Web Extra: A gallery of southern sky splendors

In the May 2015 issue of Astronomy, Stephen James O’Meara wrote the story “A northerner’s view of the southern sky.” In it, he provided a census of deep-sky objects visible in the Northern versus Southern Hemisphere in hopes of answering the question: Does the Southern Hemisphere really have all the good stuff?

Many northerners would respond to the query with a resounding yes, but could it be just because they’re not familiar to those north of the equator? Explore these images of 10 more southern objects, and let us know what you think in the comment section below.