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The Setting Sun415 viewsThis unfiltered photo conveys an impression of the end of the eclipse as most observers saw it.
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Maximum Annularity415 viewsThis was the closest I could get to maximum annularity, when the outer edge of the Moon's disk is equidistant at all points from the edge of the Sun.
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Messier 67 - Open cluster in Cancer415 viewsSometimes called King Cobra or Golden Eye Cluster. Distance 2600-2900 light-years. Estimated age 3.2 to 5 billion years.
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M85 - Lenticular or Elliptical Galaxy in Coma Berenices413 viewsM85 is a lenticular galaxy in the process of transitioning to an elliptical galaxy. It lies on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster and is 60 million light-years away, is estimated to be 125,000 light-years across, and is interacting with the smaller nearby galaxy NGC 4394.
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Prior to First Contact412 viewsWith the H-Alpha setup, the Sun doesn't entirely fit into the field of view of the 70mm scope.
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M41 - Little Beehive Cluster412 viewsOpen cluster in Canis Major, 2360 light-years from Earth.
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M44 - The Beehive Cluster412 viewsOpen cluster in the constellation Cancer. Around 600 light-years distant and 600 million years old.
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NGC 1499 - The California Nebula411 viewsAn emission nebula in the constellation Perseus, so called because it resembles the State of California in shape (though not in this image). About 1000 light-years from Earth.
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Gone411 viewsThe Sun has set. The flat and featureless terrain of the Outback stretches far away.
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IC443 - Jellyfish Nebula411 viewsA galactic supernova remnant in Gemini, about 6000 light-years away.
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Sh2-204 - Faint nebula in Camelopardalis411 viewsEmission nebula, about 12,500 light-years away
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NGC2359 - Thor's Helmet411 viewsAn emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. About 12,000 light-years distant and 30 light-years in size. Associated with the Wolf-Rayet star WR7.
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