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Peculiar Galaxies Arp 1 and Arp 285 367 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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Bear's Paw Galaxy, Arp 6276 viewsThe first galaxy in Arp's Catalogue of Peculiar Galaxies that looks peculiar! Classed as a BCD - Blue Compact Dwarf - and as such comprises a elliptical/spherical halo with several very bright star forming knots. David R.
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The Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635 353 viewsThe central star is a massive young Wolf-Rayet type whose stellar winds have created the Bubble or cavity in the surrounding molecular cloud. The star (SAO 20575) is thought to have a mass in the range 10-40 Solar masses.
David R
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M52 and the Bubble Nebula664 viewsBack to conventional colour images! The Bubble is dead centre and the wind from the central star is producing those hotspot concentrations where stars can form that we heard about on Tuesday. Imaged from Lancashire.
David R
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Clusters of Cassiopeia74 viewsCassiopeia is full of open clusters. In this image the prominent cluster is NGC 663 and is the one you notice first if sweeping the area with binoculars. It stands out much more than M103 and many suspect that it is actually Messier's number 103. Cluster IC166 is very reddened by absorption. David R.
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Cone Nebula342 viewsAnother learning curve combining the two images. The Cone was well passed the meridian when using UHC for the star field, hence only 2 hours. The 'Gerald made' off axis guider is proving a real boon for tracking. Bill C
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Double Cluster (NGC 869)296 viewsDouble Cluster in Perseus, taken 24th of Feb, 8x300secs exp, then guess what? it clouded over. GB
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The Eskimo Nebula327 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 Nebula285 viewsI may have bitten off more than I can chew with this first attempt at NGC2392
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The Fetus Nebula, NGC 7008240 viewsOne of the oddest looking planetary nebula around. The bright spot on the NNE edge is a low excitation knot known as Kohoutek 4-44.The weather did not cooperate and it took 4 nights to get enough signal for this interesting planetary nebula.
David R
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Leo Triplet18 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 C
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56 viewsM52 is an open cluster in Cassiopeia. Processed in IRIS using the simple instruction David gave at last evening's meeting. Bill C
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M 10650 viewsA spiral galaxy in constellation Canes Venatici. Up to 25m LY distant. Nine and a half hours exposure on two evenings using a UHC clip filter on a EOS 200D camera. Pier mounted Skywatcher 200P off axis guided.
Bill C
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Mirach's Ghost61 viewsNo not a reflection but a real galaxy, NGC 404, lying very close to Mirach (Beta Andromedae). A relatively nearby galaxy at 10 million light years and has an active black hole at its centre. It is the closest known LINER type galaxy. DR.
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Galaxies NGC 1 & 2408 viewsLocated just inside the Square of Pegasus, this pair of galaxies mark the first entries in the New General Catalogue (NGC). Although NGC 1 is somewhat unspectacular it is really quite a large galaxy similar to the Milky Way but located 220 million light years away. NGC 2 is unrelated and even further distant at around 315 million light years. David R
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Galaxy NGC 1023 (Arp 135)404 viewsNGC 1023 is a lenticular SB0 galaxy located in Perseus. It is overlaid (at left end) by a close companion NGC 1023A, which caused Arp to catalogue it as peculiar. However, it is a simple satellite galaxy similar to our own large Magellanic Cloud, which just happens to be in front of NGC 1023. David R.
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Perseus Galaxy Cluster223 viewsLocated about 250 million light years from Earth, this large cluster is just part of the huge Perseus-Pisces Supercluster. There are at least 50 galaxies in this image with NGC 1275 (centre left) the dominant central type cD galaxy. 7 hours total exposure. DR
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Satellite Galaxies of M31184 viewsNGC 147 and NGC 185 are two satellite galaxies of M31 but they are not the most spectacular objects. However, with clouds around I opted for the Tak (4-inch Refractor) and the Canon 40D. The UHC filter was used - not sure the colours of the galaxies are too accurate with this filter though.
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The Caifornia Nebula186 viewsA bright emission nebula in Perseus. It is so named because it appears to resemble the outline of the US State of California. Just a quickie exposure for me - 100 minutes total!
DR
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California Nebula248 viewsTaken over 2 nights in January totalling 4 hours of exposure.
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