Watch this video of some of our editor’s pics for the best deep-sky photos of March 2025, and then see more below!
Stunning deep-sky photos from our community
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 2025 for you to enjoy. Do you have some of your own images to share? You can submit them to us here. We love to see them!
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Scott Smith in Palmetto, Florida, captured the Trifid nebula on March 27, 2025. Scott wrote: “The Trifid nebula illustrates 3 different types of astronomical nebulae in a single deep-sky object. A red emission nebula (light from hydrogen atoms), a blue reflection nebula (dust reflected by starlight), and dark nebula, with dense dust that silhouettes the light beneath it. The Trifid nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) lies in the northwest of Sagittarius. Charles Messier discovered it on June 5, 1764.” Thank you, Scott!
Deep-sky photos of open star clusters
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Our own Marcy Curran from EarthSky, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, captured open clusters Messier 36, Messier 37 and Messier 38 on March 26, 2025. Marcy wrote: “Auriga is a constellation prominent in the winter months of the Northern Hemisphere. It contains 3 bright Messier objects, all of them are open star clusters. M38 (the Starfish cluster) is about 4,200 light-years away and lies almost in the middle of the constellation. M36 (the Pinwheel cluster) is next in line to M38 and lies about 4,100 light-years distant. Next is M37, the brightest, richest and largest of the 3 open clusters. It’s about 4,500 light-years away.” Thank you, Marcy!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Muhammad Alaa in Sanabu, Assiut, Egypt, captured the Pleiades in the constellation Taurus the Bull on March 20, 2025. Thank you, Muhammad!
Globular star clusters
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Scott Smith in Palmetto, Florida, captured Omega Centauri on March 3, 2025. Scott wrote: “Omega Centauri is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus. Located at a distance of 17,090 light-years, it is the largest known globular cluster in the Milky Way, at a diameter of roughly 150 light-years. It contains approximately 10 million stars, making it the most massive known globular cluster in the Milky Way.” Thank you, Scott!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Tom Cofer in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, captured this telescopic view of Messier 13, the Hercules Cluster, on March 14, 2025. Tom wrote: “A snow globe of stars!” Thank you, Tom!
Galaxies in the deep-sky
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Gwen Forrester in DeKalb County, Tennessee, captured Messier 81, a bright galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, on March 26, 2025. Gwen wrote: “Messier 81, Bode’s Galaxy, a grand design spiral galaxy 12 million light-years away.” Thank you, Gwen!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | David Hoskin in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, captured this telescopic view of Messier 82 on March 4, 2025. David wrote: “Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy, lies in the constellation Ursa Major and is about 12 million light-years from Earth. Stars are forming at a high rate in this galaxy.” Thank you, David!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Josh Wright in Cleethorpes, England, captured Messier 51 in the constellation Canes Venatici on March 19, 2025. Josh wrote: “The Whirlpool Galaxy, an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy 31 million light-years away. Taken with my smart telescope from my back garden.” Thank you, Josh!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Steven Bellavia in Staunton River State Park, Virginia, captured NGC 3628, the Hamburger Galaxy, in the constellation Leo, on March 26, 2025. Steven wrote: “This is the fainter sibling of the Leo Triplet, which contains M65 and M66, which are not in this close-up image. It is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away, discovered by William Herschel in 1784.” Thank you, Steven!
Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Andy Dungan near Cotopaxi, Colorado, captured Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, on March 2, 2025. Andy wrote: “I never would have imagined how much more detail I could get from data using PI (PixInsight). The difference is astonishing. Imagine how much better I can get when I have some real understanding of PixInsight. This experience has proved to me that software is as important if not more important than the hardware.” Wonderful image. Thank you, Andy!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Muhammad Alaa in Sanabu, Assiut, Egypt, captured the Pinwheel Galaxy on March 25, 2025. Muhammad wrote: “The Pinwheel Galaxy is one of the most beautiful spiral galaxies. It lies in the Ursa Major constellation, about 21 million light-years from Earth.” Thank you, Muhammad!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jelieta Walinski at Desert Bloom Observatory in St. David, Arizona, captured the Pinwheel Galaxy on March 3, 2025. Jelieta wrote: “Marvel at the breathtaking beauty of the Pinwheel Galaxy. This celestial wonder is home to hundreds of billions of stars, with estimates suggesting around 100 billion stellar inhabitants. As we gaze upon this cosmic masterpiece, we’re reminded of the awe-inspiring beauty and mystery that awaits us in the vast expanse of the universe. Don’t forget to look up!” Thank you, Jelieta!
Bottom line: Enjoy this gallery of deep-sky photos for March 2025 from our EarthSky community. If you have a great photo to share, send it in, too. We love to see them!
