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Antares / Rho Ophiuchi nebula
One of my favourite views in the sky; the colourful wide field view of Antares. I love the fact that you can see so many different types of objects in one field of view; the red emission nebula, the blue reflection nebula, the globular cluster next t
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The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
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M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster
Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster?
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Dark Dust and Colorful Clouds near Antares
Why is the sky near Antares and Rho Ophiuchi so dusty yet colorful?
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Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri
Globular star cluster Omega Centauri, also known as NGC 5139, is some 15,000 light-years away.
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The Colors and Magnitudes of M13
M13 is modestly recognized as the Great Globular Star Cluster in Hercules.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Messier 2
After the Crab Nebula, M1, this giant star cluster is the second entry in 18th century astronomer Charles Messier's famous list of things that are not comets.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Across Corona Australis
Cosmic dust clouds are draped across a rich field of stars in this broad telescopic panorama near the northern boundary of Corona Australis, the Southern Crown.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Shells of Stars in Elliptical Galaxy PGC 42871
How do galaxies grow? To help find out, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed to image the unusual elliptical galaxy PGC 42871.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: M15: Dense Globular Star Cluster
Messier 15 is an immense swarm of over 100,000 stars.
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