to the upper right.

This star chart for Caldwell 33 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 33

This Hubble image focuses on a tiny tendril in Caldwell 33, the Eastern Veil Nebula. By comparing this Hubble image...

A delicate tendril of blue dust and gas extends across the image

This ground-based image shows Caldwell 33, with two Hubble close-ups as insets.

Ground based image shows giant pink cloud of dust and gas with two Hubble images showing the closer up view.

This image, taken with Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, shows another small part of Caldwell 33. The colors...

Wisps of red, yellow, blue and purple dust and gas dance all over the image. The blackness of space frames the image behind it.

Caldwell 33 is part of an extensive supernova remnant known as the Veil Nebula (or the Cygnus Loop). Caldwell 33...

Wisps of red, yellow, blue and purple dust and gas dance all over the image. The blackness of space frames the image behind it.

This star chart for Caldwell 32 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 32

This stream of stars embedded in cosmic clouds is part of Caldwell 32, also cataloged as NGC 4631 and commonly...

Long thin side view of a galaxy. On the left side, a larger part of it, closer to the central core. Lots of gas and dust surrounding countless stars. The stars softly stretch out to the right of the image.

This star chart for Caldwell 30 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 30

A white circle shows the location of supernova SN 2014C observed in Caldwell 30.

45 degree angle view of a spiral galaxy. Lots of dark purple and blue dust and gas orbits the bright yellow center. Near the center, on the distant arm of the galaxy, a small white circle shows where a supernova occured.

The majestic spiral galaxy Caldwell 30, also cataloged as NGC 7331, is often touted as an analog to our own...

45 degree angle view of a spiral galaxy. Lots of dark purple and blue dust and gas orbits the bright yellow center.

This star chart for Caldwell 3 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 3.

The image in the upper right is a ground-based image of Caldwell 3 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2),...

On the left of the image is the Hubble shot of C3 with the dust and stars of blue and white.

This barred spiral galaxy was first spotted by British astronomer William Herschel in April 1793 in the constellation Draco.

Large grouping of bright white, blue and red stars. Lightly colored blue dust surrounds the stars.

This star chart for Caldwell 29 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 29

Caldwell 29, also known as NGC 5005, is a spiral galaxy that likely harbors a supermassive black hole at its...

45 degree view of a spiral galaxy. Dark blue dust and gas covers up most of its millions of stars, but the core, center of the image, is bright white.

This star chart for Caldwell 27 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 27

The black-and-white inset is a ground-based image that displays nearly the full nebula, which spans roughly 16 by 25 light-years....

colorful streams of yellow, blue, and green gas and dust extend from the lower left to the center right. At the bottom right is a black and white image from a ground based telescope.

Commonly called the Crescent Nebula, Caldwell 27 looks more like a prehistoric dinosaur egg. Hubble’s vibrantly colored image zooms in...

colorful streams of yellow, blue, and green gas and dust extend from the lower left to the center right.

This star chart for Caldwell 26 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 26

Also called NGC 4244 and the Silver Needle Galaxy, Caldwell 23 is part of the same galactic super cluster as...

Long thin galaxy view, nearly from the side but tilted a bit toward the viewer. Lots of white stars throughout, but they get thicker and brighter near the center.

This star chart for Caldwell 25 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 25

Dubbed "the Intergalactic Wanderer,” Caldwell 25 is different from the Milky Way's other globular clusters.

Huge grouping of countless stars, in colors red, blue, white, yellow. The closer to the center of the image, the brighter, and whiter it gets.

This star chart for Caldwell 24 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 24

This close-up view of the center of Caldwell 24, combining visible and infrared observations taken by Hubble’s Wide Field and...

Large glob of white light in the upper left of the image. Surrounded by dark dust and gas.

The tendrils that reach out beyond the elliptical galaxy Caldwell 24, also called C24, are the only visible-light manifestation of...

Large glob of stars surrounded by dark rusty red gas and dust. Huge bright stars surround the bright galaxy in the center.

This star chart for Caldwell 23 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

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Sir Patrick Moore, creator of the Caldwell catalog, once said that Caldwell 23 looks like “two fried eggs clapped back...

Thin line of stars and dust and gas, the side view of a galaxy. This galaxy is diagonal across the image, with the blackness of space behind it.

This star chart for Caldwell 22 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 22

This image was taken using Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 in 2000. Astronomers compared this image to earlier...

Light blue dust and gas forms an egg shaped shell surrounding a bright white star in the center. There is an outer shell as well, also light blue, with some pink on the edges.

This star chart for Caldwell 21 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 21

Discovered in 1788 by astronomer William Herschel, Caldwell 21 is dwarf irregular galaxy bursting with forming stars.

Large grouping of stars and bluish dust and gas. Near the center the stars create a bright white light. Galaxy is a amorphous blob.

This star chart for Caldwell 20 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.

Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 20.

The Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) ground-based image of Caldwell 20 (NGC 7000) in the upper right captures a wide view...

The Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) ground-based image of Caldwell 20 (NGC 7000) in the upper right captures a wide view of the nebula, illustrating why the object is known as the North America Nebula. The white outline shows the location of Hubble’s observation taken with its Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), which captures a small region of the nebula located roughly where northeastern Texas might be.

While the spiral feature in the upper portion of this Hubble image may resemble the arm of a galaxy or...

Large bright star at the top left of the image, surrounded by dark dust and gas. Stars pepper the image in the bottom right.