Watch this video of some of our editor’s pics for the best deep-sky photos of March 2025, and then see more below!
Stunning deep-sky photos from our community
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 2025 for you to enjoy. Do you have some of your own images to share? You can submit them to us here. We love to see them!
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Scott Smith in Palmetto, Florida, captured the Trifid nebula on March 27, 2025. Scott wrote: “The Trifid nebula illustrates 3 different types of astronomical nebulae in a single deep-sky object. A red emission nebula (light from hydrogen atoms), a blue reflection nebula (dust reflected by starlight), and dark nebula, with dense dust that silhouettes the light beneath it. The Trifid nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) lies in the northwest of Sagittarius. Charles Messier discovered it on June 5, 1764.” Thank you, Scott!
Deep-sky photos of open star clusters
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Our own Marcy Curran from EarthSky, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, captured open clusters Messier 36, Messier 37 and Messier 38 on March 26, 2025. Marcy wrote: “Auriga is a constellation prominent in the winter months of the Northern Hemisphere. It contains 3 bright Messier objects, all of them are open star clusters. M38 (the Starfish cluster) is about 4,200 light-years away and lies almost in the middle of the constellation. M36 (the Pinwheel cluster) is next in line to M38 and lies about 4,100 light-years distant. Next is M37, the brightest, richest and largest of the 3 open clusters. It’s about 4,500 light-years away.” Thank you, Marcy!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Muhammad Alaa in Sanabu, Assiut, Egypt, captured the Pleiades in the constellation Taurus the Bull on March 20, 2025. Thank you, Muhammad!
Globular star clusters
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Scott Smith in Palmetto, Florida, captured Omega Centauri on March 3, 2025. Scott wrote: “Omega Centauri is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus. Located at a distance of 17,090 light-years, it is the largest known globular cluster in the Milky Way, at a diameter of roughly 150 light-years. It contains approximately 10 million stars, making it the most massive known globular cluster in the Milky Way.” Thank you, Scott!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Tom Cofer in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, captured this telescopic view of Messier 13, the Hercules Cluster, on March 14, 2025. Tom wrote: “A snow globe of stars!” Thank you, Tom!
Galaxies in the deep-sky
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Gwen Forrester in DeKalb County, Tennessee, captured Messier 81, a bright galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, on March 26, 2025. Gwen wrote: “Messier 81, Bode’s Galaxy, a grand design spiral galaxy 12 million light-years away.” Thank you, Gwen!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | David Hoskin in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, captured this telescopic view of Messier 82 on March 4, 2025. David wrote: “Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy, lies in the constellation Ursa Major and is about 12 million light-years from Earth. Stars are forming at a high rate in this galaxy.” Thank you, David!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Josh Wright in Cleethorpes, England, captured Messier 51 in the constellation Canes Venatici on March 19, 2025. Josh wrote: “The Whirlpool Galaxy, an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy 31 million light-years away. Taken with my smart telescope from my back garden.” Thank you, Josh!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Steven Bellavia in Staunton River State Park, Virginia, captured NGC 3628, the Hamburger Galaxy, in the constellation Leo, on March 26, 2025. Steven wrote: “This is the fainter sibling of the Leo Triplet, which contains M65 and M66, which are not in this close-up image. It is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away, discovered by William Herschel in 1784.” Thank you, Steven!
Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Andy Dungan near Cotopaxi, Colorado, captured Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, on March 2, 2025. Andy wrote: “I never would have imagined how much more detail I could get from data using PI (PixInsight). The difference is astonishing. Imagine how much better I can get when I have some real understanding of PixInsight. This experience has proved to me that software is as important if not more important than the hardware.” Wonderful image. Thank you, Andy!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Muhammad Alaa in Sanabu, Assiut, Egypt, captured the Pinwheel Galaxy on March 25, 2025. Muhammad wrote: “The Pinwheel Galaxy is one of the most beautiful spiral galaxies. It lies in the Ursa Major constellation, about 21 million light-years from Earth.” Thank you, Muhammad!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jelieta Walinski at Desert Bloom Observatory in St. David, Arizona, captured the Pinwheel Galaxy on March 3, 2025. Jelieta wrote: “Marvel at the breathtaking beauty of the Pinwheel Galaxy. This celestial wonder is home to hundreds of billions of stars, with estimates suggesting around 100 billion stellar inhabitants. As we gaze upon this cosmic masterpiece, we’re reminded of the awe-inspiring beauty and mystery that awaits us in the vast expanse of the universe. Don’t forget to look up!” Thank you, Jelieta!
Bottom line: Enjoy this gallery of deep-sky photos for March 2025 from our EarthSky community. If you have a great photo to share, send it in, too. We love to see them!
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