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ASTRO: vdB 24 and 4 YSOs by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
VdB 24 is an interesting reflection nebula in Perseus illuminated by the
star XY Persei, a 9th magnitude variable star that can dim down to
magnitude 11. It...
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1,254 |
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ASTRO: M47 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
M 47/NGC 2422 is a very coarse open cluster about 1600 light-years
distant in Puppis. In my skies it is an easy naked eye object and great
in very small...
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ASTRO: SN 2012aw in M95 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
M95 in Leo is a rather common target for small telescopes. I found two
different estimates for the distance to M95. Most sources say 38
million light-years...
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ASTRO: IC 426 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
IC 426 is a reflection nebula in Orion, likely illuminated by Mintaka,
the right hand star in Orion's belt. Like nearly all the nebulae in
Orion it is part...
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738 |
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ASTRO: PK217+14.1 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
PK 217+14.1 aka Abell 24 is a rather large planetary nebula in Canis
Minor. Distances to planetary nebulae are hard to determine. This one
is close enough...
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648 |
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ASTRO: Arp 199 under very poor seeing by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 199 is a pair of apparently interacting galaxies in Bootes about 150
million light-years distant. The pair consists of NGC 5544 and NGC 5545
right...
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1,054 |
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Astro: Milky Way by
Chris
Hi all, my first actual image posting to this group!
This was taken using a Canon 450d, unmodified, with the 18-55mm stock
lens on a barn door mount, mid...
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by Chris
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ASTRO: NGC 4731/4775 (galaxies in Virgo) by
Stefan Lilge
My last post seems to have landed in nirvana, so I'll try again:
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My news-provider seems to...
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NGC 3198 Big Grand Design Spiral by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 3198 is a classic spiral galaxy in southern Ursa Major near the
western back foot. Recent Cepheid measurements by the HST put it at
47.3 million...
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ASTRO: Magakian 102/GN 05.26.7 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Ok, that's about as obscure as you can get. Magakian 102/GN 05.26.7 is
a reflection nebula in Auriga about one and a half degrees east of IC
410. A note in...
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1,024 |
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ASTRO: NGC 1156 A nearby blue dwarf galaxy by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 1156 is a nearby Magellanic dwarf galaxy in Aries. While it is
nearby I can't put a very definite number on it's distance. Redshift
would indicate...
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1,264 |
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997 |
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ASTRO: IC 2248 et al by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
IC 2248 is a spiral galaxy that reminds me of M94 and other galaxies
with an outer ring that usually appears detached from the inner
structure. In this case...
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743 |
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947 |
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ASTRO: Pal 2 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
The 15 Palomar globular clusters were found by scrounging the POSS 1
plates back in the 1950's. This was done by astronomers looking for
other objects so...
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822 |
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ASTRO: NGC 2149 and vdB 66 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 2149 is a somewhat unknown reflection nebula in the southwest corner
of Monoceros. Just to its west is smaller, dimmer and less defined vdB
66 around a...
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878 |