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Theophilus
Read more: TheophilusTheophilus is a crater 101 kilometres wide, 4400 meters deep and located between Sinus Asperitatis and Mare Nectaris.It is characterized by a central mountain group that rises for about 2000 meters from the bottom of the crater. You can see the same crater from an other point of view using the data from Lunar Orbiter…
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The Apollo 11 site
Read more: The Apollo 11 siteThe photo shows the southern edge of the Sea of Tranquility where the Eagle lem of the Apollo 11 mission landed on 20 July 1969 bringing astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the Moon while the Columbia module with Michael Collins on board remained in lunar orbit.In their honor some of the area’s craters…
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The Leo triplet
Read more: The Leo tripletThe Leo triplet or M 66 group consists of three spiral galaxies about 35 million light years away: the galaxy M 65 (NGC 3623) at the top right, the galaxy M 66 (NGC 3627) at the bottom right and the galaxy NGC 3628 at the bottom left.
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NGC 4565
Read more: NGC 4565NGC 4565 or C38, known as needle galaxy because of its shape, is a spiral galaxy seen from the side in Coma Berenices.In the photo there others objects too.
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NGC 2903
Read more: NGC 2903NGC 2903 is a barred spiral galaxy about 25 milions of light year from the Earth in the constellation of Leo.
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Kepler
Read more: KeplerKepler is an isolated crater on the edge of the Oceanus Procellarum with evident rays due to the impact of a meteorite.
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Aristarchus
Read more: AristarchusAristarchus is a crater with a diameter of 40 km and is one of the brightest areas on the Moon.Close to it there are the Herodotus crater from which the deep rhyme Vallis Schroteri starts and the ghost crater Prinz.
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The Rosetta Nebula
Read more: The Rosetta NebulaThe Rosetta Nebula, C 49 or NGC 2237, is a diffuse nebula in Monoceros constellation.
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The Horsehead Nebula
Read more: The Horsehead NebulaThe Horsehead Nebula, or IC 434, is a dark nebula in Orion constellation near the star Alnitak.
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The Orion Nebula
Read more: The Orion NebulaThe Orion Nebula, or M 42 or NGC 1976, is a bright diffuse nebula just below the Orion belt at a distance of about 1300 years from us.
