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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO; SH2-155 Cave Nebula up close and personal by Rick Johnson[_2_]
This nebula, mostly emission (red) with some reflection characteristics as well (blue) is located in Cepheus. It is part of the Cepheus B molecular cloud. ...
November 3rd 12 11:08 PM
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1 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 7380, The Wizard Nebula by George[_6_]
Haven't posted in a while. First off, I want to say that I appreciate all the beautiful images and information you guys post, particularly Rick and...
October 27th 12 02:22 PM
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 7242 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 7242 is a very large galaxy that anchors the NGC 7242 group. It is about 250 million light-years distant. I can trace the plumes off each end of the...
October 27th 12 06:34 AM
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Arp 189 reshoot by Rick Johnson[_2_]
I wasn't going to process this old image from May 2011 as it didn't appear any better than an old version with far less data. But before moving on to...
October 24th 12 08:12 PM
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Arp 109 Interacting galaxies by Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 141 is a pair of interacting galaxies in Camelopardalis (a giraffe) that had been too far north and lost in my now defunct Polaris trees. I suspected it...
October 24th 12 08:07 PM
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: UGC 2023 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
UGC 2023 is a very faint irregular galaxy in eastern Triangulum. It's distance is rather vague. Redshift says 17 million light-years while Tully Fisher...
October 24th 12 08:04 PM
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 6826 The Blinking Planetary by Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 6826 is apparently the only known triple shell, giant halo planetary. Considering there are only 3 in the first category and 6 in the second that isn't...
October 24th 12 07:56 PM
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Arp 96 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 96 falls under Arp's category for spiral galaxies with elliptical galaxies on their arms. They are located 205 million light-years away based on their...
October 24th 12 07:55 PM
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4 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Arp 200 in galactic cirrus revisited by Rick Johnson[_2_]
My first attempt at Arp 200 (April 2009) was not all that great so it went back on the reshoot list. I think this is a great improvement. Arp 200/NGC 1134...
October 24th 12 07:54 PM
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 7048 a planetary nebula by Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 7048 is a rather nice planetary nebula in Cygnus about half way between M39 and the North American Nebula that I've managed to avoid imaging until late...
October 24th 12 07:50 PM
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Arp 109 The real one this time by Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 109 is in Arp's class for "E and E-like galaxies repelling spiral arms", a class that never has made sense to me. If it has spiral arms isn't it a...
October 24th 12 01:59 AM
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1 Attachment(s) ASTRO: M30 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
M30 is a globular cluster in Capricornus about 26,000 light-years distant. At -23 degrees it is really too low for me to image but being an M object I had...
October 9th 12 09:15 PM
by Stefan Lilge Go to last post
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: M73 Messier's poorest cluster after M40 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
M73 is a probable asterism of 4 stars in western Aquarius. It was discovered by Charles Messier who realized it was just 4 stars. So why did he include it...
October 7th 12 09:56 PM
by Stefan Lilge Go to last post
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: The NGC 507 Group and Arp 229 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
This is my second try at the NGC 507 group. It is anchored by Arp 229 which I centered on as part of my project to image the Arp Galaxies. But that missed...
October 6th 12 07:52 PM
by Stefan Lilge Go to last post
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 60 V marks the spot this time by Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 60/UGC 150 is a rather chaotic spiral possibly interacting with a high surface brightness companion on its arm. Why Arp didn't include it in his...
October 6th 12 07:50 PM
by Stefan Lilge Go to last post
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4 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 128 X marks the spot by Rick Johnson[_2_]
The NGC 128 galaxy group is located in southern Pisces along the border with Cetus and is about 200 million light-years distant give or take 20 million or...
October 6th 12 07:48 PM
by Stefan Lilge Go to last post
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Arp 185 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 185 is in Arp's class for galaxies with narrow filaments. Though I don't see any in this case. Arp's comment doesn't help much. It read: ""Condensed...
September 29th 12 05:24 AM
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 2146 A highly disturbed nearby galaxy. by Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 2146 is a very strange galaxy in Camelopardalis. It's distance by red shift is 40 million light-years. This is often unreliable this close to us. ...
September 27th 12 07:55 AM
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: VII Zw 941: Another Arp could have included in his atlas by Rick Johnson[_2_]
VII Zw 941 is another one Arp missed. It would fit with his category for spirals with high surface brightness companions on the arm except that arm is...
September 26th 12 09:31 PM
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Aquarius Dwarf by Rick Johnson[_2_]
The Aquarius Dwarf is a very difficult target for me due to its low declination and need for lots of exposure time. I wasn't able to get but 8 image of it...
September 24th 12 09:58 PM
by Stefan Lilge Go to last post
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