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Heart Shaped Galaxy VII Zw 140 by
WA0CKY
VII Zw 140 is described as a "Blue post-eruptive multiple (elliptical) ring spiral, with compact elliptical core" according to the CGPG. Though it is slightly...
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May 23rd 15 06:37 AM
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NGC 1507 A Herschel II 400 Galaxy by
WA0CKY
NGC 1507 made my list as a Herschel 400 II observing program galaxy, one I've not looked at visually. If it hadn't have been about -30°C I'd have run out and...
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May 21st 15 08:28 AM
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A quartet of spiral galaxies by
WA0CKY
This field is located in northern Eridanus. It consists of 3 NGC galaxies and one IC galaxy. Various sources group them differently. Some consider the two...
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May 19th 15 09:25 PM
by WA0CKY
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ASTRO: NGC 6770 by
Stefan Lilge
NGC 6670 was honoured by a great Hubble picture that can be found with the
help of big brother Google.
This pair looks less impressive in my image, but they...
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May 19th 15 09:17 PM
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May 19th 15 08:06 AM
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IC 200 and a couple friends by
WA0CKY
IC 200 is a nice, overlooked, barred spiral in triangulum about 230 million light-years away. It is classed as an SBbc spiral that may house an active...
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Bipolar reflection nebula, NGC 2163 by
WA0CKY
NGC 2163 is described as being a bipolar reflection nebula. It is associated with the pre-main sequence emission line star LkHA 208 at its center. Apparently...
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The Very Strange Case of IC 359 by
WA0CKY
IC 359 is a strange galaxy in Taurus about 180 million light-years distant. It is classified as E or S0? depending on the source. Only problem is that it has...
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May 17th 15 07:52 AM
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Ngc by
WA0CKY
NGC 2748 is a polar ring spiral galaxy locate in Camelopardalis just west of Draco's tail. It is a medium size spiral about 66,000 light-years across assuming...
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May 11th 15 09:10 PM
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vdB 69 with part of LDN 1622 by
WA0CKY
The reflection nebula vdB62 is illuminated by the Herbig-Bell star HD 288313. These are young A or hotter stars with emission lines. They are also called...
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A Pair of Interesting Galaxies by
WA0CKY
It's a bonus when I can get two strange objects in one field. This possibility is why I invested in as large of a chip as was available at the time I bought...
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ASTRO: NGC 289 by
Stefan Lilge
I still haven't processed all my Namibia images from last August and have
not even posted all of those that I have processed.
Here is NGC 289, a galaxy with...
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April 29th 15 09:56 PM
by WA0CKY
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Barnard 12 by
WA0CKY
Barnard 12/LDN 1407 is a dark nebula in southern Camelopardalis that just fits my field of view. While it blocks background stars quite well it doesn't seem...
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April 29th 15 07:55 AM
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Ngc 637 by
WA0CKY
Embedded links for words and phrases are pure advertising bull put in by SpaceBanter and beyond my control. I did not put them in SpaceBanter does this and...
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Ngc 2500 by
WA0CKY
NGC 2500 is a nearby low surface brightness face on spiral galaxy in central Lynx. NED classifies it as SB(rs)d with HII emission. The NGC project says SAB....
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NGC 765 a huge spiral by
WA0CKY
NGC 765 is a rather low surface brightness face on spiral once you get beyond the central area. It is located in northwestern Aries about 220 million...
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IC 284 in dust by
WA0CKY
As usual. All embedded links are spam and have absolutely nothing to do with astronomy or my post. Please ignore the crapola.
IC 284 is a rather low surface...
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April 23rd 15 05:39 AM
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FGC 163 and a bunch of asteroids by
WA0CKY
FGC 163/NGC 522 is a flat galaxy in central Pisces about 110 million light-years away by redshift. Other measurements have a mean value of 130 million...
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kkh 24 A spiral in the dust by
WA0CKY
Kkh 24 is a rather obscured galaxy in northern Cepheus only 4 degrees from the pole and 3.5 degrees from Polaris. It resides in a molecular cloud that looks...
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