Constellation: Andromeda
Right Ascension: 00h 40m 31.3s
Declination: +40° 44′ 21″
Distance: 2.5 million ly
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Star Clouds of Andromeda featuring NGC 206 in the center, which is an OB association of hot O and B type stars numbering over 300 and stretching some 4,000 light years.

Telescope: GSO RC10
Camera: ZWO A071 Color
Constellation: Hercules
Right Ascension: 16h 05m 15.0s
Declination: +17° 44′ 55″
Distance: 500 million ly
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Abell 2151 - Hercules Galaxy cluster. Over 200+ distant galaxies in this image. Galaxies are located 450-500 million light years away. Part of the larger Hercules super cluster.

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Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
Constellation: Canes Venatici
Right Ascension: 12h 30m 36.2s
Declination: 41° 38′ 38″
Distance: 25 ly
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NGC 4490, commonly called the Cocoon Galaxy is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Canes Venatici. A smaller companion galaxy NGC 4485 has interacted with it in the past, creating a distorted galaxy and helping to produce rapid star formation.

Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: Atik 314l+
Constellation: Leo
Right Ascension: 11h 17m
Declination: +13°25′
Distance: 35 million ly
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Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628) in my favorite orientation. The galaxies form part of the M66 Group. The three galaxies show signs of gravitational interaction in the past. M66 has drawn out spiral arms that show a high rate of star formation. NGC 3628 has a long tidal tail stream visible in deep exposure image, in addition to it's warped disk in our edge on view.

Telescope: EDT 80mm Reftactor
Camera: ZWO A071 Color
Constellation: Ursa Major
Right Ascension: 09h 55m 33.2s
Declination: +69° 3′ 55″
Distance: 12 million
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Messier 81 is a spiral galaxy about half the size of the Milky Galaxy with a diameter of 90,000 light years, lies about 12 million light years away.

Messier 82 has a diameter of 37,000 light years and is classified as a star burst galaxy. It is undergoing rapid star formation most likely caused by gravitational interaction with M81 and NGC 3077.

NGC 3077 is an elliptical galaxy that appears to have been disrupted by M81 and M82. All of these galaxies belong to the Messier 81 galaxy group. One of the closer galaxy groups to our own Local group.

Telescope: EDT 80mm Reftactor
Camera: ZWO A071 Color
Constellation: Coma Berenices
Right Ascension: 12h 36m 20.8s
Declination: +25° 59′ 16″
Distance: 40 million +/- 10 million lly
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NGC 4565 or the Needle Galaxy, edge on view of a spiral galaxy located in Coma Berenices, around 40 million light years away. A prominent dust lane is visible the entire length of the galaxy. Slightly larger than our own galaxy, with over two hundred globular clusters that surround the galaxy.

Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: Atik 314l+