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Deep-sky objects to target as a novice observer
The very first object in Charles Messier's famous list of deep-sky objects, M1, is the Crab Nebula - a supernova remnant. The bright exploding star was observed in various early cultural records ...
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This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: See the Horsehead Nebula
In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and try to observe a celestial object that’s quite difficult to see — the Horsehead Nebula. This dark nebula, made of dust and super-cold ...
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Astronomers have brought you a space Valentine: The Tarantula of the cosmos
The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray image. The petals of a cosmic Valentine's Day flower are unfurled in this ...
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What Is a Nebula?
The word 'nebula' comes from Latin, meaning "little mist." Before telescopes existed, astronomers considered all such faint deep-sky objects to be nebulae. With the advantage of modern telescopes ...
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Open cluster NGC 2421, open cluster NGC 2477, and emission nebula Sharpless 2–311
That location will allow you to see it more than halfway up in the sky. A 4-inch scope at 150x ... pairs open cluster NGC 2467 with emission nebula Sharpless 2–311. The magnitude 7.1 cluster ...
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Star jets: This striking image features a relatively rare celestial phenomenon known as a Herbig-Haro object. This particular object, named HH111, was imaged by the NASA Hubble ...
The 'Superbubble': N44 is a complex nebula filled with glowing hydrogen gas, dark lanes of dust, and massive stars. But, its most distinctive feature is the dark, starry gap called a ...
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'Nebula-1 rocket': China's Deep Blue Aerospace joins space tourism race following SpaceX and Virgin Galactic
The company is actively working on its Nebula-1 reusable orbital rocket and ... Established in 2017 and led by Huo Liang, Deep Blue Aerospace is based in Jiangsu Province and secured strategic ...