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101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: M61

M61 was an issue for Charles Messier from the beginning. He first encountered the spiral galaxy Could 5, 1779, when he mistook it...

101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: M7

Our summer season sky is bespangled with a whole bunch of glowing open star clusters. One of many best is M7 in Scorpius....

101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: M81

M81 is without doubt one of the spiral wonders of the evening sky. It joins neighboring galaxy M82 to make one of the...

101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: M41

The dazzling 4.5-magnitude open star cluster M41 dangles in Canis Main some 4° south of Sirius, the brightest star within the night time...

101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: Crab Nebula

Have you ever ever began one thing that lasted a lifetime? Charles Messier discovered a whitish smudge close to Zeta (ζ) Tauri on...

101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: M77

The prototypical Seyfert galaxy M77 in Cetus is the brightest (magnitude 9) and closest (about 45 million light-years) of its class. Seyfert galaxies...

101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: M35

One in every of winter’s best open clusters, M35 is tucked contained in the southwestern nook of Gemini the Twins. It was first...

101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: M100

Simply 2° northeast of Sixth-magnitude 6 Comae Berenices is Ninth-magnitude M100. Positioned some 55 million light-years distant, it's the Virgo Cluster’s brightest spiral...

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See 6 planets in late August and early September

See 6 planets earlier than dawn Possibly you’ve already seen Jupiter and Mars within the morning sky? They’re simply...

Voyager 2: Our 1st and last visit to Neptune

Reprinted from NASA. Voyager 2 passes by Neptune, 35 years in the past Thirty-five years in the past, on August...

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