![Rosette nebula, NGC 2237, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Jan. 6, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-rosette-nebula-dennis-roscoe.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![Rosette nebula, NGC 2237, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Jan. 6, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-rosette-nebula-dennis-roscoe.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Elephant's Trunk Nebula, also known as IC 1396, on April 14, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-elephant-trunk-nebula-eric-coles.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Pleiades, also known as M45 or the Seven Sisters, imaged from Fayetteville, Ark., on Jan. 25, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-pleiades-joel-tonyan.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Andromeda Galaxy (M31), imaged from Fayetteville, Ark., on Jan. 19, 2014,](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-andromeda-galaxy-joel-tonyan.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A time lapse showing star trails above Big Lagoon State Park in Pensacola, Fla., on March 30, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-star-trails-big-lagoon-state-park-kenny-alexander.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Eta Aquarid meteors above Bryce Canyon in Utah, in May 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-bryce-canyon-david-lane.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Orion Nebula, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Feb. 7, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-orion-nebula-dennis-roscoe.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![IC 2162 -- a star-forming nebula in Gemini
January, 2014 A star-forming nebula in Gemini, in January 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-gemini-brian-peterson.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Propeller Nebula in Cygnus, also known as DWB111, on May 1, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-propeller-nebula-eric-coles.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Milky Way, taken from Pensacola Beach in Pensacola, Fla., on March 2, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-pensacola-beach-kenny-alexander.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Milky Way Aircraft An aircraft turns over the night sky with the Milky Way in the background above Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., on Jan. 5, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-jet-matt-jylha-1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Pelican Nebula, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Jan. 9, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-pelican-nebula-dennis-roscoe.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Horsehead nebula, also known as Barnard 33 in emission nebula IC 434, taken at Seneca and Oswego in Illinois, Feb.-March 2014](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-horsehead-nebula-martin-hrdlicka.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A panorama of the Milky Way taken from Fall Creek Falls State Park during the Eta Aquarid meteor shower on May 4, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-milky-way-matt-harbison.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ngc 2237 - Rosette nebula taken at Seneca Illinois on march 2014 The Rosette nebula, also known as NGC 2237 or Caldwell 49, taken from Seneca, Ill., in March 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-rosette-nebula-martin-hrdlicka.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457, taken at the Winter Star Party in the Florida Keys on March 1, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-m102-richard-s-wright-jr.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Milky Way with Venus rising at Pensacola Beach in Pensacola, Fla., on March 2, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-milky-way-pensacola-beach-kenny-alexander.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Waxing Moon Waxing Moon over Winter Garden, Fla., on Feb. 10, 2014](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/astronomical-photography-waxing-moon-matt-jylha.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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