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
- 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
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
- 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
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
- 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
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
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
- 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
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
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
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