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3 Attachment(s) Barnard 132 by WA0CKY
Barnard 132 is a long but thin dark nebula in southern Aquila some say looks like a tadpole. I don't see it, a slug maybe but not a tadpole. At the very top...
January 2nd 16 05:56 AM
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2 Attachment(s) NGC0218 AKA PGC 2720 Not PGC 2493 by WA0CKY
NGC 218 is the western member of an interacting pair of galaxies. It is also known as PGC 2720. Problem is most sources, including The Sky and the NGC...
December 30th 15 08:37 PM
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2 Attachment(s) NGC 7673 and 7677 a messed up pair? by WA0CKY
The site erased the images trying again. I uploaded them, checked them then they were gone when the post was posted. Usually a second attempt works. ...
December 28th 15 08:24 PM
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2 Attachment(s) NGC 7183 with its strange dust lanes. by WA0CKY
NGC 7183 is a peculiar red galaxy in southwestern Aquarius about 110 million light-years distant. It is well below my normal imaging area where seeing is poor...
December 24th 15 07:09 AM
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3 Attachment(s) Whiting 1 by WA0CKY
Whiting 1 isn't much of a globular cluster. It certainly won't win any photogenic awards but it is quite interesting. Most globular clusters are about 10...
December 22nd 15 06:11 AM
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3 Attachment(s) NGC 7541 with its strange streak by WA0CKY
NGC 7541 is a peculiar spiral galaxy in western Pisces about 110 million light-years distant. It is classified as SB(rs)bc: pec HII though I don't see any HII...
December 20th 15 08:25 AM
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3 Attachment(s) NGC 6801 with SN 2015af by WA0CKY
NGC 6801 is a rather odd spiral in northeastern Cygnus. NED classifies it as SAcd, The NGC Project says Sc while CSeligman says Sc?. Note how two arms curve...
December 18th 15 07:31 AM
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2 Attachment(s) Spiral IC 1508 by WA0CKY
IC 1508 is a somewhat distorted spiral galaxy in southeastern Pegasus about 180 million light-years distant. NED classifies it as Sdm: and Sdm by CSeligman. ...
December 16th 15 08:10 AM
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2 Attachment(s) NGC 6792 A Rather Red and Dusty Spiral by WA0CKY
NGC 6792 is a very large, "red and dead" spiral in northeastern Lyra. It is a bit over 200 million light-years distant by redshift and while Tully-Fisher...
December 14th 15 05:53 AM
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2 Attachment(s) Ngc 7137 by WA0CKY
NGC 7137 is a spiral galaxy in western Pegasus about 11 degrees north of M15. Red shift puts it 62 million light-years distant. A single Tully-Fisher...
December 12th 15 06:05 PM
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1 Attachment(s) NGC 6824 A Spiral in Cygnus by WA0CKY
NGC 6824 is a SA(s)b: galaxy in northern Cygnus. Redshift puts it about 150 million light-years away. Tully-Fisher estimates run from 120 to 180 million...
December 10th 15 08:01 AM
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3 Attachment(s) II Zw 096 A Major Galactic Train Wreck by WA0CKY
II Zw 096/PGC 65779 as a collision of at least two galaxies in Delphinus east of the dolphin's nose. Redshift puts it about 470 to 480 million light-years...
December 8th 15 07:05 AM
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2 Attachment(s) Double galaxy NGC 6636 by WA0CKY
NGC 6636 is a double galaxy in eastern Draco north of its head. The pair are located about 200 million light-years distant. The near edge on galaxy is...
December 6th 15 08:21 AM
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1 Attachment(s) vdB 135 by WA0CKY
The reflection nebula vdB 135 is unusual being orange in color rather than blue like most reflection nebulae are. It is located in Cygnus a bit northwest of...
December 4th 15 08:26 AM
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2 Attachment(s) NGC 6786 and UGC 11415 by WA0CKY
NGC 6786 and UGC 11415 are a pair of interacting galaxies in eastern Draco just west of Tau Draconis which gave me fits and casts the nasty glare into the...
November 26th 15 08:42 PM
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2 Attachment(s) Gyulbudaghian's (variable) Nebula revisited again for 2015 by WA0CKY
I've always updated my image of Gyulbudaghian's Nebula, a variable nebula, about once a year. I took this year's version in July earlier than usual hoping to...
November 24th 15 02:57 PM
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2 Attachment(s) NGC 7492 A Sparce, Distant, Globular Cluster by WA0CKY
NGC 7492 is a rather sparse globular cluster which has earned it a class 12 (least condensed) rating. It could easily be taken for an open cluster from its...
November 22nd 15 05:50 PM
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2 Attachment(s) Open Cluster NGC 7209 by WA0CKY
NGC 7209 is an open cluster in Lacerta discovered by William Herschel on October 19, 1788. It lies about 3800 light-years from us and is a bit over 400...
November 20th 15 06:59 AM
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2 Attachment(s) Barnard 100 and part of 101 by WA0CKY
Barnard 100 and 101 are dark Nebulae on the western edge of the Scutum Star Cloud helping to define it. These two are the Rodney Dangerfields of dark nebula...
November 18th 15 07:02 AM
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3 Attachment(s) HD 182918 illuminating vdB 126 by WA0CKY
This field in western Vulpecula is centered on HD 182918, the illuminating star for vdB 126. The Sky has its distance at about 2900 light-years. It is...
November 16th 15 08:57 PM
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