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Hairy Sun15 viewsSome huge prominences this weekendMay 13, 2019
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Bodes galaxy17 viewsA near neighbour at 12 million LY. Bodes galaxy is estimated to be 90'000 LY diameter. 3 hours exposure using a UHC clip filter. Bill CMay 10, 2019
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Monkey Head nebula18 viewsNGC 2174 Monkey head nebula. An emission nebula in Orion. 6.5 Ly distant. Cloudy sky prevented longer exposures.
Bill C May 07, 2019
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AR2740 is busy18 viewsAt a rough guess, those sunspots are about 30,000km across. The diameter of the Earth is 12,742km.May 06, 2019
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How low can you go? 13 viewsTau Canis Major Cluster is a fabulous open cluster but really needs to be seen from further south than Britain. At an elevation of just 10 degrees I was pushing my luck. I had had a try in 2010 and decided it was time to try again. It is the lowest Caldwell object I have imaged. David R.May 06, 2019
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16 viewsNGC 3718 & NGC 3729 are part of the Ursa Major group of galaxies lying 52 million LY distant and above them is the Hickson 56 group of 5 galaxies 400 million LY away. 4.5 hours exposure over 2 evenings with a UHC filter.
Bill CMay 04, 2019
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A Galaxy points the Way19 viewsThe tiny planetary nebula Abell 4 is Located close to the open cluster M34 and a background galaxy (PGC 2201333) seemingly points towards it. Abell 4 is listed as mag 16.7 and its central star at 19.4 but in imaging terms it does not appear to be that faint. David R.Apr 24, 2019
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21 viewsNGC6888 Crescent nebula. An emission nebula in Cygnus about 5000 Ly distant. 7 3/4 hours in total with Ha (D1100) and UHC (D200) filters. Processed in Iris and Photoshop BillCApr 20, 2019
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Crescent Moon24 viewsA waxing crescent taken whilst waiting for the moon to set so I could get on with other imaging. Registered and stacked in Iris and slight sharpening in Photoshop. Bill CApr 14, 2019
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Polar Ring Galaxy32 viewsNGC 660 is located around 45 million light-years away and is one of a rare class of “polar ring" galaxies, i.e. it has a belt of gas and stars around its centre probably emanating from a collision with another galaxy about 1 billion years ago. The pair of galaxies at the bottom have a common redshift so are probably an associated pair at around 700 million light years. DR.Mar 31, 2019
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M5145 viewsM51 also catalogued as NGC 5194 is in Canes Venatici and is merging with NGC 5195. Four & half hours exposure with a UHC clip filter. Off axis guided on a EQ6 pro mount
Bill CMar 23, 2019
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Sun2031940 viewsSun taken 20th of March 2019 35x2000th sec, there was a lot of high cloud.GBMar 20, 2019
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Leo Triplet50 viewsThe Leo Triplet includes NGC 3628, Hamburger galaxy. About 35 mly distant. The light reaching my camera started out soon after the demise of the dinosaurs.
Just over four hours exposure using a UHC clip filter on a EOS 200D camera on a skywatcher 200p reflector.
Bill CMar 15, 2019
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Palomar 1 & Palomar 257 viewsTwo very different globular clusters. Pal 1 has a very young age - around 4-6 billion years – and is much dispersed with extended tails. Pal 2 is a remote cluster and we view it through the plane of the Milky Way so is heavily reddened. It actually does look like a globular so must be relatively large given its huge distance. David R.Mar 10, 2019
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Kemble's Cascade 53 viewsKemble's Cascade in Camelopardalis near Cassiopeia,Taken on the 26th of February and no filter GB Mar 07, 2019
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Sun2721956 viewsTaken on the 27th of February 2019 GBMar 03, 2019
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Comet Iwamoto65 viewsA rarity these days – a comet discovered by a human being! Its closest approach to Earth on 12th Feb but I caught it 13 days later by which time it was fading. Still there is the suspicion of a tail on the comet's left (east) side. If you missed it this time it will return in 3390 AD. David R.Mar 03, 2019
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Comet 2018 y1 (Iwamoto)60 viewsComet among the clusters.GBMar 02, 2019
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M101 Pinwheel galaxy65 viewsA trillion stars occupy M101. 31 mly distant in Ursa Major. 5 and a half hours exposure with a UHC clip filter in a modded EOS 200D. EQ6 Pro mount on a fixed pier. Bill CMar 02, 2019
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Sun 2221973 viewsTaken on the 22nd of February 2019.GBFeb 22, 2019
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