Feb 8, 2026

Visible to the naked eye below Orion's belt, the Orion Nebula revealed its true nature through the telescope — a vast cloud of glowing gas and dust where hundreds of new stars are forming. The four Trapezium stars at its core were clearly resolved.

A bright, concentrated globular cluster near the Small Magellanic Cloud, showing a dense core surrounded by a halo of resolved stars.

Jupiter showed its main cloud bands through the telescope, with its four largest moons — discovered by Galileo in 1610 — visible as bright dots arranged around the planet.

The brightest nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud was easily spotted, appearing as a luminous knot within the galaxy's irregular shape.