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Approaching End of Totality421 viewsWe are almost at the end of totality. There is a hint of the end-totality diamond ring starting to appear.
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Pre-Totality 2421 viewsAnd here face down beneath the sun
And here upon earth’s noonward height
To feel the always coming on
The always rising of the night:
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Totality minus 52 minutes420 viewsC2 - 51 min 59 sec
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NGC2237 - The Rosette Nebula420 viewsEmission Nebula / HII region in Monoceros, with open cluster NGC 2244 in center of nebula.
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Shortly after End of Totality419 viewsAbout 10 seconds after Third Contact
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Post-Totality 3419 viewsThe Sun hits the horizon, about a quarter through post-totality.
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Medusa Nebula (Sharpless 2-274)419 viewsPlanetary Nebula in Gemini. Discovered in 1955, first thought to be a supernova remnant, but Soviet astronomers in 1971 determined it to be a planetary nebula.
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NGC1499 - The California Nebula, narrowband version 419 viewsA more conventional narrowband rendition of the California Nebula, mapping H-alpha to gold and O-III to blue
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M42 - The Great Nebula in Orion418 views1344 light-years away, 24 light-years across, this emission/reflection nebula is one of the brightest in the sky, as well as the closest region of massive star formation to Earth.
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As good as it gets418 viewsThis image, captured near the end of totality, shows the rominences as well as the incipient diamond ring,
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NGC6334 - Cat's Paw Nebula416 viewsAn emission nebula and star-forming region in the constellation Scorpius; distance from Earth is about 5500 light-years. Also known as Gum 64 or the Bear Claw Nebula.
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M17, the Swan Nebula (nasrrowband)416 viewsAlso known as Omega. Checkmark, Lobster and Horseshoe Nebula. 5,000 to 6,000 light-years away and 15 light-years across. Prolific star-forming region.
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