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M109

Roger Nelson January 20, 2024Bright Stars, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M109 M109 or Messier 109 (also known as NGC 3992) is a barred spiral galaxy exhibiting a weak inner ring structure around the central bar approximately 67.2 ± 23 million light-years away in the northern constellation Ursa Major. M109 can …

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M61

M61

Roger Nelson January 20, 2024Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M61 M61 or Messier 61 (also known as NGC 4303) is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. It was first discovered by Barnaba Oriani on May 5, 1779, six days before Charles Messier discovered the …

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M51

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

Roger Nelson January 18, 2024Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51 or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to …

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M48

M48

Roger Nelson January 18, 2024Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M48 M48 or Messier 48, also known as NGC 2548, is an open cluster of stars in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. It sits near Hydra’s westernmost limit with Monoceros, about 18° 34′ to the east and slightly south of …

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M47 NGC-2422

M47

Roger Nelson January 18, 2024Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M47 M47 or Messier 47 (NGC 2422) is an open cluster in the mildly southern constellation of Puppis. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and in his then keynote work re-discovered by Charles Messier on 1771. It …

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M33

M33 Triangulum Galaxy

Roger Nelson January 16, 2024Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Local Group, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M33 Triangulum Galaxy The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC (New General Catalogue) 598. With the D25 isophotal diameter of 18.74 kiloparsecs …

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M20

M20 Trifid Nebula

Roger Nelson January 13, 2024Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, Nebulas, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M20 Trifid Nebula M20 Trifid Nebula is an H II region in the north-west of Sagittarius in a star-forming region in the Milky Way’s Scutum-Centaurus Arm. It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. Its name means ‘three-lobe’. …

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li-1008 M81 M82

M81 M82 in Ursa Major

Roger Nelson January 11, 2024Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M81 M82 In Ursa Major these two galaxies are easily captured in the same field of view and are part of the M81 Group the closest outside of our Local Group. Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode’s …

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NGC 7814

NGC 7814 – The Little Sombrero

Roger Nelson January 11, 2024Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 7814 NGC 7814 (also known as UGC 8 or Caldwell 43) is a spiral galaxy about 40 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy is seen edge-on from Earth. It is sometimes referred to as “the little …

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