Saturn Nebula
The Saturn Nebula is a tiny but complex planetary nebula, ~4000 light years away in Aquarius. The Saturn Nebula gets its name from its resemblance to the planet Saturn to the observer.
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Existing imaging notes, equipment details and processing stories, in the photographer’s own words.
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Edge On Spiral Galaxy NGC 3717
NGC 3717 is a large spiral galaxy 60 million light years from Earth. Although 100,000 light years across, seen side-on, the galactic disk appears thin with prominent dust lanes.
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Messier 68
M68 is a globular cluster at a distance of about 33,000 light-years away from Earth.
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Reflection Nebula NGC 2626
NGC 2626 is a seldom photographed, spectacular reflection nebula in a sea of hydrogen emission clouds.
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Starburst Galaxy NGC 1808
NGC 1808 has an unusual, warped shape. Most spiral galaxies are flat disks, but this one has curls of dust and gas at its outer spiral arms.
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Fornax Galaxy Cluster
The Fornax Cluster is a cluster of 58 galaxies centered around 62 million light years distant.
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Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1097
This southern sky barred spiral galaxy shines bright in the southern skies, from about 45 million light-years away.
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Spiral Galaxy IC5325
IC 5325 is a rarely photographed spiral galaxy in the Phoenix constellation
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Sculptor Galaxy
The Sculptor Galaxy, also known as the Silver Coin or Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. The Sculptor Galaxy is a starburst galaxy, which means that i
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Tidal Shells of NGC 474
Perhaps too tough of a target for light polluted skies, elliptical galaxy NGC 474 still managed to show some tidal tails / shells from interacting with the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 470.
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Spiral Galaxy IC5267
IC 5267 (left) is a spiral galaxy 79 million light years away.
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Messier 15 Globular Cluster with IFN
Messier 15 is a very old and tightly packed home to over 100,000 stars. It is 33,600 light years from Earth, and is visible to the naked eye in areas with little light pollution.
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NGC 7083
NGC 7083 is a spiral galaxy located about 134 million light-years away.
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NGC 6962 and Companions
At 180 million light years away, spiral galaxy NGC 6962 dominates this field of galaxies.
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Messier 22 Globular Cluster
10600 light years away, Messier 22 is one of the closest and brightest globular clusters visible from Earth.
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Molecular Clouds Barnard 92 and Barnard 93
The dark molecular clouds of Barnard 92 (center) and 93 (left) are superimposed over the Messier 24 Sagittarius Star Cloud.
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Narrowband Lagoon Nebula
The Lagoon Nebula is an active stellar nursery spanning 60 light years across. This false color photograph shows the interplay of three gasses: hydrogen-alpha in green, sulfur-II in red, and oxygen-III in blue.
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Messier 55 Globular Cluster
One of the few Messier objects difficult to observe in the northern hemisphere, M55 is a globular cluster 17,600 light years away, comprising of around 100,000 very old stars.
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A backyard view.
A boundless subject.
A collection of astronomical photographs by Adam Lundie. Explore the images, then look behind the scenes at the exposures, equipment and processing that brought them into view.
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