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  • The Horsehead Nebula

    Jan 8, 2022

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    The Horsehead Nebula, or IC 434, is a dark nebula in Orion constellation near the star Alnitak.

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    The Horsehead Nebula

  • The Orion Nebula

    Jan 8, 2022

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    The 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.

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    The Orion Nebula

  • NGC 891

    Aug 16, 2021

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    NGC 891 is a spiral galaxy viewed from the edge in the constellation Andromeda; it is also possible to observe the lane of dark dust that crosses it in half.

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    NGC 891

  • M 33

    Aug 14, 2021

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    M 33 or NGC 598 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of the Triangle; it is relatively close to us and its apparent size is greater than that of the Moon, but it is almost impossible to see it with the naked eye due to its low brightness.

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    M 33

  • M 2

    Aug 13, 2021

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    M2 or NGC 7089 is a globular cluster in the constellation of Aquarius, it is consists of 150,000 stars within a sphere of only 175 light years in diameter.It is 13 billion years old.

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    M 2

  • The Cocoon nebula

    Aug 12, 2021

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    The Cocoon nebula or IC 5146 is a nebula about 15 light years large.

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    The Cocoon nebula

  • The rotation of Jupiter

    Aug 11, 2021

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    In this sequence of 4 frames of Jupiter on the night of 9-10 August 2021 in a time span of about 30 minutes it is possible to see the rotation of the planet.The north pole is at the bottom left.

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  • M 27

    Jul 9, 2021

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    This is M 27 or NGC 6853, also known as the Dumbell nebula.It is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, a rest of a supernova explosion.

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    M 27

  • My first photo of Saturn

    Jul 9, 2021

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    This is my first photo of Saturn on 6 July 2021 at 00:48 Italian time; you can see the empty space between the ring A and B, known as Cassini Division.

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    My first photo of Saturn

  • My first photos of Jupiter

    Jul 9, 2021

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    by

    Luca Zanini
    in Astronomy

    Here are some photos of Jupiter, in black and white; if I had a color camera, the vision would certainly more impressive.The first two photos were taken on June 27, 2021 at 01:18 and 02:07 Italian time and it is possible to see the rotation of the planet which takes about 10 hours.

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    My first photos of Jupiter

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