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Planetary Nebula Abell 31 (Sh2-290) 553 viewsAbell 31 is perhaps the largest planetary nebula. It has a larger apparent size than the Helix Nebula yet Benedict at al. (2009) using the HST found it to be 3 times further away at around 2000 light years. They used parallax to determine its distance. Biggest or not, this ancient planetary nebula is seriously faint!!!!!
Exposure: 7 hours over 3 nights. DR
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Lost in M38305 viewsBrought to my attention by Andrew Robertson, who was struggling to see this faint planetary nebula just above M38. This image was subsequently posted on the Deep Sky Forum by Owen Brazell to see if anyone had succeeded visually and if so, with what aperture. So far no reported sightings - it's magnitude 18.9! David R
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Peculiar Galaxies Arp 1 and Arp 285 356 viewsOriginally published in 1966, The Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies is a catalogue of peculiar galaxies produced by Halton Arp. You would imagine that the first entry in his list, Arp 1, would be the most peculiar of all but not so. It is a perfectly regular face-on Sc type spiral (just above middle). Arp included it because he thought it was of low surface brightness. It is compared to the interacting pair Arp 285, NGC 2854 and 2856, (lower right) but these are the "peculiar" ones, not Arp 1. DR
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Globular Cluster, C39263 viewsGlobular Cluster in the spiral galaxy M33 - see this month's newsletter for details. This is the full frame image with the 12 inch so only a fraction of the galaxy fits in. David R
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The Brown Brown Dust of Home263 viewsIt's difficult to image the dust clouds of the Milky Way from Lancashire. The obligatory light pollution filters knock out most of the brown hues but I have this time been able to recover some of them. The central object is the Cocoon Nebula (IC5146), the dark nebula leading away to the right is B168 and the cluster on the left edge: NGC 7209. David R.
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M92 and Comet Garradd303 viewsTaken at 03-30 3rd Feb with a Canon350D,102mmAPO,UHC filter and 2x120sec exp. GB
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Double Cluster (NGC 869)284 viewsDouble Cluster in Perseus, taken 24th of Feb, 8x300secs exp, then guess what? it clouded over. GB
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Dwarf Planet, Eris278 viewsEris is the ninth most massive body known to orbit the Sun. Its mass is 27% greater than Pluto. At 96.4 astronomical units from the Sun, it is about three times further out than Pluto and pretty faint at magnitude 18.7. One moon has been discovered, Dysnomia. David R
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The Eskimo Nebula313 viewsI had imaged the Eskimo in 2010 but was not happy with the result so tried again this year. It has a prominent inner ring (the face) and a more diffuse outer halo (the hood). It is classed as a bi-polar planetary nebula and its appearance results from us looking straight down its pole. David R
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Eskimo Nebula271 viewsI may have bitten off more than I can chew with this first attempt at NGC2392
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New Asterism: Greg's 3289 viewsNewly discovered (if that is the right word?) in Spring 2013 by Professor Greg Parker. I had to wait 10 months for it come into view but sure enough, a very obvious"3" emerged. It just shows that there are probably more asterisms out there waiting to be spotted. It's in Leo at RA: 09h 38.0’ DEC: 15deg 17’. David R.
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Compact Galaxy Group, Hickson 93 217 viewsLocated within the Square of Pegasus, this compact group of 5 galaxies is centred on the distorted elliptical galaxy NGC 7550. Paul Hickson described this group as an accordant quartet with the 5th a background galaxy. David R.
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Compact Galaxy Group, Hickson 94 212 viewsVery odd group with the central galaxies enveloped in an asymmetric "cloud". After a bit of digging it turns out Hickson got it wrong here and it is just an ordinary galaxy cluster. Distance around 550 million light years. David R.
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Compact Galaxy Group, Hickson 99215 viewsNot one of the most spectacular of the Hickson groups with its brightest galaxy down at mag 14. It comprises 4 spirals and 1 elliptical but there are several galaxies around the group so it could be the case of a compact group at the centre of a loose cluster. David R
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IC 1396 in Cepheus (Sh2-131)295 viewsAlthough generally referred to IC1396 the full nebula is probably more accurately called Sh2-131. The IC entry refers to a cluster with nebulosity which is really the central area only. Herschel's Garnet Star at the top. Pentax 300mm lens +Canon 40D.
David R
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IC2159310 viewsTaken 18th of March, over three nights, IC2159 is a bright Emission nebula in Orion Just 4deg south of M35. GB
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The Integral Sign Galaxy283 viewsThe Integral Sign Galaxy and it's 3(?) companions are located in Camelopardalis and together form a "poor" cluster of galaxies known as WBL 132. The Integral Sign (UGC 3697) and the next largest, the disturbed face on spiral(?) UGC 3714, have very similar redshifts so are almost certainly interacting causing the odd appearance of both and the pronounced integral shape of UCG 3697 in particular. David R.
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Planetary Nebula, Jones 1232 viewsAlthough quite large this planetary nebula is extremely faint. Its age of 35,000 years makes it one of the oldest planetary nebula known so it has had plenty of time to fade away.
Exposures totalled 7 hours over 4 nights in November & December. DR
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Messier 2961 viewsSomewhat ignored Messier object which does look a bit like a small Pleiades. All is not what it seems though with 2 of the seven brightest stars not being cluster members. The blue one is a background giant and the "handle" star (top left) is a foreground object. Age 5 million years. David R.
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Bode's Galaxy, M81256 viewsIs it possible to image Arp's loop from light polluted Lancashire? After 6 hours worth of exposures over 3 nights then answer was just about yes. Because of it size I had to resort to a mosaic to fit it all in and even then I could have done with a bit more sky coverage. Arp's Loop is at the top (north) of my image and left of centre. David R
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