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NGC
457: Open Cluster (The Owl Cluster)
9,000
Light Years
11/11/09
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NGC
457 contains over one hundred stars and lies approximately
9,000 light years away from the Sun. |
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NGC 869 / NGC 884:
Double Cluster
7,100 and
7,400
Light Years respectively
11/18/08
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer.
The Double Cluster is the common name for the naked-eye
open
clusters
NGC
869 and
NGC
884, which are close
together in the constellation
Perseus.
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NGC 891:
Outer Limits Galaxy
32,000,000
Light Years
09/22/07
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f/5.
Edge-on Galaxy with center dust lane. Located in the constellation
Andromeda. |
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NGC
1535:
Planetary Nebula
5,800
Light Years
11/10/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer.
NGC
1535 is very to similar Eskimo nebula in both color and
structure but the central star is quite difficult to observe.
Located in the constellation
Eridanus. |
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NGC
1973 / NGC 1975 / NGC 1977:
Running Man Nebula
1,500
Light Years
02/25/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer.
Also known as The Ghost Nebula, NGC 1977 is a bright reflection Nebula.
It is commonly named The Running Man Nebula by observers who
claim they can see the image of a running man in the cosmic dust
cloud. Located in the constellation
Orion. |
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NGC
2024:
Flame Nebula
1,500
Light Years
12/29/08
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer
adjusted to f/5.
The
Flame Nebula is part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, a
star-forming region that includes the famous Horsehead Nebula. Located in the constellation
Orion. |
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NGC
2232:
Open Cluster
1,000
Light Years
03/16/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer.
NGC 2232 is a scattered
irregular open cluster surrounding the 5th
magnitude blue-white star 10 Mon. It is visible in binoculars
and small telescopes. Located in the constellation
Monoceros. |
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NGC
2239:
Open Cluster
5,500
Light Years
03/16/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer.
The
Rosetta Nebula is a vast cloud of dust and gas, extending over
an area of more than 1 degree across, or about 5 times the area
covered by the full moon. Its parts have been assigned different
NGC numbers: 2237, 2238, 2239, and 2246.
Open Cluster NGC 2239 resides within the 'eye' of the Nebula.
Located in the constellation Monoceros. |
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NGC
2264:
Cone Nebula
2,400
Light Years
03/16/09
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NGC 2264
lies about 2,400 light-years from Earth in the obscure
constellation of Monoceros, the Unicorn, not far from the more
familiar figure of Orion, the Hunter. Open Cluster NGC
2239 resides within the 'eye' of the Nebula. Located
in the constellation Monoceros. |
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NGC2383
/ NGC 2384:
Open Clusters
6,000
Light Years
01/11/10
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8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer.
Both
are young star clusters and appear to share stars. Located in the constellation
Canis Major. |
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NGC2392:
Eskimo Nebula
3,000
Light Years
12/20/07
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8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer adjusted to
f/5.
Also
known as
the Clown Face Nebula. Located in the constellation
Gemini. |
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NGC2392:
Eskimo Nebula
3,000
Light Years
12/20/07
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8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer adjusted to
f/5.
Close-up of the Eskimo Nebula. |
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NGC
2403:
Spiral Galaxy
8,000,000
Light Years
11/11/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer adjusted to
f/5.
NGC 2403 is among the more
conspicuous Northern objects which
Charles Messier missed when
compiling his catalog. Its discovery was left to William
Herschel.
Located in the constellation
Camelopardalis. |
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NGC
2419:
Globular Cluster
295,000
Light Years
01/21/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer.
One
of the most remote Globular Clusters,
NGC 2419
is also known as the Intergalactic Wanderer because it is
very likely drifting independently of our galaxy. Located in the constellation
Lynx. |
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NGC
2903:
Spiral Galaxy
20,500,000
Light Years
03/18/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer.
A
fairly bright, near-stellar nucleus surrounded by an even, wide
oval haze.
Located in the constellation Leo. |
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NGC
3521:
Spiral Galaxy
35,000,000
Light Years
03/18/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer.
This
spiral galaxy is often overlooked in favor of its neighbors M65,
M66, and NGC 3628. In terms of structure it is remarkably
similar to M63, though it is inclined for a slightly different
perspective
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Located in the constellation Leo. |
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NGC
3953:
Spiral Galaxy
46,000,000
Light Years
03/31/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer.
Like
its more well-known neighbor M109, this galaxy is a surprising
copy-cat barred spiral galaxy.
In 2001
astronomers discovered a supernova in this galaxy.
Located in the constellation
Ursa Major. |
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NGC
4125:
Elliptical Galaxy
78,000,000
Light Years
05/18/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer
adjusted to f/5.
A
faint galaxy, elongated and with a poorly evident nucleus.
Located in the constellation
Draco. |
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NGC
4565:
Spiral Galaxy
31,000,000
Light Years
03/18/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer.
Also
known as the Needle Galaxy, NGC 4565 may resemble that of our
own Milky Way, seen from outside from a place situated near its
galactic equatorial plane.
Located in the constellation Coma Berenices. |
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NGC
5634:
Globular Cluster
75,000
Light Years
03/31/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer.
NGC
5634 is a small, but bright, globular cluster located in the
far-eastern reaches of Virgo, nearly on the border with Libra.
Located in the constellation Virgo. |
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NGC
6229:
Globular Cluster
100,000
Light Years
05/18/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer
adjusted to f/5.
Discovered by William Herschel on May 12, 1787, and first taken
for a planetary nebula from his visual impression..
Located in the constellation Hercules. |
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NGC7331:
Spiral Galaxy
50,000,000
Light Years
11/10/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer adjusted to
f/5.
NGC
7331 is thought to be similar to our own Milky Way galaxy.
The annotated background galaxies are about one tenth the
apparent size of NGC 7331 and so lie roughly ten times farther
away.
Located in the constellation Pegasus. |
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NGC7635:
The Bubble Nebula
7,100
Light Years
12/29/07
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer adjusted to
f/5.
The "bubble" is created by the
stellar wind from a
massive hot, 8.7
magnitude young central
star.
Located in the constellation Cassiopeia. |
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NGC7789:
Open Cluster
7,600
Light Years
11/10/09
LX90
8". DSI Pro II imager with Meade f/3.3 Focal Reducer adjusted to
f/5.
NGC
7789 is approximately 1.6 billion years old.
All
the stars in the cluster were likely born at the same time but
the brighter and more massive ones have more rapidly exhausted
the hydrogen fuel in their cores.
Located in the constellation Cassiopeia. |
