08:3808:38, 23 January 2007diffhist+1,316
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File:M42 in the Orion Nebula complex (NGC1976).jpg
The Orion Nebula complex (NGC1976): The Orion Nebula is one of the brightest nebulae in the sky, shinning brightly in the constellation Orion. The Orion Nebula complex is the closest "Star Forming" region to the Sun, but still lies about 1,600 light year
08:2308:23, 23 January 2007diffhist+1,106
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File:M45- Pleiades (star cluster) (NGC1432).jpg
The Pleiades Star Cluster (NGC1432): One of the best known, and most photographed of all open star clusters, the Pleiades is often called the Seven Sisters and is often wrongly identified as the “little dipper” by beginners. This very near cluster is
21:4321:43, 16 January 2007diffhist+407
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File:M31Globs.jpg
Globular clusters within M31 and M110, two galaxies in Andromeda. Like our own Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy contains many globular clusters too. This astrophoto identifies many of the suspected globulars within M31. This is a single 40 minute exposure
11:1211:12, 23 November 2006diffhist+274
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File:DoubleCluster.jpg
Double Cluster in Perseus (NGC689 and NGC884) (c)2006 Peter Kennett. Photographed with a Meade LXD75 8" Schmidt Newtonian telescope. 20-minute single exposure with Fujichrome 400F Provia slide film. www.PetesAstrophotography.com
08:3808:38, 23 January 2007diffhist+1,316
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File:M42 in the Orion Nebula complex (NGC1976).jpg
The Orion Nebula complex (NGC1976): The Orion Nebula is one of the brightest nebulae in the sky, shinning brightly in the constellation Orion. The Orion Nebula complex is the closest "Star Forming" region to the Sun, but still lies about 1,600 light year
08:2308:23, 23 January 2007diffhist+1,106
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File:M45- Pleiades (star cluster) (NGC1432).jpg
The Pleiades Star Cluster (NGC1432): One of the best known, and most photographed of all open star clusters, the Pleiades is often called the Seven Sisters and is often wrongly identified as the “little dipper” by beginners. This very near cluster is
21:4321:43, 16 January 2007diffhist+407
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File:M31Globs.jpg
Globular clusters within M31 and M110, two galaxies in Andromeda. Like our own Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy contains many globular clusters too. This astrophoto identifies many of the suspected globulars within M31. This is a single 40 minute exposure
11:1211:12, 23 November 2006diffhist+274
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File:DoubleCluster.jpg
Double Cluster in Perseus (NGC689 and NGC884) (c)2006 Peter Kennett. Photographed with a Meade LXD75 8" Schmidt Newtonian telescope. 20-minute single exposure with Fujichrome 400F Provia slide film. www.PetesAstrophotography.com