- Constellation: Virgo
- Right Ascension: 12h 29m 46.7s
- Declination: +08° 00′ 02″
- Distance: 56 million ly
Messier 49 is a giant elliptical galaxy located in Virgo. Part of the Virgo B sub cluster of the Virgo super cluster, it was the first member of the cluster identified. The galaxy stretches across 157,000 light years and contains over 200 billion stars. It also has some 5,900 globular clusters. Having no signs of large scale star formation, it mostly consists of older yellow and red stars giving it a pale yellowish color. It is currently interacting with dwarf irregular galaxy UGC 7636.
Discovered by Charles Messier in 1777.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Ursa Major
- Right Ascension: 10h 01m 57.8s
- Declination: +55° 40′ 47″
- Distance: 50 million ly
NGC 3079 - A barred spiral located in Ursa Major. Higher resolution images show bubbles forming above and below the nucleus formed by intense star formation.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Sculptor
- Right Ascension: 00h 47m 33s
- Declination: −25° 17′ 18″
- Distance: 10 million ly
NGC 253, aka Sculptor Galaxy, aka Silver Dollar Galaxy.One of the brightest galaxies visible, but a bit low in the sky for Northern observers. About 11 million light years away and a diameter of 90,000 light years. Also one of the dustiest and is undergoing intense star formation.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: EDT 80mm Reftactor
- Camera: ZWO A071 Color
- Constellation: Pisces
- Right Ascension: 01h 21m 46.8s
- Declination: +15° 24′ 19″
- Distance: 90 million ly
NGC 488 a nearly face on spirally spiral galaxy with it's tightly wound arms located 90 million light years away in Pisces. Estimated size of the diameter of the galaxy is 170,000 light years across. Many background galaxies are also visible. The galaxy itself is rather isolated other than a few dwarf galaxies around it.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Cassiopeia
- Right Ascension: 00h 52m 04.3s
- Declination: +47° 33′ 02″
- Distance: 39 million ly
Compact isolated face on spiral galaxy located in Cassiopeia. The galaxy is undergoing a burst of star formation in an inner ring but it does not extend out to the outer parts of the galaxy. It is thought to have been caused by a recent merger with a smaller galaxy.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Pegasus
- Right Ascension: 22h 07m 52.4s
- Declination: +31° 21′ 33″
- Distance: 50 million ly
NGC 7217 a gas poor spiral galaxy located in Pegasus 50 million light years away. Three ring like structures where most of the star formations is occurring. Possibly a result of a past galaxy merger as some stars are moving in opposite directions.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM