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Planetary Nebula Abell 82 Two Views by
WA0CKY
Abell 82 is a planetary nebula in western Cassiopeia about 1000 light-years by the only measurement I could find. The central star is a puzzle being a K0 sub...
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Very Strange UGC 1767 and More by
WA0CKY
My main object was originally UGC 01767 a very messed up galaxy. Or is it two galaxies? But when I looked at the field I saw another mess of a galaxy so...
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Dusty Open Cluster NGC 1342 by
WA0CKY
NGC 1342 is an open cluster in southern Perseus about 6 and a third degrees west of the far more famous California nebula. Like much of Perseus it is embedded...
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April 24th 16 08:19 PM
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Barnard 29 A hole in space-time? by
WA0CKY
Barnard 29 was described by Barnard as "Round; indefinite." It seems quite definite in my image. It appears surrounded by a ring of brighter material which...
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April 24th 16 11:00 PM
by WA0CKY
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WBL 133 Galaxy Group by
WA0CKY
I got bit by the Tower of Babble yet again. I took this field back in 2009 but put it under NGC 2334 for some reason (it is in the field -- maybe). So it...
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Red Reflection Nebula vdB 37 by
WA0CKY
Rarely seen vdB 37 is a rather red reflection nebula. It is lit by HIP 24716 a 7.74 magnitude M2 giant star. The nebula is in northern Orion. The Sky shows...
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ASTRO: NGC 3631 with SN2016bau by
Stefan Lilge
In March I imaged NGC 3631 in three nights. When processing the image I had
a strange artifact at one place and found that the strange spot had a star
in it...
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ASTRO: Sh2-261 by
Stefan Lilge
Sh2-261 is am impressive emission nebula in northern Orion, not far from the
often imaged NGC 2174/2175. It is much fainter than it's famous
brother/sister,...
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VII Zw 190 A Ring Galaxy by
WA0CKY
VII Zw 190 is a blue ring galaxy 290 million light-years distant and 60,000 light-years across in Camelopardalis 10 degrees west of M81 and M82. I can find...
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April 28th 16 05:47 AM
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ASTRO: NGC 5278/5279 by
Stefan Lilge
In the night from April 21 to April 22 I was looking for something to image
far from the nearly full moon that was adding it's light to the city lights.
I...
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April 28th 16 06:06 AM
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Strange Spiral NGC 3206 by
WA0CKY
NGC 3206 is a strange distorted galaxy in Ursa Major just west of the bowl of the dipper. It is quite nearby at about 60 million light-years by redshift and...
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Barnard 5 by
WA0CKY
Barnard 5/LBN 1471 is a dark nebula in southern Perseus about half way between M45 and the California Nebula. So a rather dusty part of the sky. 42 Persei is...
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ASTRO: NGC 3938 by
Stefan Lilge
On a weekend from March to April I have been attending a small starparty in
the north of Germany. Unfortunately weather was not as good as forecast, the...
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Open Cluster NGC 1817 by
WA0CKY
NGC 1817 is an open cluster in eastern Taurus just above Orion. It made my list being an object in the original Herschel 400 observing program from the...
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Sh2-269 by
WA0CKY
Sh2-269 also known as LBN 876 is a small star forming region in northern Orion just east of the top of his club. It is thought to be ionized by the B0.5V star...
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Ghosts of Orion IC 423 and 424 by
WA0CKY
IC 423 and IC 424 are a pair of reflection nebula in the region of Orion's belt two thirds of the way from Alnilam (middle star) and Mintaka (western belt...
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May 15th 16 06:52 PM
by WA0CKY
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UGC 6334 A galaxy with a handle? by
WA0CKY
As is obvious by now, I like strange galaxies. UGC 6334 certainly is a strange galaxy. The bright portion looks rather normal just with no outer arms you'd...
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May 20th 16 07:22 AM
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