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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Pal 14 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
Palomar 14 (Pal 14) is probably the least well known globular cluster in Hercules. It is just over the border from Serpens Caput, in fact the right 40% of...
July 21st 12 09:25 AM
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: The surprising M 40 field by Rick Johnson[_2_]
M40 is simply the double star Winnecke 4. The separation has been steadily increasing since Winnecke first measured it at 49.2" in 1863 at a position angle...
July 19th 12 05:48 AM
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO:Aurora and Conjunction by jim wilson
One straight up, the other NE. From Sunday 7-15-12, Calgary. At 51 ° North, the aurora was bright on the SOUTH horizon (not pictured)... jim
July 17th 12 07:51 PM
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Abell 2197 an amazing field by Rick Johnson[_2_]
Abell 2197 is a moderately condensed galaxy cluster containing over 50 galaxies, most "big and bright" at least compared to most Abell clusters. It is about...
July 17th 12 08:42 AM
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Arp 178 revisited by Rick Johnson[_2_]
This is a reshoot with twice the exposure time under a bit better seeing. It didn't pick up much more of the plumes than the first but detail in the galaxy...
July 15th 12 08:27 AM
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: ZwCl400.4+0949, a "nearby" galaxy cluster by Rick Johnson[_2_]
This galaxy cluster is far too large for my 0.2 square degree field of view. It has a diameter of 134 minutes for an area of just under 4 degrees or nearly...
July 13th 12 05:58 AM
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 6015 and a cometary galaxy by Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 6015 is a multi-armed, warped spiral galaxy in Draco, south of the bowl of the Little Dipper. It's distance is hard to pin down. Too close for redshift...
July 11th 12 05:02 AM
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1 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Nova Sagittarius 2012 No. 4 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
Nova Sagittarius No. 4 (how's that for a name) was just discovered. Since I thought I had a clear night I decided to give it a try. It is at 18h 20m 27s...
July 8th 12 08:44 PM
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3 Attachment(s) NGC 5591 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 5591 is a double galaxy in Bootes about 540 million light years away. The galaxies appear to be making their first encounter. Whether their velocities...
July 8th 12 08:50 AM
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 4274 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 4274 is an odd barred spiral in Coma Berenices about 50 to 60 million light-years distant by redshift. Other measurements put it much closer or further...
July 4th 12 06:17 AM
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4 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 3675 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 3675 is a beautiful but rarely imaged flocculent galaxy in Ursa Major. By redshift it is about 46 million light-years distant. Other measurements,...
July 2nd 12 08:18 AM
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 5701 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 5701 is a quasi ringed barred spiral about 80 million light-years distant in Virgo. The arms are very faint. They are quite odd in that the inner half...
June 30th 12 07:51 PM
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4 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 4656 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 4656, the Hockey Stick Galaxy, is a highly disturbed galaxy or galaxies depending on who you read, located in Canes Venatici. It carries two NGC...
June 27th 12 09:07 AM
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: M101 satellite dwarf galaxy NGC 5585 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 5585 is one of four dwarf satellite galaxies of M101. Therefore it is about the same distance as M101 which is usually state to be 25 to 27 million...
June 25th 12 10:02 PM
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4 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Two more very strange galaxies from the UGC catalog by Rick Johnson[_2_]
UGC 6912 and UGC 6931 are two interesting galaxies in Ursa Major about 3 degrees west of the double star M 40. Redshift puts them about 67-70 and 62 million...
June 24th 12 09:10 PM
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: UGC 8496 and UGC 8502 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
UGC 08496 is an interacting double galaxy in Canes Venatici 4 degrees northeast of M3 about 230 million light-years distant. The southern galaxy is compact...
June 23rd 12 07:08 PM
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 3938 by Stefan Lilge
NGC 3938 is one of my favourite galaxies since I first imaged it in 2002 (at that time with an 8" Meade LX200 and MX516 camera, 2x20m exposure, to be found...
June 21st 12 09:17 PM
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 5921 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 5921 is a pretty face on barred spiral galaxy in Serpens Caput about 3 degrees north of M5. It is well worth visiting when viewing the far more commonly...
June 20th 12 01:37 AM
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Bright Lights and the Big Dipper by jim wilson
Aurora from west of Calgary. 6-17-2012 jim
June 19th 12 10:11 PM
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3 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 4163 by Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 4163 is a dwarf starburst galaxy that is part of the Ursa Major group just west of the far better known and larger dwarf NGC 4214. It is located in...
June 19th 12 10:07 PM
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