

Leo Trio of Galaxies605 viewsM65 (top), M66 (center left) and NGC3628 (right). About 35 million light years away in the constellation Leo.
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M33, the Triangulum Galaxy604 views2.73 million light-years away; third largest member of the Local Group of galaxies.
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Sharpless2-112603 viewsEmission nebula in Cygnus, energized by the star BD +45 3216 embedded within it.
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Sh2-290 - Planetary Nebula in Cancer603 viewsAlso known as Abell 31 and PK 219+31.1. Ancient planetary nebula, about 2000 light-years away, one of the largest in the sky but very dim.
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NGC 2903 - Spiral Galaxy in Leo602 viewsA barred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo the Lion; a member of the Virgo supercluster.
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NGC 6543 - Cat's Eye Nebula600 viewsA structurally very complex planetary nebula about 3000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco. In large-telescope images it has the appearance of a cat's eye, but in my 5" refractor it appears simply as a bright blue star with a halo. The small spiral galaxy off to the left is probably NGC 6552.
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Messier 59, Messier 60 and friends600 viewsM59 is the eilliptical galaxy in the center of the frame; above it is the elliptical galaxy M60 with nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4647. Numerous other galaxies are also in the picture, including spirals NGC4606 and NGC4607 in the bottom left quadrant.
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M74, Spiral Galaxy in Pisces600 viewsGrand design spiral galaxy with two clearly defined spiral arms winding counterclockwise from center. About 32 million light-years distant.
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NGC 6522 - Globular Cluster in Sagittarius597 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.
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NGC281 - PacMan Nebula, narrowband version597 viewsA narrowband version of the PacMan, obtained with a one-shot color CMOS camera and an IDAS NBZ nebula enhancement filter, with H-alpha mapped to red and O-III to blue.
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NGC2264 - Christmas Tree Cluster/Cone Nebula597 viewsBoth a cluster and a nebula, NGC2264 is located in the constellation Monoceros, 2,300 light-years from Earth.
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NGC 457 - The Owl Cluster595 viewsAn open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia, about 7,900 light-years distance from our Solar System. The "eyes" are the magnitude 5 star Phi-1 Cassiopeiae and magnitude 7 Phi-2 Cassiopeiae.
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