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  • NGC 772

    Aug 25, 2023

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    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    The spiral galaxy NGC 772 has an asymmetrical shape with a strongly developed spiral arm, probably caused by the gravitational action of the dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 770.

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    NGC 772

  • NGC 7635

    Aug 24, 2023

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    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    NGC 7635, also known as the Bubble Nebula, is located in the constellation Cassiopeia and consists of a bubble-shaped nebula generated by the stellar wind of a star at its center and which is expanding into a larger nebula.

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    NGC 7635

  • Hunting for satellites

    Aug 22, 2023

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    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    On August 12, 2023 I photographed Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus with the intention of identifying their satellites and for this reason the central planet is overexposed.There are also other satellites in the pictures but they are not visible because they are too dim or too close to the planet.The number near the name of the…

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    Hunting for satellites

  • NGC 708

    Aug 16, 2023

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    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    The photo shows a small portion of the sky in the constellation Andromeda.Why is this photo special?In a portion of the sky about the size of a full moon, there are 61 galaxies:10 galaxies from the NGC (New General Catalogue) and among these NGC 708 which is the largest galaxy in the center of the…

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    NGC 708

  • The Stephan’s Quintet

    Aug 16, 2023

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    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    The Stephan’s Quintet are five galaxies, NGC 7317, NGC 7318A, NGC 7318B, NGC 7319 and NGC 7320 of which the first four are also physically close and interacting with each other while NGC 7320 is only prospectively close to the others.It is not an easy subject to photograph, the five galaxies have surface magnitudes between…

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    The Stephan’s Quintet

  • M 31

    Jul 20, 2023

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    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    M 31 or NGC 224, better known as the Andromeda galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy about 2.5 million light-years from the Milky Way and it is the largest galaxy in the Local Group.The glow that can be seen in the lower left is part of the galaxy M 110, a satellite of the Andromeda…

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    M 31

  • M 20

    Jul 20, 2023

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    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    The nebula M 20 or NGC 6514, known as the Trifid nebula due to its shape, is located in the constellation Sagittarius.

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    M 20

  • Saturn

    Jul 18, 2023

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    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    Saturn, photographed at 4:04 local time on July 15, 2023; the image is the processing of 10% of the best 902 frames taken in one minute.

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    Saturn

  • NGC 6995

    Jul 14, 2023

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    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    The photo shows part of the Veil nebula, centered on NGC 6995, and it is the remnant of a supernova that exploded about 10,000 to 20,000 years ago.

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    NGC 6995

  • M 8

    Jul 11, 2023

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    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    The Lagoon nebula, or M 8 or NGC 6523, is an emission nebula in the constellation Sagittarius and contains within it the open cluster NGC 6530.

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    M 8

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