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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
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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
Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: ZWO 2600 MM

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
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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
Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: ZWO 2600 MM

NGC 7479 (2022)

Constellation: Pegasus
Right Ascension: 23h 04m 56.6s
Declination: +12° 19′ 22″
Distance: 105 million ly
Galaxy Type: SB(s)c
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NGC 7479 is a barred spiral galaxy located in Pegasus. A prominent bar along with some what asymmetrical arms are visible. The asymmetry is probably due to a recent merger as the galaxy is still undergoing star burst activity throughout the galaxy.

 

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Category: Galaxies
Published: 01 October 2022
  • Galaxy
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
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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
Published: 22 August 2022
  • Messier Object
  • Open Cluster
  • Emission Nebula

Read more: Messier 8 - Lagoon Nebula (2022)

Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: ZWO 2600 MM

Barnard's Star (2022)

Constellation: Ophiuchus
Right Ascension: 17h 57m 48.49803s
Declination: +04° 41′ 36.2072″
Distance: 5.9 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 9.5
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Barnard's Star, being one of the closest stars to our solar system, displays one of the highest proper motion, which is the apparent angular movement of a star against the background stars. Just like highway signs appear to move faster than distant landmarks. It is a dim red dwarf star that requires optical aid to see it. It has a B-V color index of 1.7


A composite picture of images taken in July of 2014, and in July of 2022 showing the different positions against the background stars.

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Category: Stars
Published: 18 August 2022
  • Variable Star
  • Nearest Stars
Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: ZWO 2600 MM

NGC 6791 (2022)

Constellation: Lyra
Right Ascension: 19h 20m 53s
Declination: +37° 46.3′
Distance: 13,300 ly
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NGC 6791 is an interesting open cluster in Lyra, containing thousands of stars, its one of the older clusters known at 8 billion years. Most clusters tend to disperse over the millennia due to gravitational influences. In addition the stars are metal rich that is to be expected for an old cluster. Old clusters tend to be metal poor in their composition as it usually takes several star birth, death cycles to build up metals. That makes it one of the most studied open clusters.

The bright reddish-orange star above and left of the cluster is U Lyr, a red giant carbon star.

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Category: Open Clusters
Published: 16 August 2022
  • Carbon Star
  • Open Cluster
Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
  1. NGC 4647 and Messier 60, Dance of Galaxies.
  2. Messier 75 (2022)
  3. NGC 5897 (2022)
  4. Y CVn

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