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Comet C/2024 E1 Wierzchos
The bright comet C/2024 E1 Wierzchos reaches us from the edge of the solar system, the Oort Cloud. It appears with two narrow gas tails and a faint, broad dust tail. But we can also see a second tail, the
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Seven Sisters, M45 Pleiaden
Due to their conspicuousness, the Pleiades have been known in almost all cultures since ancient times. However, their name Seven Sisters is misleading, because even with the naked eye, six or more than seven stars can be seen. The Pleiades
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Angel Nebula NGC 2170
My colorful photo shows the Angel Nebula in the constellation Monoceros. A nebula complex that combines a mixture of the most beautiful types of nebulae. Bluish nebulae that reflect the light of nearby hot stars. Hydrogen clouds that are excited
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Dolphin Head Nebula – SH2 308
The sky is full of beautiful phenomena, which are impressively displayed here with the Dolphin Head Nebula. This colossal gas bubble is the result of a catastrophic stellar wind emitted from one of the rarest and most unstable types of
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LBN 878 and Barnard 35 in Orion
This beautiful combination of the dark cloud Barnard 35 and the brown and reddish glowing emission nebula LBN 878 framing it can be seen in the constellation Orion. Like other dark nebulae, Barnard 35 consists of interstellar gas and dust
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Veil Nebula in Cygnus – NGC 6995, NGC 6920
This cirrus cloud-like nebula is the last visible remnant of a star that exploded in the Milky Way about 8,000 years ago. For people living at that time the expanding cloud was as bright as a crescent moon and visible
