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Messier 3 (NGC 5272) is a globular cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici.
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The Wild Duck Cluster is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Scutum.
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Messier 81, also known as Bode's Galaxy, is a classic grand-design spiral galaxy in Ursa Major lying about 12 million light-years away, with a disk spanning roughly 90,000 light-years.
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M10_2020-04-20 Messier 10 or M10 (also designated NGC 6254) is a globular cluster of stars in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus.
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The Ring Nebulae (NGC 6960) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra, formed when a shell of ionized gas is expelled into the surrounding interstellar medium by a star in the last stages of its evolution before becoming a white dwarf.
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The Lagoon Nebula is a giant emission nebula with an H II region located in the constellation Sagittarius.
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The Orion Nebula (M42, NGC 1976) is a diffuse emission nebula in the constellation Orion and the closest large region of massive star formation to Earth, at a distance of roughly 1,300-1,350 light-years.
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Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
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Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, is a large, face-on “grand design” spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, cataloged as NGC 5457.
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy as taken by the Burke-Gaffney Observatory Robot Planewave CDK24.
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M42 the Orion Nebula Exposure 30@ 30 sec sub frames ISO 1600 Camera Nikon D800 [7360 x 4912] Optics Prime focus of a 10" Meade SCT f/10, 2500 mm focal length on a Celestron CGEM DX mount with a F/6.3 Focal Reducer.
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Back to the past - this is the view 21 million years ago of the Pinwheel Galaxy M101 as seen from my backyard.
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Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, is a large, face-on “grand design” spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, cataloged as NGC 5457.
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Back to the past - this is the view 21 million years ago of the Pinwheel Galaxy M101 as seen from my backyard.
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The Lagoon Nebula is a giant emission nebula with an H II region located in the constellation Sagittarius.
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The Andromeda Galaxy (M31, NGC 224) is the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way, located about 2.5 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.
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"Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster.
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SN 2020jfo was a Type II supernova in the Messier 61 galaxy, first observed on 6 May 2020 with an apparent magnitude of 16.01.
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Messier 104, the Sombrero Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy of somewhat ambiguous classification straddling the Virgo/Corvus border, often described as intermediate between a spiral and a lenticular galaxy.
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Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
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The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31 with its adjacent M32 and M110 galaxies (left and right), is a barred spiral galaxy.
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The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51 with its adjacent NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus.
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The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31 with its adjacent M32 and M110 galaxies (left and right), is a barred spiral galaxy.
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Messier 106 (also known as NGC 4258) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici.
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M17 the Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula, Checkmark Nebula, Lobster Nebula, and the Horseshoe Nebula (catalogued as Messier 17 or M17 or NGC 6618) is an H II region in the constellation Sagittarius.
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M13 Hercules Globular Cluster.M13 was discovered by Edmond Halley in 1714, and cataloged by Charles Messier on June 1, 1764 into his list of objects not to mistake for comets.Total image time was 1.25 hours.
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The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51 with its adjacent NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus.
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M64 the Black Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away in the mildly northern constellation of Coma Berenices.
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M13 Hercules Globular Cluster.M13 was discovered by Edmond Halley in 1714, and cataloged by Charles Messier on June 1, 1764 into his list of objects not to mistake for comets.
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M64 the Black Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away in the mildly northern constellation of Coma Berenices.
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M17 the Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula, Checkmark Nebula, Lobster Nebula, and the Horseshoe Nebula (catalogued as Messier 17 or M17 or NGC 6618) is an H II region in the constellation Sagittarius.
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M17 the Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula, Checkmark Nebula, Lobster Nebula, and the Horseshoe Nebula (catalogued as Messier 17 or M17 or NGC 6618) is an H II region in the constellation Sagittarius.
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M17 the Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula, Checkmark Nebula, Lobster Nebula, and the Horseshoe Nebula (catalogued as Messier 17 or M17 or NGC 6618) is an H II region in the constellation Sagittarius.
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The 3rd version of a portion of the North America Nebula (IC 7000).
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A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed to fly and operate in outer space.
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The Moon is the only natural satellite of Earth.
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The Heart Nebula, IC 1805 which lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia.
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The Milky Way or Milky Way Galaxy, or simply the Galaxy, is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed by stars in other arms of the galaxy, which are so far away that they cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.
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The 97.2% Waxing Gibbous Moon taken at prime focus of a 10" Meade SCT with a .6 focal reducer on May 13, 2019 Exposure 100@ 1/320 sec.
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