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The Elephant Trunk Nebula High Resolution49 viewsThe Elephant's Trunk nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust in the star cluster IC 1396 and ionized gas region located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth[1]. The piece of the nebula shown here is the dark, dense globule IC 1396A; it is commonly called the Elephant Trunk nebula because of its appearance at visible wavelengths, where it is a dark patch with a bright, sinuous rim.Aug 22, 2010
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Trifid49 viewsTrifid nebula from Les Granges France on the 10th and 11th of July 2010.Jul 21, 2010
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Subtle Lagoon38 viewsThis is the 'Lagoon' nebula in Sagittarius which can be seen from Ireland mainly on summer evenings as a bright nebulous patch of light just above the 'teapot' and the large sagittarius starcloud, named as M8 by Charles Messier. At 4,000 to 6,000 light years away, it is seen as a bright 6th magnitude glow a degree across, containg newly born stars, and the fabulous starcluster NGC 6530.Jul 03, 2010
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North America Milkyway56 viewsThis is the tip of Cygnus around the bright star Deneb or alpha cygnii which forms part of the summer triangle. It's an incredibly dense part of the cygnus spiral arm with stars too numerous to count. The north america nebula (NGC 7000) is outstanding here along with M39 and many dust lanes visible also.Jun 11, 2010
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Cygnus Milkyway Arm62 viewsPresented here is a widefield view of the northern constellation Cygnus, known since the time of the ancients as the 'Swan'. This is a fabulous visual part of our northern hemisphere's milkyway, in which we are looking inward towards the cygnus spiral arm which hosts many deep sky treasures including the North America and Pelican nebulae, Messier cluster's M29 & 39, and the great 'Cygnus Rift', which is composed of a huge mass of galactic dust. This is best seen on clear summer nights.Jun 09, 2010
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Melotte-15, Core Cluster of IC180585 viewsMelotte-15, Core Cluster of IC1805. The crucible of star formation lies within giant molecular clouds scattered throughout the spiral arms of galaxies. In our own galaxy some of the best known star forming regions lie in a chain of HII clouds located in the Perseus spiral arm of our galaxy. From west to east the chain of giant HII regions are known as W3, W4, and W5, which are also catalogued as IC 1795, IC 1805, and IC 1848.May 29, 2010
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NGC 3628 In The Constellation Leo100 viewsNGC 3628 is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. It has an approximately 300,000 light-years long tidal tail. NGC 3628 along with M65 and M66 form the famous Leo Triplet, a small group of galaxies. Its most conspicuous feature is the broad and obscuring band of dust located along the outer edge of its spiral arms, effectively transecting the galaxy to our view.May 16, 2010
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NGC 2841 - Galaxy in Ursa Major80 viewsNGC 2841 is an inclined unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. In 2001 the Hubble Space Telescope surveyed of the galaxy's Cepheid variables determined that it was approximately 14.1 megaparsecs or 46 million light years distant. (Thats around 276 million million million miles) Structurally, NGC 2841 is noted for its large population of young blue stars, and few star forming regionsMay 02, 2010
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The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici122 views M51, the 'Whirlpool Galaxy' in Canes Venatici is famous for its beautiful spiral structure, first noted by Lord Rosse in 1845. It was discovered by Messier in October 1773 and catalogued by him in January 1774. Its companion galaxy, NGC 5195, was discovered in 1781 by Messier's colleague, P. Mechain. The M51 system is a spectacular example of interacting galaxies - in this case NGC 5195 is being "ripped apart" by the huge gravitational disturbance of M51, while M51 has in turApr 27, 2010
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Venus and Mercury 07 April 201069 viewsThe two innnermost planets of our solar system Venus and Mercury lie visually close together in this rare view. Whilst Venus is more greatly knowm, it is estimated that only 1% of the Earth's population have actually seen Mercury! This is my first time having the opportunity to photograph them toghether.Apr 07, 2010
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M67 Starcluster63 viewsThe starcluster M67 in cancer is an ancient starcluster of around 4 billion years old at visual magnitude 6.9 containing many 10th to 16th magnitude stars.Mar 20, 2010
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Leo Triplet74 viewsThe Leo triplet of galaxies are a lovely visual treat in our spring skies consisting of M65, M66 and NGC 3628 about 35 million light years from earth, ranging from visual magnitudes 9.4 to 10.3. Mar 20, 2010
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