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Planetary 19
Deep Sky 32
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The Veil Nebula — NGC 6992
A delicate supernova remnant in Cygnus, captured from Cornwall.
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Markarian's Chain — Virgo Cluster Galaxies
Markarian's Chain, a remarkable curved arrangement of galaxies forming part of the nearby Virgo Cluster.
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M99 — Spiral Galaxy
Messier 99, a face-on spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices displaying an asymmetric and beautifully structured pattern of spiral arms.
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The Rosette Nebula
The Rosette Nebula, a vast emission nebula and star-forming complex surrounding a young open star cluster in Monoceros.
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The Leo Triplet
The Leo Triplet, a striking group of three galaxies consisting of M65, M66 and NGC 3628.
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B33 — The Horsehead Nebula
The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33), a dark cloud of dust silhouetted against the glowing hydrogen emission of IC 434 in Orion.
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A Comet in the Night Sky
A comet captured against the background stars, displaying the distinctive appearance of a small Solar System body approaching the Sun.
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Asteroid 15 Eunomia — Light Curve
A light-curve observation of asteroid 15 Eunomia, showing changes in measured brightness with time.
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M42 — The Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula (M42), one of the brightest and most accessible stellar nurseries visible from Earth.
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NGC 1499 — The California Nebula
The California Nebula (NGC 1499), a large emission nebula in Perseus whose outline resembles the shape of California.
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The Milky Way and a Comet
A wide-field view combining the star-rich Milky Way with a comet moving through the night sky.
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NGC 281 — The Pacman Nebula
NGC 281, popularly known as the Pacman Nebula, a glowing emission nebula and star-forming region in Cassiopeia.
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M45 — The Pleiades
The Pleiades (M45), a nearby open star cluster whose brightest members form one of the most recognisable patterns in the night sky.
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Vesta Drifting Among the Stars
Asteroid 4 Vesta moving against the apparently fixed background stars as it travels along its orbit.
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M96 — Spiral Galaxy in Leo
Messier 96, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo and one of the principal members of the M96 galaxy group.
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M3 — Globular Cluster
Messier 3, a dense spherical cluster containing hundreds of thousands of old stars packed into a region of the Galactic halo.
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The Sun and a Passing Aircraft
A precisely timed image capturing an aircraft crossing the face of the Sun.
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The Double Cluster in Perseus
The Double Cluster, NGC 869 and NGC 884, a spectacular pair of rich open star clusters in the constellation Perseus.
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M31 — The Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31), our neighbouring major spiral galaxy, extending across several degrees of the sky.
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M81 — Bode's Galaxy
Messier 81, a bright grand-design spiral galaxy in Ursa Major located about 12 million light-years from Earth.
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M109 — Barred Spiral Galaxy
Messier 109, a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major.
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M3 — Globular Cluster
Messier 3, one of the finest globular clusters in the northern sky, containing hundreds of thousands of stars.
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M100 — Grand-Design Spiral Galaxy
Messier 100, a beautiful face-on spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster with clearly defined spiral arms.
Planetary
The Moon — Mare Crisium
A detailed view around Mare Crisium, the distinctive circular lunar mare near the Moon's eastern limb.
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The Crescent Moon
A slender crescent Moon, with sunlight illuminating only a small fraction of the lunar surface visible from Earth.
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The Moon — Cratered Terrain
A close-up view highlighting the heavily cratered landscape of the lunar surface.
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The Moon — Plato Crater
A detailed view of Plato, a large dark-floored impact crater near the northern edge of Mare Imbrium.
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The Moon — Copernicus Crater
A close-up of Copernicus, one of the Moon's most prominent young impact craters, surrounded by a bright ray system.
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The Moon — Schiller Crater
A detailed view of Schiller, an unusually elongated lunar impact crater near the Moon's southwestern limb.
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M99 — Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices
Messier 99, a nearly face-on spiral galaxy with asymmetric arms in the constellation Coma Berenices.
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Io Beside Jupiter
Jupiter with its volcanic moon Io appearing very close to the planet in projection.
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Jupiter and One of Its Moons
A telescopic view of Jupiter accompanied by one of its bright Galilean moons.
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The Moon — Southern Region
A close-up view of the Moon's southern region, an area rich in overlapping impact craters.
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The Moon — Mare Imbrium
A detailed close-up of the Mare Imbrium region, one of the largest impact basins visible on the Moon.
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Mercury — The Innermost Planet
Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, is challenging to observe because it always remains relatively close to the Sun in our sky.
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Vesta — Motion Over 24 Hours
Two observations taken about 24 hours apart reveal the apparent motion of asteroid 4 Vesta against the background stars.
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M31 — The Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the nearest major spiral galaxy to the Milky Way and one of the largest objects visible in the night sky.
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Mars — The Red Planet
A telescopic view of Mars, the rocky planet whose iron-rich surface gives it its characteristic reddish appearance.
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The Sun — Sunspot Activity
A view of the Sun showing groups of sunspots, darker regions associated with intense magnetic activity.
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M42 — The Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula (M42), a bright stellar nursery where new stars are forming within a vast cloud of gas and dust.
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M101 — The Pinwheel Galaxy
The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), a large face-on spiral galaxy in Ursa Major with prominent spiral arms.
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M13 — The Hercules Globular Cluster
Messier 13, a spectacular globular cluster in Hercules containing hundreds of thousands of old stars.
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M51 — The Whirlpool Galaxy
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), a striking interacting spiral galaxy accompanied by the smaller galaxy NGC 5195.
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Saturn and Its Rings
Saturn, the Solar System's second-largest planet, displaying its spectacular ring system.
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The Moon — Northern Region
A close-up view of the northern part of the Moon, revealing craters and contrasting lunar terrain.
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M61 — Spiral Galaxy in Virgo
Messier 61, a face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo with a bright central region and well-defined spiral structure.
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Jupiter and the Great Red Spot
Jupiter with its famous Great Red Spot, a vast long-lived storm in the planet's atmosphere.
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M81 & M82 — Bode's Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy
M81 and M82, two neighbouring galaxies in Ursa Major that can be seen together in the same region of the sky.
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M57 — The Ring Nebula
The Ring Nebula (M57), a planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra formed from gas expelled by a dying Sun-like star.
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Venus — Changing Phases
Two views of Venus showing how the planet changes phase as its position relative to Earth and the Sun changes.
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The Moon — Close-up View
A detailed telescopic view of the lunar surface.