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Leo Triplet68 viewsThe Leo triplet of galaxies are a lovely visual treat in our spring skies consisting of M65, M66 and NGC 3628 about 35 million light years from earth, ranging from visual magnitudes 9.4 to 10.3.
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Melotte15 Inside the Heart Nebula95 viewsHi all,
With amazing clear skies all this week, a very rare event for us I was able to do a lot of imaging. Most of it was all in H Alpha due to a very bright Moon.
But last night the 11/12th the moon was just 49% Sunlit so I took a chance on getting color for one of the projects. I was working on Melotte15 which is in the center of the heart nebula that lies in Cassiopeia.
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M81-M82 GALXY GROUP92 viewsTHE M81-M82 GALAXY GROUP IS A FABULOUS VISUAL AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SIGHT IN OUR NIGHT SKY. LOCATED IN THE CONSTELLATION URSA MAJOR, THESE GALAXIES LIE AT 12 MILLION LIGHT YEARS FROM EARTH, AND HAVE BEEN PARTNERS IN A 'COSMIC DANCE' WITH EACH OTHER, THE EVIDENCE OF WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THE CIGAR SHAPED M82 WHICH IS UNDERGOING MASSIVE STAR FORMATION DUE TO A CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH M81 IN THE PAST. M81 IS 7TH MAGNITUDE VISUAL, M82 IS 8.4 MAGNITUDE VISUAL, AND BOTH ARE EASILY VISIBLE IN 10X50MM BINOCULARS.
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The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici115 views M51, the 'Whirlpool Galaxy' in Canes Venatici is famous for its beautiful spiral structure, first noted by Lord Rosse in 1845. It was discovered by Messier in October 1773 and catalogued by him in January 1774. Its companion galaxy, NGC 5195, was discovered in 1781 by Messier's colleague, P. Mechain. The M51 system is a spectacular example of interacting galaxies - in this case NGC 5195 is being "ripped apart" by the huge gravitational disturbance of M51, while M51 has in tur
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Gamma Cgyni IC1318112 viewsIC 1318, is the diffuse emission nebula surrounding Sadr or Gamma Cygni. Sadr lies in the center of Cygnus' cross. The Sadr region is one of the surrounding nebulous regions, others include the Butterfly nebula and the Crescent Nebula. It contains many dark nebulae in addition to the emission diffuse nebulae
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NGC 2246 The rosette Nebula in the Constellation Monoceros47 viewsNGC 2246 The rosette Nebula in the Constellation Monoceros The Rosette Nebula is a large, circular H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula's matter
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M1 The Crab Nebula in Taurus29 viewsM1 The Crab Nebula in Taurus in H Alpha 27th of September 2008 30x5min exposures Darks was 16x5 Mins binning was 1x1 Total exposure was 150 Min. 2 Hrs 30 Mins a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The nebula was first observed by John Bevis in 1731, and corresponds to a bright supernova recorded by Chinese and Arab astronomers in 1054.
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Jupiter 25 degrees altitude90 viewsThis image was taken with Jupiter at 25 degrees altitude
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Trifid7 viewsTrifid nebula from Les Granges France on the 10th and 11th of July 2010.Jul 21, 2010
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Subtle Lagoon21 viewsThis is the 'Lagoon' nebula in Sagittarius which can be seen from Ireland mainly on summer evenings as a bright nebulous patch of light just above the 'teapot' and the large sagittarius starcloud, named as M8 by Charles Messier. At 4,000 to 6,000 light years away, it is seen as a bright 6th magnitude glow a degree across, containg newly born stars, and the fabulous starcluster NGC 6530.Jul 03, 2010
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North America Milkyway36 viewsThis is the tip of Cygnus around the bright star Deneb or alpha cygnii which forms part of the summer triangle. It's an incredibly dense part of the cygnus spiral arm with stars too numerous to count. The north america nebula (NGC 7000) is outstanding here along with M39 and many dust lanes visible also.Jun 11, 2010
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Cygnus Milkyway Arm38 viewsPresented here is a widefield view of the northern constellation Cygnus, known since the time of the ancients as the 'Swan'. This is a fabulous visual part of our northern hemisphere's milkyway, in which we are looking inward towards the cygnus spiral arm which hosts many deep sky treasures including the North America and Pelican nebulae, Messier cluster's M29 & 39, and the great 'Cygnus Rift', which is composed of a huge mass of galactic dust. This is best seen on clear summer nights.Jun 09, 2010
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Melotte-15, Core Cluster of IC180567 viewsMelotte-15, Core Cluster of IC1805. The crucible of star formation lies within giant molecular clouds scattered throughout the spiral arms of galaxies. In our own galaxy some of the best known star forming regions lie in a chain of HII clouds located in the Perseus spiral arm of our galaxy. From west to east the chain of giant HII regions are known as W3, W4, and W5, which are also catalogued as IC 1795, IC 1805, and IC 1848.May 29, 2010
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NGC 3628 In The Constellation Leo90 viewsNGC 3628 is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. It has an approximately 300,000 light-years long tidal tail. NGC 3628 along with M65 and M66 form the famous Leo Triplet, a small group of galaxies. Its most conspicuous feature is the broad and obscuring band of dust located along the outer edge of its spiral arms, effectively transecting the galaxy to our view.May 16, 2010
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NGC 2841 - Galaxy in Ursa Major76 viewsNGC 2841 is an inclined unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. In 2001 the Hubble Space Telescope surveyed of the galaxy's Cepheid variables determined that it was approximately 14.1 megaparsecs or 46 million light years distant. (Thats around 276 million million million miles) Structurally, NGC 2841 is noted for its large population of young blue stars, and few star forming regionsMay 02, 2010
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The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici115 views M51, the 'Whirlpool Galaxy' in Canes Venatici is famous for its beautiful spiral structure, first noted by Lord Rosse in 1845. It was discovered by Messier in October 1773 and catalogued by him in January 1774. Its companion galaxy, NGC 5195, was discovered in 1781 by Messier's colleague, P. Mechain. The M51 system is a spectacular example of interacting galaxies - in this case NGC 5195 is being "ripped apart" by the huge gravitational disturbance of M51, while M51 has in turApr 27, 2010
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