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2 Attachment(s) Abell 2593-N by WA0CKY
Abell 2593-N is the northern part of the much larger Abell 2593 cluster. Oddly the center of the full cluster is NGC 7649 which is also close to the center of...
February 8th 16 08:28 AM
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1 Attachment(s) ASTRO: HFG1 and Abell6 by Stefan Lilge
HFG1 (Heckathorn-Fesen-Gull1) has been a surprisingly popular target recently, but most images have it without Abell 6, which is in the same field of view if...
February 8th 16 08:19 AM
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3 Attachment(s) Repost of NGC 7234 which Space Banter Lost by WA0CKY
NGC 7234 was discovered by William Herschel on October 16, 1787 but when his sister reduced his coordinates she made an error. She referenced a vacant piece...
February 7th 16 09:55 PM
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NGC 7212 A Major Train Wreck in Progress by Stefan Lilge
Rick, you captured a lot of details in these tiny galaxies. Amazing we can see them colliding at that distance. Stefan "WA0CKY" schrieb im Newsbeitrag...
February 7th 16 09:53 PM
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2 Attachment(s) Tiny Open Cluster NGC 6846 by WA0CKY
NGC 6846 is located in southern Cygnus about 14,500 light-years distant. It is a rather small cluster, likely due to its distance. The NGC Project gives a...
February 7th 16 08:44 PM
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3 Attachment(s) 5 major galaxies 9 minor asteroids by WA0CKY
This field of 5 galaxies at a distance of about 220 million light-years lies in southern Pisces only a couple minutes of arc above Aquarius. The ecliptic runs...
February 7th 16 08:40 PM
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2 Attachment(s) NGC 6829 and 6831 Two strange probably interacting galaxies by WA0CKY
NGC 6829 and NGC 6831 are a pair of possible interacting galaxies in Draco. Though the lower left corner of the image lies in Cygnus. NGC 6829 is listed as...
February 7th 16 08:38 PM
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2 Attachment(s) NGC 1421 A Strange Spiral by WA0CKY
NGC 1421 is a strange near edge on galaxy in northern Eridanus about 90 million light-years distant by redshift and 83 by Tully-Fisher measurement. It has high...
February 6th 16 08:27 AM
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2 Attachment(s) NGC 7245 and a bonus cluster by WA0CKY
NGC 7245 is a Trumpler class II1p (one source says II2m) open cluster in Northern Lacerta. It's classification indicates it is a cluster detached from the...
January 31st 16 08:36 PM
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2 Attachment(s) Peculiar Galaxy IC 1495/5327 by WA0CKY
IC 1495/5327 is a peculiar galaxy in southeastern Aquarius. It is about 270 million light-years by red shift and 260 million light-years by Tully-Fisher...
January 29th 16 08:36 AM
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3 Attachment(s) Repost of NGC 6255 that Space Banter lost by WA0CKY
NGC 6255 is a low surface brightness barred spiral galaxy toward the upper middle of the keystone of Hercules about 42 million light-years distant by redshift....
January 26th 16 02:11 AM
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3 Attachment(s) The WBL 672 Galaxy Group by WA0CKY
NGC 7146 and 7147 are the largest galaxies in a group of galaxies about 400 million light-years from us in southwestern Pegasus. Both appear to be red and...
January 23rd 16 09:02 AM
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2 Attachment(s) NGC 6856 Open Cluster or Asterism? by WA0CKY
NGC 6856 is a star group located in Northern Cygnus. It was discovered by John Herschel on September 24, 1829. I can't tell you how distant it is. There is...
January 21st 16 08:32 PM
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2 Attachment(s) MRK 331 and Friends by WA0CKY
Mrk 331 is a Luminous Infra Red Galaxy in the Great Square of Pegasus about 240 million light-years distant by red shift, 160 million light-years by Tully...
January 17th 16 08:35 AM
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2 Attachment(s) NGC 1343 A Very Peculiar Galaxy by WA0CKY
NGC 1343 is a barred spiral in far eastern Cassiopeia. So far east the very eastern end of it is in Camelopardalis. Non red shift measurements place it about...
January 15th 16 07:24 AM
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3 Attachment(s) NGC 7127 A Confusing Open Cluster by WA0CKY
NGC 7127 is listed as an open cluster in northeastern Cygnus. I'd normally give a distance at this point but my research turned up nothing but confusion. I...
January 11th 16 08:45 AM
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2 Attachment(s) Nearby Blue Dwarf NGC 6789 by WA0CKY
NGC 6789 is a small irregular galaxy in eastern Draco about 11 to 12 million light-years distant. This was determined by the Tip of the Red Giant Branch...
January 9th 16 06:43 AM
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2 Attachment(s) Open Cluster NGC 609 by WA0CKY
NGC 609 is a type II3r open cluster in Cassiopeia about 13,000 light-years distant according to WEBDA. They put its age at about 1.7 billion years making it a...
January 7th 16 08:15 AM
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4 Attachment(s) The Center of the Abell Galaxy Cluster 2626 by WA0CKY
IC 5337 and 5338 form the core of the Abell 2626 galaxy cluster. The cluster is located almost dead center in the Great Square of Pegasus and is about 720...
January 5th 16 08:25 AM
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2 Attachment(s) NGC 6764 a Barred Spiral by WA0CKY
NGC 6764 is a barred spiral in Cygnus only a couple minutes of arc from the border with Draco. It is about 100 million light-years distant by both redshift...
January 3rd 16 06:57 AM
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