Author: Luca Zanini

  • Lunar

    Lunar

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    A photo of mine was published in the book Lunar by Matthew Shindell and Dava Sobel, and in the Italian edition, La Luna, translated by Daniele A. Gewurz. The photo, on page 120, was taken from my post Montes Carpatus, in which the main subjects were Montes Carpatus and the crater Copernicus.The authors of Lunar,…

  • The Moon and Artemis II

    The Moon and Artemis II

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    The Moon during Artemis II’s flyby.

  • 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.