Deep Space Objects 2023

AG Carinae

In the constellation Carina. It is classified as a luminous blue variable and is one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way

GW170817

The first observation of gravitational-waves from a binary neutron star inspiral; first time a cosmic event was observed with both gravitational waves and light.

PSR J2030+4415

A collapsed star has generated a beam of matter and antimatter that stretches for trillions of miles

R Hydrae

A Mira variable star that is easy to observe and with a mean visual magnitude range of 4.5 to 9.5

R Aquarii

A symbiotic binary star system surrounded by a large and complex nebula

NGC 7027

One of the brightest planetary nebulae on the sky

RS Puppis

One of the biggest and most luminous Cepheid variable stars

NaSt1

May represent a brief transitory stage in the evolution of extremely massive stars

HD 184738

At the center of a small planetary nebula; a WC star - progenitor of a massive black hole

W Virginis

Prototype for the population II cepheids

G344. 7-0.1

Supernova Type Ia, resulted from a white dwarf accumulating material from a companion star until it exploded

SS Cygni

Prototype star for the dwarf novae class

E0102-72.3

Remnant of a supernova that exploded in the Small Magellanic Cloud

47 Tucanae

The second largest and second brightest globular cluster in the sky

X9

Closest orbit between star and black hole, containing a white dwarf and a stellar-mass black hole in orbit

SN 2008D

Considered to be the only direct detection of a shock breakout from a regular SN to date.