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li 255i M34 1039

M34

Roger Nelson January 16, 2024Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M34 Messier 34 (also known as M34 or NGC 1039) is a large and relatively near open cluster in Perseus. It was probably discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654[4] and included by Charles Messier in his catalog of comet-like …

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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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li 701 M30

M30

Roger Nelson January 16, 2024Globular Clusters, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M30 Messier 30 (also known as M30 or NGC 7099) is a globular cluster of stars in the southeast of the southern constellation of Capricornus, at about the declination of the Sun when the latter is at December solstice.[a] It …

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M29 Open Cluster

Roger Nelson January 16, 2024Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M29 Open Cluster Messier 29 or M29, also known as NGC 6913, is a quite small, bright open cluster of stars just south of the central bright star Gamma Cygni of a northerly zone of the sky, Cygnus. It was …

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M28 Globular Cluster

Roger Nelson January 16, 2024Globular Clusters, Lists, Messiers, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M28 Globular Cluster Messier 28 or M28, also known as NGC 6626, is a globular cluster of stars in the center-west of Sagittarius. It was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1764. He briefly described it as a “nebula …

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M26 Open Cluster

Roger Nelson January 16, 2024Lists, Messiers, Open Clusters, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M26 Open Cluster Messier 26, also known as NGC 6694, is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Scutum. Which lies between Aquila and Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764. This 8th magnitude cluster …

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M25

Roger Nelson January 16, 2024Galaxies, Messiers, Open Clusters, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M25 M25 or Messier 25, also known as IC 4725, is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Sagittarius. The first recorded observation of this cluster was made by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745 and it …

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M24 Sagittarius Star Cloud

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M24 Sagittarius Star Cloud Messier 24 (M24), also known as the Sagittarius Star Cloud, is a large Milky Way star cloud in Sagittarius constellation. The Sagittarius Star Cloud lies at an approximate distance of 10,000 light years from Earth and …

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M23 Open Cluster

Roger Nelson January 16, 2024Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M23 Open Cluster M23 Open Cluster or Messier 23, also known as NGC 6494, is an open cluster of stars in the northwest of the southern constellation of Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764. It can be …

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