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IC 1261 and NGC 6395 by
WA0CKY
IC 1261 is a pair of galaxies in a common halo located about 625 million light-years from us in northern Draco not far from the bowl of the "Little Dipper". ...
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Barnard 72 The Snake Nebula by
WA0CKY
Barnard 72, the Snake or S nebula, is likely the second most famous Barnard dark_nebula after B33 the Horse-head Nebula. It is listed as opacity class 6, the...
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October 15th 15 07:55 AM
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NGC 6090 An Antenna Like Train Wreck by
WA0CKY
Mrk 496/NGC 6090 is a pair of merging galaxies, a bit over 400 million light-years distant in Draco. They remind me of the Antenna galaxies, Arp 244 but for...
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October 9th 15 07:43 AM
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IC 1230; 4 galaxies in one halo by
WA0CKY
IC 1230 is a pair of galaxies along with two others that appear to be in a common large halo. Only the northern galaxy has any distance data. That puts it...
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October 7th 15 08:20 PM
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October 5th 15 06:34 AM
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September 29th 15 06:59 PM
by WA0CKY
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NGC 5846 and NGC 5850 by
WA0CKY
I originally took this field back in early 2007 when I didn't know what the heck I was doing. The results were very poor. So this is one of my very rare...
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September 27th 15 09:04 PM
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Spiral Galaxy NGC 5879 by
WA0CKY
NGC 5879 is a somewhat edge on spiral galaxy in Draco only a bit over a degree northwest of the far better known NGC 5907 a really edge on flat galaxy. ...
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September 26th 15 02:49 AM
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Rarely seen rather spectacular NGC 5248 by
WA0CKY
Space Banter lost this post so am reposting it.
NGC 5248 is a spectacular spiral galaxy that doesn't get nearly the attention from amateur imagers as it...
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September 25th 15 09:10 PM
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September 24th 15 05:15 AM
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8 Often Ignored NGC Galaxies in Virgo by
WA0CKY
I had both NGC 4270 and NGC 4273 on my to-do list. 4270 for its plumes and shell like structure and 4273 for it sloshed appearance. Somehow I never realized...
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September 19th 15 07:57 PM
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September 17th 15 06:12 AM
by WA0CKY
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Flocculent NGC 5949 by
WA0CKY
NGC 5949 is a very flocculent galaxy in Draco just under Ursa Minor. Red shift puts it only 21 million light-years distant. However the redshift value is...
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September 15th 15 10:10 AM
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USGC S244 (NGC 5915,5916 and 5916A) by
WA0CKY
USGC S244 is a trio of interacting galaxies in central Libra about 110 million light-years distant by redshift measurement. The trio is composed of NGC 5915,...
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September 13th 15 07:47 AM
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NGC 5008 and HCG 71 by
WA0CKY
This field made my to-do list for two reasons. First is the galaxy NGC 5008 which has some fascinating plumes and houses an AGN at its core. Both indicate it...
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September 11th 15 09:12 AM
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NGC 4216 et al by
WA0CKY
This field was taken not because it is rarely seen but because of the Herschel 400 object, NGC 4216 and it is a great field. NGC 4216 is an Sab(s)b: galaxy...
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September 9th 15 08:06 PM
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ASTRO: MWP1 and Alv1 by
Stefan Lilge
We had an extremely hot summer in Germany, temperatures of 35 degrees
celsius were the norm not the exception. Some say that Brandenburg (the
country...
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September 9th 15 07:53 PM
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NGC 5548 and the Scorpion by
WA0CKY
NGC 5548 is one of the first Seyfert galaxies discovered so is very well studied for that. It is found in Bootes. It was the large plumes that drew my...
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NGC 5247 A Three Arm Spiral by
WA0CKY
NGC 5247 is a rather nearby galaxy in southern Virgo below my 15 degree limit. Due to clouds in the north I had open sky only to the south and seeing was...
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