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Squatter 665 viewsSomeone beat me to my pad, so I went up to the Upper Pads area, where I got a better view anyway.
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NGC2237 - The Rosette Nebula664 viewsEmission Nebula / HII region in Monoceros, with open cluster NGC 2244 in center of nebula.
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M74 - Spiral galaxy in Pisces664 viewsFace-on spiral galaxy about 32 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pisces.
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First Contact plus 1 minute 28 seconds663 viewsThe nibble on the sun is a little larger.
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The Upper Pad area662 viewsI wound up camping out on the Upper Pad area at the OCA Anza site, where I had plenty of company.
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Post-Totality 1661 viewsA few seconds after Third Contact (end of totality).
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NGC 4244, the Silver Needle Galaxy in Canes Venatici661 viewsAnother "needle" edge-on galaxy, member of a group of galaxies associated with Messier 94 in the Virgo supercluster; about 14 million light-years from Earth.
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NGC 3521, "flocculent" spiral galaxy in Leo660 viewsNGC 3521 is termed a "flocculent" spiral galaxy because it has patches or clumps of stars breaking up the continuity of the spiral arms. Self-propagating star formation is thought to account for the patchiness. The galaxy lies about 26 million light-years away from us.
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Bob Peck's Observatory659 viewsBob with his very classy solar setup.
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NGC 2359 - Thor's Helmet659 viewsAn emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major; about 12,000 light-years away. Consists largely of interstellar gas swept up by the central star, and partly of material from the star itself, which is an extremely hot, massive Wolf-Rayet star in a short-lived pre-supernova stage.
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NGC 7023, the Iris Nebula658 viewsReflection nebula in Cepheus. Actually the nebula is LBN 487, and NGC 7023 is a star cluster within the nebula. 1300 light-years away and 6 across.
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Sh2-311 - Emission nebula in Puppis658 viewsSharpless 311 (Sh2-311, NGC 2467, Gum 9, LBN 1065 + 1067) is a bright nebula located approximately 20,500 light-years away in the constellation Puppis.
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