IC 10 (2023)
- Constellation: Cassiopeia
- Right Ascension: 00h 20m 17.3s
- Declination: +59° 18′ 14″
- Distance: 2.5 million ly
- Galaxy Type: dIrr IV/BCD
IC 10 is a irregular galaxy located in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Part of the local group of galaxies, but because of being located in the plane of the Milky Way galaxy it is obscured by dust and gas. It is also a star burst galaxy, being the only one in the local group.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
IC 1613 Galaxy (2023)
- Constellation: Cetus
- Right Ascension: 01h 04m 47.8s
- Declination: +02° 07′ 04″
- Distance: 2.38 million ly
- Galaxy Type: Ir V
IC 1613 is a irregular dwarf galaxy, part of the Local Group of galaxies that the Milky Way is part of. Notable for RR Lyrae type variable stars that can be observed, and can be used as a way to measure distance due to their periodic variability similar to Cepheid variable stars.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
- Telescope: EDT 80mm Reftactor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
Messier 101 and SN 2023ixf
- Constellation: Ursa Major
- Right Ascension: 14h 03m 12.6s
- Declination: +54° 20′ 57″
- Distance: 20 million ly
Spiral galaxy M101 and its current supernova SN 2023ixf as of June 25th 2023. Currently around mag 11. Discovered by Koichi Itagaki of Japan. It was a Type II core collapse supernova.
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- Category: Supernovas
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
NGC 1514 Crystal Ball Nebula (2022)
- Constellation: Taurus
- Right Ascension: 04h 09m 16.98573s
- Declination: +30° 46′ 33.4699″
- Distance: 1520 ly
NGC 1514 aka Crystal Ball Nebula is a planetary nebula located in the constellation of Taurus. It was formed from a binary star system when one of the stars ejected gas and dust from its outer shell, in its late red giant phase.
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- Category: Nebulas
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
Messier 8 - Lagoon Nebula (2022)
- Constellation: Sagittarius
- Right Ascension: 18h 03m 37s
- Declination: −24° 23′ 12″
- Distance: 4,100 ly
Messier 8 is a large emission nebula located in Sagittarius. Intense ultraviolet radiation emitted from hot young stars in the nebula cause the atomic hydrogen to glow a pinkish red. A star forming region, the nebula contains the open cluster NGC 6530 along with several Bok globules, which are dark collapsing areas of the nebula, along with 4 Herbig-Haro objects which are patches of nebulosity associated with newly born stars. The entire nebula spans a radius of 55 ly x 20 ly. It is one of only two nebula in the northern hemisphere barely visible as a patch of nebulosity. The other being the Orion Nebula.
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- Category: Nebulas
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
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