{"id":374594,"date":"2026-04-04T11:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/374594\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:17:12","slug":"see-the-best-deep-sky-photos-of-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/374594\/","title":{"rendered":"See the best deep-sky photos of March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Deep-skyView at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Catherine Hyde<\/a> in Cambria, California, captured this telescopic view of Messier 53 on March 24, 2026. Catherine wrote: \u201cThis is the globular cluster<\/a> M53 in Coma Berenices<\/a>.\u201d Thank you, Catherine! See more deep-sky photos from March 2026 below.
\nStunning deep-sky photos from our community<\/p>\n

The EarthSky community has many talented astrophotographers who capture stunning images of the deep sky. We gathered some of our favorite deep-sky photos we received in March 2026 for you to enjoy. Do you have images of your own to share? You can submit them to us here<\/a>. We would love to see them!<\/p>\n

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Deep-sky photos of diffuse nebulae
\n\"AView at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Jelieta Walinski<\/a> at Desert Bloom Observatory in St. David, Arizona, used more than 100 hours of exposures to image this emerald nebula. Jelieta wrote: \u201cIn a quiet region of the constellation Serpens<\/a>, this emission nebula<\/a> reveals itself as a cosmic bloom. This deep image transforms faint hydrogen gas into a luminous structure resembling a flower unfolding in green radiance.\u201d Thank you, Jelieta!
\n\"StreakyView at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Mohammed Ahmed<\/a> in Suez, Egypt, used a telephoto lens to capture this view of the Horsehead Nebula<\/a> in the constellation Orion<\/a> on March 22, 2026. Mohammed wrote: \u201cI wanted to say goodbye to winter with this shot. This is the famous Horsehead Nebula, a dark nebula<\/a> located in Orion near the star Alnitak. It\u2019s one of the hidden gems of the winter sky, and now we will have to wait for next winter for Orion to come back.\u201d Thank you, Mohammed!
\n\"AView at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Kueng Cornelia<\/a> in Lake Zurich, Switzerland, captured this telescopic view of the Seagull Nebula, in the constellation Monoceros<\/a>, on March 18, 2025. Kueng wrote: \u201cI am on the way to collect nebulae with animal names for my lovely grandchildren. Just now in my backyard toward the south, IC 2177 \u2013 the Seagull Nebula \u2013 is in good position.\u201d Thank you, Kueng!
\nMore diffuse nebulae
\n\"AView at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Catherine Hyde<\/a> in Cambria, California, captured this telescopic view of the Medusa Nebula<\/a> on March 24, 2026. Catherine wrote: \u201cThis is the Medusa Nebula, a very old planetary nebula<\/a> in the constellation Gemini<\/a>. This is a stacked image using about 16 hours of total exposure time over 4 nights.\u201d Thank you, Catherine!
\n\"AView at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Mohammed Ahmed<\/a> in Suez, Egypt, used a telephoto lens to capture this view of Thor\u2019s Helmet<\/a> in the constellation Canis Major<\/a>, on March 12, 2026. Mohammed wrote: \u201cThis is Thor\u2019s Helmet Nebula (NGC 2359). What you\u2019re seeing here is the interstellar wind and a pre-supernova<\/a> of a Wolf-Rayet star<\/a>. This is a dying star, and we are seeing it about 12,000 light-years<\/a> away.\u201d Thank you, Mohammed!
\nDeep-sky photos of distant galaxies
\n\"ObliqueView at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Steven Bellavia<\/a> in Smithfield, Virginia, captured this telescopic view of Messier 82<\/a>, the Starburst Galaxy in Ursa Major<\/a>, on March 10, 2026. Steven wrote: \u201cM82 had a gravitational interaction with its larger neighbor, galaxy M81. This, in turn, funneled large amounts of gas toward the core of M82, which then triggered intense star formation at a rate 10 times faster than in our Milky Way<\/a>.\u201d Thank you, Steven!
\n\"3View at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Steven Bellavia<\/a> in Scottsburg, Virginia, captured these exposures of the Leo Triplet of Galaxies<\/a> on March 19, 2026. Steven wrote: \u201cI have always enjoyed images of the Leo Triplet of galaxies. But I have also always wanted to capture them close up, one at a time, as each one is beautiful and full of intricate colors and details, often missed in the wide-field images. So on my recent astro-camping trip to the Staunton River Star Party, I captured 2 of the 3, close up, with the 3rd from a year ago, also from the same star party.\u201d Thank you, Steven!<\/p>\n

Bottom line: Without a doubt, you\u2019ll enjoy this gallery of deep-sky photos for March 2026 from our EarthSky community. If you have a great photo to share, send it in, too. We love to see them!<\/p>\n

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Armando Caussade
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Armando is known primarily as an astronomy educator, after 30+ years of extensive public outreach and 10 years teaching in colleges. As one of only a handful of science communicators in Puerto Rico during Comet Halley’s last visit, he assumed a pioneering role starting in 1985 when science was just beginning to enter the collective mindset. Over the years, his work as a teacher, speaker and writer, inspired people to pursue interests in science and brought enduring change to Puerto Rican culture. After being accepted into the 2014\u20132015 Antarctic season of PolarTREC, Armando was assigned to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, where in 2015 he successfully conducted 10 days of work at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. His affiliations include Ana G. M\u00e9ndez University, Cupey campus (2014 to 2021), the University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla campus (2015 to 2017), NASA JPL’s Solar System Ambassadors (2004 to 2006), and NASA Space Grant (2017 to 2019) where he served as an affiliate representative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Catherine Hyde in Cambria, California, captured this telescopic view of Messier 53…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[85,46,141,1361],"class_list":{"0":"post-374594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-todays-image"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}