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IC1848 - The Soul Nebula, narrowband version445 viewsNarrowband rendition of the Soul Nebula, captured using an IDAS NBZ nebula enhancement filter, with H-alpha emissions in red and O-III emissions in blue.
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A different view444 viewsAn early pre-totality eyepiece-projection shot, about 20 minutes after First Contact.
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Messier 58 and the Siamese Twins444 viewsM58 is a barred spiral galaxy about 62 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The Siamese Twins, NGC 4567 and 4568, are colliding spiral galaxies about 60 million light-years away, in the early stages of merging; they are also nicknamed the Butterfly Galaxies.
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Nearing sunset443 viewsThe foreground trees show up a little better in this shot.
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Messier 59, Messier 60 and friends443 viewsM59 is the eilliptical galaxy in the center of the frame; above it is the elliptical galaxy M60 with nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4647. Numerous other galaxies are also in the picture, including spirals NGC4606 and NGC4607 in the bottom left quadrant.
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Pre-Totality 7442 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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The Sun - Just prior to First Contact (Hydrogen-Alpha View)441 viewsVenus has not yet begun to encroach on the Sun's disk
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NGC281 - The Pac-Man Nebula441 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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First contact plus ~45 minutes440 viewsAbout 3/4 through pre-totality.
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Diamond Ring440 viewsThe Diamond Ring heralds the end of totality at 13:58:47 local time.
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Pre-Totality 4440 viewsAnd strange at Ecbatan the trees
Take leaf by leaf the evening strange
The flooding dark about their knees
The mountains over Persia change
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NGC6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula440 viewsPart of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant in Cygnus. Also known as the Network Nebula.
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