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NGC281 - The Pacman Nebula RGB56 viewsNGC 281 is an H II region in the constellation of Cassiopeia and part of the Perseus Spiral Arm. It includes or is near the open cluster IC 1590, the double star HD 5005, and several Bok globules. It is visible in amateur telescopes from dark sky locations. It is sometimes unofficially referred to as the Pacman Nebula owing to its fancied resemblance to the eponymous hero of the arcade game Pac-Man.
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Comet 73/P Schwassmann-Wachmann17 viewsComet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3, one of the comets discovered by astronomers by Arnold Schwassmann and Arno Arthur Wachmann, working at the Hamburg Observatory in Bergedorf, Germany broke into fragments on its re-entry to the inner solar system, May 1, 2006, in a reaction triggered by the sun's heating the comet as it emerged from the frozen space of the outer solar system.
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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.
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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.
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Gamma Cgyni IC1318113 viewsIC 1318, is the diffuse emission nebula surrounding Sadr or Gamma Cygni. Sadr lies in the center of Cygnus' cross. The Sadr region is one of the surrounding nebulous regions, others include the Butterfly nebula and the Crescent Nebula. It contains many dark nebulae in addition to the emission diffuse nebulae
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Melotte15 Inside The Heart Nebula61 viewsThe Heart Nebula, IC 1805, lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. This is an emission nebula showing glowing gas and darker dust lanes. The nebula is formed by plasma of ionized hydrogen and free electrons.
The nebula's intense red output and its configuration are driven by the radiation emanating from a small group of stars near the nebula's center. This open cluster of stars known as Melotte 15 contains a few bright star
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M42 Running Man120 views200mins of L and 250mins of OSC
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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.
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Pipe Nebula Milkyway Region64 viewsThis is a shot of the 'Pipe Nebula' region in the southern part of the Constellation Ophiuchus. Although this area only rises 15 degress above the southern horizon, this is a fabulous region of the summer milkyway to observe, with a wealth of many Bernard dark nebula, starclusters and globular clusters.
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Pipe Nebula in Ophiuchus59 viewsThis is a shot of the 'Pipe Nebula' region in the southern part of the Constellation Ophiuchus. Although this area only rises 15 degress above the southern horizon, this is a fabulous region of the summer milkyway to observe, with a wealth of many Bernard dark nebula, starclusters and globular clusters.
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