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Neon Saturn (APOD 3/13/2016) by
bleak_fire_
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160313.html
Neon Saturn
Image Credit: VIMS Team, U. Arizona, ESA, NASA
Explanation: If seen in the right light, Saturn glows like...
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Open Cluster NGC 129 by
WA0CKY
NGC 129 is an open cluster in Cassiopeia about 5300 light-years distant. Distances to open clusters are often hard to come by. Not for this cluster. The...
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March 21st 16 06:47 AM
by WA0CKY
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NGC 7261 An Ill Defined Open Cluster by
WA0CKY
NGC 7261 is an open cluster in southern Cepheus located about 5500 light-years away according to WEBDA. They place its age at only 47 million years making it...
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March 19th 16 05:59 AM
by WA0CKY
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NGC 7132 a different "Black Eye" Galaxy? by
WA0CKY
NGC 7132 is a somewhat disturbed appearing spiral about 50 minutes of arc northeast of Enif, the nose of Pegasus. Redshift puts it 360 million light-years...
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March 11th 16 09:36 AM
by WA0CKY
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NGC 7490 Repost by
WA0CKY
I keep having to repost this as the Space Banter keeps removing it but never tells me they are or why. It's no different than my other posts yet keeps being...
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March 9th 16 08:44 PM
by WA0CKY
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Lopsided NGC 7593 by
WA0CKY
NGC 7593 is an asymmetrical spiral in Pegasus below the Great Square. It also appears sloshed though I don't find a likely cause. The core is well west of...
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March 9th 16 06:56 AM
by WA0CKY
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Star Group NGC 1807 by
WA0CKY
NGC 1807 is a star group just west of much larger NGC 1817 in southern Taurus just above Orion. It was first noted by John Herschel on January 25, 1832. It...
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March 5th 16 07:29 PM
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Hickson Compact Group 23 (HCG 23) by
WA0CKY
HCG 23 contains 5 galaxies and is located in northwestern Eridanus. Unfortunately it is quite low in my sky. In the fall warm water and cold air above...
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March 3rd 16 07:46 PM
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Very Strange NGC 337 by
WA0CKY
NGC 337 is a strange looking, possibly barred, spiral located in Cetus 60 to 70 million light-years distant. I measure its size at about 50,000 light-years. ...
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March 1st 16 08:13 AM
by WA0CKY
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NGC 7042 and NGC 7043 by
WA0CKY
NGC 7042 and 7043 are a pair of spiral galaxies in southwest Pegasus just above Equuleus and east of Delphinus about 220 million light-years distant. Both are...
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February 26th 16 06:07 AM
by WA0CKY
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Barnard 23 by
WA0CKY
Barnard 23 is a dark nebula in northern Taurus. I find very little on it. It is listed as being opacity 5 in which 6 is the most opaque. Not in a dense...
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February 24th 16 07:44 AM
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Low Surface Brightness IC 239 by
WA0CKY
IC 239 is a low surface brightness spiral that is considered part of the NGC 1023 group. NGC 1023 is Arp 135 and is located about 45 minutes of arc east of IC...
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February 22nd 16 07:20 AM
by WA0CKY
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Open Cluster 6793 by
WA0CKY
NGC 6793 is an open cluster in western Vulpecula about 3,600 light-years distant according to WEBDA. It is rather young at 440 million years of age. Still...
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February 20th 16 07:19 PM
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NGC 90 Or What Squashed This Galaxy? by
WA0CKY
NGC 95 is a very peculiar galaxy in Pisces some 230 million light-years distant by red-shift. Tully-Fisher estimates put it close at 190 million light-years...
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FGC 2350/UGC 11838 A Very Flat Galaxy by
WA0CKY
FGC 2350 is a flat galaxy in western Pegasus between the horses front feet almost into Cygnus. Red shift puts it 145 million light-years distant while the...
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NGC 6882/6885 Cluster(s) or asterism(s)? by
WA0CKY
NGC 6882/6885 is a star group in Vulpecula. It may be made up of several groups. WEBDA has nothing on it but a position. It is Trumpler class III2p so...
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3 Armed Spiral NGC 753 by
WA0CKY
NGC 753 is a nice three armed spiral that is a member of the Abell 262 galaxy cluster. While the cluster has a radius of about 1.75 degrees and NGC 753+ is...
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February 18th 16 07:23 PM
by WA0CKY
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