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  • NGC 3344

    Mar 13, 2026

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

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

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    NGC 3344

  • M 104

    Mar 11, 2026

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

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

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    M 104

  • 24P Schaumasse

    Jan 5, 2026

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    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.

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    24P Schaumasse

  • NGC 2174

    Jan 3, 2026

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    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.

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    NGC 2174

  • M 77

    Oct 23, 2025

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

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

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    M 77

  • Saturn

    Sep 10, 2025

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    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

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    Saturn

  • Moon

    Sep 8, 2025

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    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…

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    Moon

  • A supernova in NGC 7331

    Aug 10, 2025

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    SN 2025rbs is a Type Ia supernova (a binary system) discovered on July 14, 2025, in the spiral galaxy NGC 7331, in the constellation Pegasus, at a distance of approximately 45 million light-years from Earth.

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    A supernova in NGC 7331

  • IC 1848

    Jul 23, 2025

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    A part of the Soul nebula, IC 1848 or SH2-199, in Cassiopeia

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    IC 1848

  • SH2-142

    Jul 22, 2025

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    The emission nebula SH2-142 in the constellation Cepheus, also called the Wizard Nebula, and the open star cluster NCG 7380.

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    SH2-142

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