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Category: Broadband

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The Andromeda Galaxy

Posted on November 14, 2022March 12, 2025 Lee

Overview A neighbouring galaxy to our own Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million light-years from Earth and contains

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The Shark Nebula

Posted on June 15, 2022March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview The Shark Nebula (LDN 1235) is a cloud of interstellar gas and dust spanning 15 light-years head-to-tail. It’s incredibly

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The Whirlpool Galaxy

Posted on April 14, 2022February 15, 2023 Lee

Located 31 million light-years from Earth, the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) is gravitationally connected to another, smaller galaxy, leading to a

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The Double Cluster

Posted on February 19, 2022March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview A pair of star clusters around 7500 light-years from Earth, but only a few hundred from each other. Background

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The Pleiades

Posted on January 14, 2022March 20, 2025 Lee

Overview The Pleiades (M45) is a cluster of hot, young stars 444 light-years from Earth. The stars are passing through

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Star Trails

Posted on April 22, 2021March 14, 2025 Lee

Overview The Earth’s rotation makes the Sun appear to move across the sky during the day, and the same happens

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Markarian’s Chain

Posted on April 7, 2021March 14, 2025 Lee

Overview A string of bright galaxies around 50 million light-years from Earth that share common motion through space. The brightest

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Asteroid Vesta

Posted on April 6, 2021March 14, 2025 Lee

Overview Vesta is an asteroid measuring approximately 525km across. It’s located within the asteroid belt, which is between the orbits

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M3

Posted on April 4, 2021March 14, 2025 Lee

Overview M3 is a globular cluster containing 500,000 stars. It formed around 11.4 billion years ago, making it more than

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Nova Cas 2021

Posted on March 21, 2021March 14, 2025 Lee

Overview Discovered two days before this photo was taken, this nova is white dwarf star 5500 light-years from Earth that,

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