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  • The Stephan’s Quintet

    Aug 16, 2023

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    by

    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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    by

    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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    by

    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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    by

    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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    by

    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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    by

    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

  • Last quarter moon

    Jul 10, 2023

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    Here are some shots of the moon in a phase very close to the last quarter.

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    Last quarter moon

  • M 101

    Jan 21, 2023

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    The spiral galaxy M 101 or NGC 5457 in the constellation Ursa Major, photographed on January 14, 2023 at 01:51:59 universal time, 02:51:59 local time for an exposure time of 30 minutes.

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    M 101

  • M 63

    Jan 21, 2023

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    The spiral galaxy M 63 or NGC 5055 in the constellation Canes Venatici, photographed on January 14, 2023 at 00:33:34 universal time, 01:33:34 local time with an exposure time of 30 minutes.

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    M 63

  • M 51

    Jan 20, 2023

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    The interacting galaxies M 51 (NGC 5194) and NGC 5195 in the constellation Canes Venatici, photographed on January 13, 2023 at 23:24:11 Universal Time (January 14, 2023 00:24:11 local time) with an exposure time of 30 minutes.

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    M 51

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