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About 4 minutes from Second Contact717 viewsThe Moon is rapidly overtaking the Sun.
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NGC 6543 - Cat's Eye Nebula717 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 12, Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus717 viewsAbout 16,400 light years from Earth; diameter about 75 light-years. It is loosely packed and has an unusually small number of low-mass stars.
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A few minutes after First Contact715 viewsThe Moon is nibbling on the Sun.
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NGC 6522 - Globular Cluster in Sagittarius715 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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Sh2-290 - Planetary Nebula in Cancer715 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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Post-Totality 3714 viewsCome! And in the fires of Spring
The winter garment of Repentance fling;
The Bird of Time hath but a little way to fly
And Lo! The Bird is on the wing!
- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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Messier 88 - Spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices714 viewsA member of the Virgo Cluster although it appears in the neighboring constellation of Coma Berenices. About 47 million light-years distant from Earch; boasts a 100-million solar mass black hole at its core.
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IC405 - The Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga713 viewsNarrowband view of an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga north of the celestial equator, surrounding the bluish, irregular variable star AE Aurigae. About 1500 light-years away.
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The Draco Trio of Galaxies713 viewsThree galaxies in Draco: NGC 5981, edge-on spiral at top; in the middle, elliptical galaxy NGC 5982; bottom, spiral galaxy NGC 5985.
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Totality minus 32 minutes712 viewsC2 - 31 min 50 sec
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Maximum Totality712 viewsWith a glorious corona.
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