Category: Astronomy

  • M 94

    M 94

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    This image shows M 94 (NGC 4736), a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, about 16 million light-years away.A bright inner ring of intense star formation is visible around its bright nucleus, surrounded by a diffuse disk that extends outward.

  • NGC 6027

    NGC 6027

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    In the constellation of Serpens (Serpens Caput), approximately 190 million light-years away, lies NGC 6027, visible at the centre of the image, also catalogued as HCG 79 in Hickson’s compact group catalogue and commonly known as Seyfert’s Sextet: one of the most densely packed galaxy groups observable in the universe.

  • M 63

    M 63

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    M 63 (NGC 5055) is a spiral galaxy with discontinuous arms, also known as the Sunflower Galaxy, and is located in the constellation Canis Venatici.I had already photographed this galaxy in 2023, but I wasn’t satisfied with the result. This photo didn’t turn out well either, but I think it’s acceptable.

  • NGC 3344

    NGC 3344

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    NGC 3344 is a barred spiral galaxy (classification SBbc) in the constellation of Leo Minor, approximately 20–25 million light-years from Earth.

  • M 104

    M 104

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    This is an other photo of M 104 but I think that it is better than the last one I took the year

  • 24P Schaumasse

    24P Schaumasse

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    The comet 24P Schaumasse photographed between 01:34 and 04:29 on December 14, 2025, (local time, UT+1) while it was in the constellation of Leo at a distance from Earth of 93,500,000 kilometers and a speed of 35 km/s.

  • NGC 2174

    NGC 2174

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    NGC 2174 is an emission nebula (SH2-252), called the Monkey Head Nebula due to its shape.It is in the constellation of Orion but apparently close to the star Eta Gemini (constellation of Gemini), it is at a distance of 6400 light-years from Earth and is associated with the open cluster NGC 2175.

  • M 77

    M 77

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    M 77 (NGC 1068) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus, 47 million light-years away.

  • Saturn

    Saturn

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  • Moon

    Moon

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    I post some photos of the Moon taken on the night of September 4, 2025. The first photo shows the southwest quadrant of the Moon; at the top left there is Palus Epidimiarum, a flat area crossed by numerous rime slopes, to the right, on the terminator line, there is Schickard crater (227 km in…