Emission Nebulae
NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
One of the largest hydrogen gas nebulae in the northern sky.
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Emission Nebulae
Emission Nebulae
Dark Nebulae
LDN 673, LDN 683, LDN 676, LDN 677
A bunch of dense molecular clouds in constellation Aquila.
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Planetary Nebulae
M 57 (Ring Nebula), IC 1296
A planetary nebula in Lyra, 2300 light years from earth, the remnant of a dying star.
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Galaxies
M 63 (Sunflower Galaxy)
This is Messier 63 in constellation Canes Venatici, called the Sunflower Galaxy … for obvious reasons.
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Galaxies
Coma Galaxy Cluster (Abell 1656)
This image shows two completely different objects with distances of completely different scales: the Coma Galaxy Cluster in constellation Coma Berenices, mean distance is 321 million light years, and minor planet 679 Pax cruising through our solar system between Mars and Jupiter.
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Galaxies
NGC 4725, NGC 4747
Two interacting galaxies in constellation Coma Berenices about 40 million light years away.
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Globular Clusters
M 53, NGC 5053
Globular Clusters in constellation Coma Berenices, 58000 and 57000 light years from earth.
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Galaxies
M 64 (Black Eye Galaxy)
This is a 17 million light year distant relatively isolated galaxy in Coma Berenices.
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Galaxies
M 57 (Ring Nebula), IC 1296
A planetary nebula in Lyra, 2300 light years from earth, the remnant of a dying star.
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Globular Clusters
Messier 3
A huge globular cluster in Canes Venatici, about 33900 light years away from earth.
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