... Chances are the brightest star you've seen lately is actually planet Jupiter. ... Northern Lights over Prelude Lake . ... Curtains of shimmering green light sprawl across this gorgeous night skyscape. ... Delicate in appearance, these filaments of shocked, glowing gas, draped in planet Earth's sky toward the constellation of Cygnus, make up the Veil Nebula. ... A bright spiral galaxy of the northern sky, Messier 63 is about 25 million light-years distant in the loyal constellation Canes Venatici. ...