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ASTRO: NGC 7380, The Wizard Nebula by
George[_6_]
Haven't posted in a while. First off, I want to say that I appreciate all
the beautiful images and information you guys post, particularly Rick and...
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ASTRO: NGC 7242 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 7242 is a very large galaxy that anchors the NGC 7242 group. It is
about 250 million light-years distant. I can trace the plumes off each
end of the...
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709 |
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ASTRO: Arp 189 reshoot by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
I wasn't going to process this old image from May 2011 as it didn't
appear any better than an old version with far less data. But before
moving on to...
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898 |
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ASTRO: Arp 109 Interacting galaxies by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 141 is a pair of interacting galaxies in Camelopardalis (a giraffe)
that had been too far north and lost in my now defunct Polaris trees. I
suspected it...
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1,179 |
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ASTRO: UGC 2023 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
UGC 2023 is a very faint irregular galaxy in eastern Triangulum. It's
distance is rather vague. Redshift says 17 million light-years while
Tully Fisher...
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795 |
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ASTRO: NGC 6826 The Blinking Planetary by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 6826 is apparently the only known triple shell, giant halo
planetary. Considering there are only 3 in the first category and 6 in
the second that isn't...
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948 |
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ASTRO: Arp 96 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 96 falls under Arp's category for spiral galaxies with elliptical
galaxies on their arms. They are located 205 million light-years away
based on their...
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1,057 |
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ASTRO: Arp 200 in galactic cirrus revisited by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
My first attempt at Arp 200 (April 2009) was not all that great so it
went back on the reshoot list. I think this is a great improvement.
Arp 200/NGC 1134...
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1,212 |
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ASTRO: NGC 7048 a planetary nebula by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 7048 is a rather nice planetary nebula in Cygnus about half way
between M39 and the North American Nebula that I've managed to avoid
imaging until late...
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1,130 |
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ASTRO: Arp 109 The real one this time by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 109 is in Arp's class for "E and E-like galaxies repelling spiral
arms", a class that never has made sense to me. If it has spiral arms
isn't it a...
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924 |
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ASTRO: M30 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
M30 is a globular cluster in Capricornus about 26,000 light-years
distant. At -23 degrees it is really too low for me to image but being
an M object I had...
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906 |
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1,019 |
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ASTRO: The NGC 507 Group and Arp 229 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
This is my second try at the NGC 507 group. It is anchored by Arp 229
which I centered on as part of my project to image the Arp Galaxies.
But that missed...
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921 |
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ASTRO: NGC 60 V marks the spot this time by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 60/UGC 150 is a rather chaotic spiral possibly interacting with a
high surface brightness companion on its arm. Why Arp didn't include it
in his...
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861 |
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ASTRO: NGC 128 X marks the spot by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
The NGC 128 galaxy group is located in southern Pisces along the border
with Cetus and is about 200 million light-years distant give or take 20
million or...
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870 |
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ASTRO: Arp 185 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 185 is in Arp's class for galaxies with narrow filaments. Though I
don't see any in this case. Arp's comment doesn't help much. It read:
""Condensed...
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966 |
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1,071 |
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759 |
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ASTRO: Aquarius Dwarf by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
The Aquarius Dwarf is a very difficult target for me due to its low
declination and need for lots of exposure time. I wasn't able to get
but 8 image of it...
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869 |