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Category: Targets

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The Rotten Fish Nebula

Posted on October 27, 2023March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview The Rotten Fish Nebula is a type of object known as a dark nebula. The blackest areas, seemingly empty

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The Cygnus Wall

Posted on September 19, 2023March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview The Cygnus Wall is a turbulent region of star formation, and part of the much larger North America Nebula

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The Butterfly Nebula

Posted on August 26, 2023March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview 4000 light-years from Earth lies the Butterfly Nebula (IC1318), part of the much larger Sadr Region in central Cygnus.

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Hercules Globular Cluster (M13)

Posted on July 17, 2023March 12, 2025 Lee

Overview A collection of 100,000 stars, packed together 100 times more densely than the stars in our Sun’s stellar neighbourhood.

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The Pinwheel Galaxy

Posted on June 22, 2023March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview The Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as M101, is a spiral galaxy that we’re seeing face-on. It’s 21 million light-years

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The Bode and Cigar galaxies (M81 & M82)

Posted on May 5, 2023March 12, 2025 Lee

Overview A pair of galaxies almost 12 million light-years from Earth. Bode (right) is a spiral, and its gravity is

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NGC 7822

Posted on May 4, 2023March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview An emission nebula around 3000 light-years from Earth, NGC 7822 is the birthplace of new stars. Their strong stellar

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The Orion Nebula

Posted on March 3, 2023March 16, 2025 Lee

Overview The Orion Nebula, also known as M42, is a a star factory. Located 1400 light-years from Earth, it’s the

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

Posted on February 3, 2023March 12, 2025 Lee

Overview Nicknamed “the green comet”, its closest approach to Earth was on 1 February 2023 (two nights after this image

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The Soul Nebula

Posted on January 20, 2023March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview A star-forming nebula spanning 100 light-years. The star cluster within the nebula is officially known as IC 1848. Background This

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