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The Ring – M57
Messier 57 is a planetary nebula with all the consequences. It was formed about 7,000 years ago, when a dying red giant star expelled its shell of ionized gas to form the nebula. And this star then be... Read More
Active M106
Messier 106 is intermediate spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Pierre Mechain in 1791 and is located about 22 million light years from Earth. M106 is quite bright galaxy available f... Read More
Strange NGC6765
NGC6765 (PK 62+9.1) is small (apparent Jupiter size) and faint (about 13mag) planetary nebula in Lyra. There is not much more information available on this strange planetary nebula. Distance to the ne... Read More
Looking forward to autumn
White nights is almost here. Currently there is less than two hours of complete darkness, and it will be worse. At my northern latitude I need to wait till the end of July for better conditions. But b... Read More
NGC4559 at Coma
NGC4559 is little bit forgotten intermediate spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. It is located about 30 million light years away and belongs to Coma I Group of galaxies. Under dark sky can be spotted wit... Read More
Messier 100
Messier 100 is a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way. It is located about 60 million light years away in constellation Virgo, and it is part of Vigo Cluster of Galaxies. M100 was discovered in ... Read More
NGC5466 globular cluster
NGC5466 is just another globular cluster. This one can be found in constellation Bootes. It is more less in the same distance from us (51,800 light years) and from galactic center (52,800 light years)... Read More