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Pre-Totality 7746 viewsAnd deepen on Palmyra’s street
The wheel rut in the ruined stone
And Lebanon fade out and Crete
High through the clouds and overblown
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M8 - the Lagoon Nebula (narrowband)746 viewsA giant emission nebula in Sagittarius. Distance 4100 light-years. 110 x 50 light-years in size. Part of a larger star cloud.
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Totality minus 1 minute745 viewsC2 - 1 min 16 sec
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NGC 6207, Spiral Galaxy in Hercules745 viewsNGC 6207 is the small oval object on the right side of the photo, just below the centerline. It is seen nearly edge-on and is about 30 million light-years from Earth. It is somewhat outshone by M13, the large globular cluster on the left, which is of course much closer, at 22,200 light-years from Earth.
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M78 - Reflection Nebula in Orion745 viewsM78 - Reflection Nebula in the Orion B molecular cloud complex, 1,350 light-years from Earth.
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NGC869 and NGC884 - The Double Cluster in Perseus744 viewsOpen clusters - NGC869 is center/bottom, 7460 light-years away; NGC884, top, 7640 light-years away
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A different view743 viewsAn early pre-totality eyepiece-projection shot, about 20 minutes after First Contact.
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NGC281 - The Pac-Man Nebula742 viewsA bright emission nebula, part of an H II region in the constellation Cassiopeia; known as the Pac-Man Nebula because of its resemblance to the video game character that flits around ruthlessly and insatiably chomping up defenseless, pathetic little dots.
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Fifteen Minutes after Third Contact741 viewsC3 + 15:16
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Packing up741 viewsOur tour grop collects their gear and loads it into the bus for the long trip back to Arkaroola.
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IC 4604 - Rho Ophiuchi Nebula 741 viewsA blue reflection nebula in Ophiuchus, illuminated by three bright stars of which the central and brightest is Rho Ophiuchi. Lying along the border of Ophiuchus and Scorpius, this nebula and its neighbor IC4603 are close to the giant red star Antares.
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Messier 7 - Ptolemy's Cluster741 viewsAn open cluster of stars in the constellation Scorpius. Southernmost Messier object. 980 light years distant. Also designated NGC 6475.
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