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li 250i M39 NGC7092

M39

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

M39 M39 or Messier 39, also known as NGC 7092, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Cygnus, positioned two degrees to the south of the star Pi Cygni and around 9° east-northeast of Deneb. The cluster …

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li 170i M38

M38

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

M38 M38 or Messier 38, also known as NGC 1912 or Starfish Cluster, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Auriga. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and independently found by Le Gentil in …

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li 280i M37 2099

M37

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

M37 Messier 37 (also known as M37 or NGC 2099) is the brightest and richest open cluster in the constellation Auriga. It was discovered by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna before 1654. M37 was missed by French astronomer Guillaume …

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li 1015 MG 2193

M36

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

M36 Messier 36 or M36, also known as NGC 1960, is an open cluster of stars in the somewhat northern Auriga constellation. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654, who described it as a nebulous patch. The cluster …

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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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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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li 224i M28

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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M24 Sagittarius Star Cloud

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

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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