The Leo Quadruplet with tidal tail

The Leo Quadruplet with tidal tail

by | Mar 20, 2024 | Galaxies

In the constellation of Leo we can find thousands of galaxies. Among all those three are very well known among professional and amateur astronomers, the so-called Leo Triplet. The three components of this group are M65, M66 and NGC 3628, known as the Hamburger Galaxy....
M44, the Beehive Cluster

M44, the Beehive Cluster

by | Mar 14, 2024 | Star Clusters

The Beehive Cluster, M44, also known as Praesepe, is one of the closest star clusters to our solar system. It’s located in the Cancer constellation some 600 light-years away from Earth. The cluster is easily visible to the naked eye under a dark sky like Prades...
The Pleiades star cluster

The Pleiades star cluster

by | Nov 23, 2021 | Galactic Cirri, Star Clusters

The Seven Sisters, or The Pleiades (Messier 45), is one of those celestial objects that most people can recognize in the autumn and winter northern night sky. Easily distinguishable at naked eye in the Taurus constellation, this star cluster shows its Seven Sisters...
The Silver Coin galaxy, NGC 253

The Silver Coin galaxy, NGC 253

by | Nov 9, 2021 | Galaxies

The Silver Coin galaxy, NGC253, was discovered by the astronomer and mathematician Caroline Herschel in 1783. It can be located in the southern constellation of Sculptor some 11.4 million light-years from Earth. It has a great star rate formation. It’s the...
NGC 6744 spiral galaxy surrounded by IFN

NGC 6744 spiral galaxy surrounded by IFN

by | Oct 2, 2021 | Galactic Cirri, Galaxies

The spiral galaxy NGC6744 lies some 30 million light-years away from our home galaxy, the Milky Way. This amazing structure can be found in the southern Pavo constellation appearing as a faint and diffuse object. The galaxy is nearly 175,000 light-years across, larger...
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