Best Hii
Updated Daily
The Eagle Nebula is Messier 16 in Serpens, famous for the Pillars of Creation, a star-forming column imaged by Hubble in 1995.
The Tarantula Nebula is 30 Doradus in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Local Group's most active star-forming region.
The North America Nebula is NGC 7000, an H II region in Cygnus whose continent-like outline was named from Max Wolf's 1890 photograph.
The Lagoon Nebula is Messier 8, an H II region in Sagittarius noted for active star formation and recorded by Giovanni Hodierna in 1654.
The Omega Nebula is Messier 17 in Sagittarius, a bright H II region discovered by Philippe Loys de Cheseaux in 1745 and rich in young stars.
The Heart Nebula is IC 1805 or Sh2-190, a Cassiopeia emission nebula discovered by William Herschel in 1787 and powered by the young cluster Melotte 15.
NGC 3603 is a massive Galactic H II region in Carina, notable for one of the Milky Way's densest young star clusters.
NGC 346 is the brightest star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, notable for its massive young cluster in the constellation Tucana.
The Cat's Paw Nebula is NGC 6334 in Scorpius, a large star-forming complex about 5,500 light years away with many embedded young stars.
The California Nebula is NGC 1499, a long Perseus emission nebula discovered by E. E. Barnard in 1884 and excited by the O star Xi Persei.
The Pacman Nebula is NGC 281, a Cassiopeia H II region discovered by E. E. Barnard in 1883 and containing the cluster IC 1590 and Bok globules.
The Prawn Nebula is IC 4628 in Scorpius, a glowing H II region shaped by young hot stars and also cataloged as Gum 56 in the Milky Way.
The Seagull Nebula is IC 2177, a broad emission region along the Monoceros and Canis Major border, named for its birdlike outline.
The Spider Nebula is IC 417, an Auriga H II region discovered by Max Wolf in 1892 and studied as a young-star nursery near Stock 8.
