Author: Luca Zanini

  • M 74

    M 74

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    M 74 or NGC 628 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Pisces. It is known as the phantom galaxy because of its low surface brightness that makes it a difficult object to observe.

  • Double eclipse on Jupiter

    Double eclipse on Jupiter

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    Jupiter, photographed every 15 minutes on August 25, 2024 between 00:30 and 05:30 UTC when the first eclipse had already begun.I started photographing at 22:30 UTC but the first photos are not good because Jupiter was very low on the horizon, and in the following photos you can see an improvement of the quality of…

  • Moon

    Moon

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    The moon photographed in the phase close to the last quarter on August 24, 2024 at 1:11 UTC and 1:18 UTC. In the fist photo the crater Theophilus is especially evident with a diameter of 101 kilometers with a mountain formation in the center with four peaks that rise for about 1400 meters.A little further…

  • NGC 507

    NGC 507

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    NGC 507 is the lenticular galaxy at the center of the photo in the constellation Pisces and it is the main member of its group of galaxies.

  • NGC 7741

    NGC 7741

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    NGC 7741 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus.

  • NGC 80

    NGC 80

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    The galaxy group of NGC 80 in the constellation Andromeda

  • NGC 7753

    NGC 7753

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    NGC 7753 is a barred spiral galaxy with the satellite galaxy NGC 7752 in the constellation of Pegasus at a distance of 272 million light years.Its apparent size is very small, 2.9 x 1.9 arc minutes; 1.9′ is the apparent size of a millimeter at a distance of 180 centimeters.

  • NGC 896

    NGC 896

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    NGC 896 is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia, and it is the brightest part of a much larger nebula IC 1805.It is a region of recent star formation.

  • IC 63

    IC 63

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    In the center of the photo there is IC 63 (Sh2-185), an emission nebula illuminated by γ Cas (gamma Cassiopeiae), the overexposed star at the upper left, a blue giant, visible to the naked eye; at the lower left there is the nebula IC 59.The three objects are physically close together.IC 63 is also called…

  • Pallas

    Pallas

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    The asteroid Pallas photographed on 6 April 2024 at 23:37 and on 7 April 2024 at 00:55, therefore with a time interval of 78 minutes. You can appreciate its motion compared to the stars. Pallas is the third largest asteroid after Ceres and Vesta, it has a diameter of 513 kilometers and on the night…