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Sundown736 viewsTaken just after sunset, this unfiltered shot provided a fitting conclusion to the eclipse experience.
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NGC 7789 - Open Cluster in Cassiopeia735 viewsDiscovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783 and nicknamed "Caroline's Rose" because of its supposed floral appearance. Distance from Earth is about 7,600 light-years.
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M20 - The Trifid Nebula735 viewsA combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula (the lower, red portion), a reflection nebula (the upper, blue portion) and a dark nebula (which accounts for the gaps dividing the nebula into lobes). About 5000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius.
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M42 - The Great Nebula in Orion734 viewsA narrowband image of the Orion Nebula, captured with a one-shot color CMOS camera and an IDAS NBZ nebula enhancement filter.
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Leo Trio of Galaxies734 viewsM65 (top), M66 (center left) and NGC3628 (right). About 35 million light years away in the constellation Leo.
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Sharpless2-180734 viewsDiffuse emission nebula in Cassiopeia, quite dim
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Approaching End of Totality731 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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The Final Sliver730 viewsA few seconds before totality.
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Third Contact plus ~38 minutes730 viewsUnlike the H-alpha filter, the white light filter doesn't reverse the view, so we are seeing the real deal.
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Totality 1730 viewsAnd here face downward in the sun
To feel how swift how secretly
The shadow of the night comes on ...
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Two minutes after Third Contact729 viewsC3 + 2 min 16 sec
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Pre-Totality 5729 viewsAnd now at Kermanshah the gate
Dark empty and the withered grass
And through the twilight now the late
Few travelers in the westward pass
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