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

Published: 28 November 2022

• Planetary Nebula

NGC 6934 (2022)

• Constellation: Delphinus
• Right Ascension: 20h 34m 11.37s
• Declination: +07° 24′ 16.1″
• Distance: 51,000 ly

NGC 6934 is a distant globular cluster located in the constellation of Delphinus. It has a Shapely-Sawyer concentration class rank of VIII (8). Eighty-five variables have been discovered in the globular with most of them being of RR Lyrae type.

Some of the variables located in and around NGC 6934.

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Category: Globular Clusters

Published: 18 October 2022

• Globular Cluster
• Variable Star

NGC 1169 (2022)

• Constellation: Perseus
• Right Ascension: 03h 03m 34.756s
• Declination: +46° 23′ 10.74″
• Distance: 114 million ly
• Galaxy Type: SAB(r)b

NGC 1169 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy located in Perseus. Various more distant galaxies are also visible in the field of view.

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Category: Galaxies

Published: 16 October 2022

NGC 660 (2022)

• Constellation: Pisces
• Right Ascension: 01h 43m 02.4s
• Declination: +13° 38′ 42″
• Distance: 45 million ly
• Galaxy Type: SB(s)a pec

NGC 660 is an example of an "almost" polar ring galaxy where a ring of material encircles the poles of a galaxy. The ring in NGC 660 most likely formed from a galaxy collision a billion years ago. The host galaxy is lenticular type of galaxy.

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Category: Galaxies

Published: 13 October 2022

• Galaxy