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ASTRO: Two planetary nebulae in one image by
Stefan Lilge
The two planetary nebulae PK329.0+01.9 (right, blue) and PK329.5+01.7 (left,
red) in the constellation Norma fitted into the FOV of my Atik 383 at the
12"...
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ASTRO: NGC 428 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 428 is one odd looking galaxy in Cetus. Redshift puts it 38 million
light-years away. Unfortunately the error bar of redshift is at least
this great...
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ASTRO: M17 by
Stefan Lilge
After damaging my Atik 383 camera in Namibia I imaged with my SXV-H9 plus
80mm ED refractor. As a last object in a night I usually did some "standard"
stuff...
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ASTRO: NGC 225 and vdB 4 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
vdB 4 is a reflection nebula associated with the very young open star
cluster NGC 225. The nebula may be the remains of the cloud that formed
the cluster. ...
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ASTRO: NGC 2071 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 2071 is a reflection nebula just north of the far more famous M78
some 1300 to 1600 light-years away in Orion.
The nebula houses many protoplanetary...
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958 |
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ASTRO: Arp 263 with SN 2012a by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
SN2012a was discovered by amateur astronomers on January 7th. It was
the first supernova of the year. It is a type II super nova meaning it
is a single...
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952 |
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vdB4 and NGC 225 The Sailboat Cluster by
WA0CKY
While I posted this to USENET some servers failed to pick it up as did SpaceBanter.com so am reposting it there. Sorry for the double post to some USENET...
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by WA0CKY
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ASTRO: NGC 864 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
I have no idea why I imaged this galaxy. I can't find it in my to-do
list nor was it on my to process list until I found it doing some
housekeeping of the...
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741 |
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852 |
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ASTRO: UGC 4332 in Cancer Cluster by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
The Cancer Galaxy Cluster is far larger than my field of view. It is
about 220 million light-years distant and in the constellation of Cancer
of course. I...
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940 |
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ASTRO: NGC 974 et al by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
This is an image of a group of galaxies, including 6 NGC galaxies (4
entries in the catalog) and others in the field. The group is located
in Triangulum...
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571 |
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1,029 |
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ASTRO: Arp 55 The Grasshopper by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 55/UGC 04881 is a pair of interacting galaxies in Lynx about 540
million light-years distant. Arp put it in his category for spirals
with small, high...
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997 |
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1,125 |
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ASTRO: Berkeley 65 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Berkeley 65 is an open cluster in Cassiopeia about 7400 light-years
distant. It is reddened about 1.1 magnitudes according to the WEBDA
database. It is...
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870 |
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ASTRO: Abell 35 by
Stefan Lilge
Abell 35 is the first post from my "emergency schedule" after I damaged my
Atik 383 camera in Namibia.
I had to image with my SXV-H9 camera (good idea to take...
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2,339 |
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ASTRO: NGC 6421 (milky way in Scorpius) by
Stefan Lilge
NGC 6421 is an open cluster in Scorpius that is supposed to be in the
central part of this image. I can't really distinguish it from all those
background...
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1,595 |
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ASTRO: NGC 1985/CED 57 and vdB 45 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 1985/Ced 57 was originally classed as a planetary nebula by William
Herschel when he discovered it. Many afterwards also considered it a
planetary so it...
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874 |
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ASTRO: NGC 6939 A "dirty" open cluster by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 6939 is a rather well known open cluster in Cepheus near the more
famous NGC 6946 galaxy. In small scopes where only the brighter stars
are seen they...
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793 |
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VV 697 One Arp missed by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
VV 697 is a triple galaxy system (quad?) in the northeast corner of the
Great Square of Pegasus. It lies about 750 million light-years beyond
the Great...
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735 |