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5 days ago · NGC: New General Catalogue. IC: Index Catalogue. Double stars
1 day ago · Observe. Stellarium Web is a planetarium running in your web browser. It shows a realistic star map, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
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2 days ago · The New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, including galaxies, star clusters and emission nebulae.
16 hours ago · On request, I now created spreadsheets with which one can easily filter object databases to reveal which objects are visible. The criteria used are simple: date, time and location on one hand, and field of view limited for azimuth and altitude on the other hand. The following spreadsheets are available: - Best Deep sky (500 objects);
May 10, 2024 · Messier 87. Virgo A, Virgo X-1, NGC 4486, UGC 7654, PGC 41361, VCC 1316, Arp 152, 3C 274, [5] 3U 1228+12. [9] Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that contains several trillion stars. One of the largest and most massive galaxies in the local ...
May 6, 2024 · A chart showing some of the constellations that are visible from the Northern Hemisphere in different times of year. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. For example, say you’re in the Northern Hemisphere looking into the night sky on September 21. You’ll probably be able to see the constellation Pisces.
Apr 23, 2024 · In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 76, or M76, located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus.
