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Object
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Other Name(s) |
Type of Object |
Thumbnail Image |
Comments |
Omega Centauri |
NGC5139 |
Globualr Cluster |
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Omega Nebula |
M17; Checkmark Nebula; Horseshoe Nebula; Swan Nebula; NGC6618 |
Emission Nebula |
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Owl Nebula |
M97 (NGC3587) |
Planetary Nebula |
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Oyster Nebula |
NGC1501 |
Planetary Nebula |
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Pacman Nebula |
NGC 281; IC 11: SH2-184 |
Emission Nebulosity |
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Parrot's Head Nebula |
Barnard 87 |
Dark Nebula |
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Pazmino's Cluster |
Stock 23 |
Open Cluster |
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Peanut Nebula |
Sh2-205 |
Emission Nebula |
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Pelican Nebula |
IC5067/5070 |
Nebula |
Takahashi Epsilon 130 image.
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image. |
The North American
Nebula (NGC7000) is also shown. This image is a
combination of two 20-minute exposures on ASA 400 film. |
North America and Pelican Nebulae |
NGC7000 (Caldwell 20) and IC5067/5070 |
Complex regions of emission, reflection, and dark nebulae |
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Perseus A |
NGC1275;
Caldwell 24 |
Galaxy Cluster |
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Phi Cas Cluster; Caldwell 13 |
NGC457 |
Open Cluster |
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Pi Scorpii |
B spectroscopic double star |
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Labeled image |
Pipe Nebula |
LDN 1773 |
Dark Nebula |
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This is a complex
nebular region between Sagittarius and Scorpius. |
Pleiades |
M45 |
Galactic (Open) Cluster with Surrounding Nebulosity |
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Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da.
Six ten-minute exposures combined.
ASA 20-inch f/3.5 telescope image |
Pleiades |
M45 |
Galacti (Open) Cluster with Surrounding Nebulosity |
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Takahashi 180 f/2.8 astrograph with Canon EOS Ra camera |
Praesepe |
M44; NGC2632; the Beehive Cluster |
Galactic (Open Cluster) |
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ASA 20-inch f/3.6 telescope image |
Praesepe |
M44; Ngc2632; the Beehive Cluster |
Galactic (Open Cluster) |
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Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 astrograph image with Canon EOS Ra single shot color camera |
Propeller Nebula |
DWB 111/119, Semeis 57 - part of Cygnus X Complex |
Emission Nebulosity |
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R CrA Nebula; Caldwell 68 |
NGC6726/6729/IC4812 |
Bright Nebula |
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Rho Ophiuchus
Complex |
IC4604 (bright
nebulosity); Barnard 42 (dark nebulosity west of Rho
Ophiuchus) |
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Meade LXD75 8-inch
f/4 telescope image with QSI 532 CCD |
Rho Ophiuchus Complex |
IC4604 (bright
nebulosity); Barnard 42 (dark nebulosity west of Rho
Ophiuchus) |
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Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon EOS Ra camera |
Ring Nebula |
M57; NGC6720 |
Planetary Nebula |
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Ringtail Galaxy; Antennae; Caldwell 60-61 |
NGC4038+4039;Arp244 |
Interacting
Galaxies |
AP7 image
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PlaneWave CDK24 24-inch f/6.5 telescope image
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Ringtail Galaxy; Antennae; Ringtail Galaxy; Caldwell 60-61 |
NGC4038+4039; Arp244 |
NGC4038+4039; Arp244 |
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ASA20 20-inch f/3.6 astrograph image. Arp22 (NGC4027) is also present on this wide-field image. |
Rosette Nebula; Caldwell 49-50 |
NGC2237; 2239;
2244; 2246; 2252 |
Open Cluster with surrounding nebulosity |
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Cropped and enlarged image |
Rosette Nebula; Caldwell 49-50 |
NGC2237; 2239;
2244; 2246; 2252 |
Open Cluster with
surrounding nebulosity |
Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 telescope with ZWO ASI071 camera
Dream Machine image
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with QSI 532 CCD
Hydrogen alpha
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with QSI 532 CCD |
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Running Man Nebula |
NGC1977 |
Reflection Nebula |
CDK24 24-inch f/6.5 telescope image
Dream Machine image
Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 telescope with ZWO ASI071 single shot color camera |
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Sadr and environs |
The region around
Gamma Cygnus (Sadr) is at the heart of the Cygnus Milky Way
with a complex mixture of emission nebulae, stars, and
dust clouds |
IC1318; Sharpless
2-108 (SH2-108) |
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Saturn Nebula |
NGC7009; Caldwell 55 |
Planetary Nebula |
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Seagull Nebula |
IC2177 |
Complex mixture of
Reflection, Emission, and Dark Nebulae |
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Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da.
Six 10-minute exposures combined. |
Seagull Nebula |
IC2177 |
Complex Nebular Region |
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Labeled image |
Seahorse Nebula |
Barnard 150 |
Complelx dark nebular region |
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Seven Sisters |
M45; Pleiades |
Galactic (Open) Cluster with surrounding nebulosity |
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Sculptor Galaxy |
NGC253; Caldwell 65 |
Large Spiral
Galaxy |
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Skull Nebula |
NGC246; Caldwell 56 |
Planetary Nebula |
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Snake Nebula |
Barnard 72 |
Dark Nebula |
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Snowglobe Nebula |
NGC6781 |
Planetary Nebula |
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Heart Nebula and Cluster; Soul Nebula |
IC1805; IC1848, SH2-199, LBN 667 |
Emission Nebula, Open Clusters |
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Labeled image |
Soul Nebula |
IC1848; Sharpless 2-199; LBN 667 |
Emission Nebula, Open Clusters |
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Spagetti Nebula |
Simeis 147; SH2-240 |
Supernova Remnant |
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Spirograph Nebula |
IC418; the Raspberry |
Planetary Nebula |
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Star Queen Nebula |
Eagle Nebula; M16; NGC6611 |
Open Cluster with Nebulosity |
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Stephan's Quintet of Galaxies |
Arp319; NGC7317,
NGC7318A, NGC7318B, NGC7319, NGC7320 |
Galaxies |
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Cropped and enlarged image |
Summer Beehive Cluster |
IC4665 |
Open Cluster |
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Swan Nebula |
M17; Checkmark Nebula; Horseshoe Nebula; Omega Nebula; NGC6618 |
Emission Nebula |
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Tau CMa Cluster |
NGC2362; Caldwell 64 |
Open Cluster |
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Tear Drop Nebula |
IC423 |
Nebula |
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Labeled image
Color image |
Thor's Hammer |
NGC2359 |
Nebula |
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da camera |
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Trifid Nebula |
NGC6514; M20 |
Diffuse Nebula |
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Canon 300 mm f/3.8 lens, 10-minute
exposure with Canon 20Da camera.
Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 telescope,
Canon 20Da camera,
10-minute exposure.
Meade LXD75 8-inch
f/4 telescope, QSI 532 CCD, exposures in clear, red,
green, and blue combined.
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da camera.
Three 5-minute exposures combined. |
Trifid Nebula |
M20 |
Reflection and
emission nebulae |
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This Canon 20Da
300 mm telephoto lens image shows both the Trifid Nebula
(M20) and the Lagoon Nebula (M8).
Explore Scientific 102 mm f/7 telescope image |
Trifid Nebula (top) and Lagoon Nebula (bottom) |
M20 and M8 |
Diffuse Nebulae |
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T Tauri Nebula |
NGC1555; Hind's Variable Nebula |
Complex Nebulosity |
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Tulip Nebula |
SH2-101 |
Emission, Refection,and Dark Nebulosity |
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