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NGC 7789 - Open Cluster in Cassiopeia547 viewsDiscovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783 and nicknamed "Caroline's Rose" because of its supposed floral appearance. Distance from Earth is about 7,600 light-years.Aug 28, 2019
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Messier 24 - "Small" Sagittarius Star Cloud642 viewsMessier 24 is an enormous cloud of stars lying in the Sagittarius arm of our galaxy, at a distance of about 10,000 light years from Earth. It is about 600 light years wide and occupies an area 90 arc minutes in apparent diameter. Among other objects, M24 contains the open cluster NGC 6603, which is at the center of this image. M24 is called the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud because there is another, larger star cloud south of it in Sagittarius, consisting of stars not obscured by the interstellar dust which blocks our view of the center of the galaxy. Aug 12, 2019
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NGC 6520 and Barnard 86579 viewsNGC 6520 is an open cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, consisting of about 25 stars of magnitude 9-12. At its western edge (to the right in this image) lies the dark nebula Barnard 86 (B86).Aug 10, 2019
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NGC 6522 - Globular Cluster in Sagittarius547 viewsPossibly the oldest star cluster in the Milky Way,[4] with an age of more than 12 billion years. Located in an area of the sky known as Baade's Window, named for the astronomer Walter Baade, who first recognized its signficance. Baade's Window is an area of the sky with relatively low amounts of interstellar dust along the line of sight from the Earth, allowing unobstructed observation of the center of our Milky Way galaxy.Aug 09, 2019
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Tulip Nebula - Sh2-101485 viewsAn emission nebula about 6,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. The shape vaguely resembles the outline of a tulip.Aug 04, 2019
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First Contact plus 6 minutes492 viewsThe lightweight mount I was using made the scope sensitive to vibration - hence the shaky picture.Jul 21, 2019
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About 20 minutes after First Contact539 viewsA big chunk of the Sun is gone already.Jul 21, 2019
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Prior to First Contact506 viewsWith the H-Alpha setup, the Sun doesn't entirely fit into the field of view of the 70mm scope.Jul 21, 2019
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Nearing sunset550 viewsThe foreground trees show up a little better in this shot.Jul 21, 2019
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Sundown520 viewsTaken just after sunset, this unfiltered shot provided a fitting conclusion to the eclipse experience.Jul 21, 2019
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The Sun sets in the weeds511 viewsThe still-partially-eclipsed sun is being increasingly obscured by tree branches on a distant hillside - but they look more like weeds in this view.Jul 21, 2019
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Third Contact plus ~38 minutes527 viewsUnlike the H-alpha filter, the white light filter doesn't reverse the view, so we are seeing the real deal.Jul 21, 2019
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