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UGC 12578 and UGC 12589 by
WA0CKY
UGC 12578 (lower right) and UGC 12589 (upper left) are a pair of galaxies in western Pisces. Both appear highly disturbed but are unrelated. UGC 12589 is 4...
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615 |
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ASTRO: Arp 297 reprocessed by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 297 falls under Arp's category of galaxy groups, long filaments. It
is located in Bootes. It's distance is a problem I'll get to. It is
made up of...
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809 |
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ASTRO: NGC 6960 by
Stefan Lilge
NGC 6960 is one of those targets that are imaged over and over, but I didn't have a decent version yet, so I went for it.
I used the short nights from July 19...
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977 |
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ASTRO: NGC 7223 et al by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 7223 is a face on barred spiral in Lacerta about 200 million
light-years away. It is part of a group of 18 galaxies known as the
LDCE 1503 group. It...
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784 |
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ASTRO; KjPn 8 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
MO2001 104 is the core of a double planetary nebula. Technically it is
the emission line star at the core of the nebula which goes by many
designations. ...
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666 |
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ASTRO: B163 A dark nebula for a change by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Barnard 163 is one of many dark nebula in IC 1396 home of the far more
famous "Elephant Trunk". IC 1396 is a huge emission nebula in Cepheus.
Barnard 163...
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0 |
962 |
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ASTRO: NGC 6543 Cat's Eye by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 6543, the Cat's Eye Nebula is located in Draco about 3000 light
years from earth. It is a small planetary nebula about 27"x 24" of arc
in size for the...
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August 14th 12 07:53 PM
by WA0CKY
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740 |
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ASTRO: Palomar 7 / IC 1276 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
PAL7/IC 1276 is a globular cluster in Serpens Cauda. It's about 17,600
light-years from us and about 12,100 light years from the center of the
galaxy. That...
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829 |
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ASTRO: Abell 61 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Abell 61 is a planetary in Cygnus near the northeast border with Lyra.
It is about the size of the M97, the Owl Nebula, but much fainter. So
faint nearly...
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1,427 |
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788 |
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ASTRO: Kohoutek 1-14 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Kohoutek 1-14/K1-14 is an interesting planetary nebula in Hercules.
It's central star is a double star with a separation of only 0.34". The
star is off...
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887 |
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ASTRO NGC 6426 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 6726 is a rather faint globular cluster in Ophiuchus in the Herschel
400 list. It is about 66,500 light-years from us and 46,300 light years
from the...
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762 |
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ASTRO: Palomar 11 A Colorful Globular by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Palomar 11 (Pal 11) is located in Aquila about 47,000 light-years from
us and 27,000 light-years from the center of the galaxy. It was
discovered by George...
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853 |
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ASTRO: NGC 6384 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 6384 is a low surface brightness galaxy in Ophiuchus about 80
million light-years away. Not a constellation in which you find many
nice spiral galaxies!...
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797 |
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ASTRO: vdB 128 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
vdB128 is a mostly reflection nebula around a pulsating variable star in
Cygnus. I found little distance information but one source lists a very
iffy...
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July 29th 12 08:59 PM
by WA0CKY
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819 |
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July 27th 12 08:42 PM
by WA0CKY
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1,036 |
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ASTRO: NEO (153958) 2002 AM31 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
(153958) 2002 AM31 is a NEO (Near Earth Asteroid) that got a lot of
print a few days ago. It passed "close" to earth on July 22.99. That
was daylight here...
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557 |
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1,199 |
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ASTRO: Palomar 15 by
WA0CKY
Palomar 15 was cataloged by many as a galaxy. The Karachentseva Isolated Galaxy Catalogue says of it; "Resolved dwarf system. ...bright nucleus and diffuse...
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July 23rd 12 07:43 AM
by WA0CKY
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938 |