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Hi all, Following with the slow completion of the Messier Catalog taken with high resolution telescopes, today we have another globular: Messier 79. This globular seems to have an extragalactic origin. Information on this cluster as well as on the image can be found at: Messier 79. NGC 1904 Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, An image of Gum 10, an often overlooked emission nebula, has been uploaded. This nebula is the brightest region of a massive gas cloud in the Southern Hemisphere. You can find it at: Gum 10. Wray 19-5. RCW 19 Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, An image of the nova remnant Cederblad 211, corresponding to the star R Aqr, has been uploaded. This star is a binary system with one of the members being a white dwarf. It pulls material off the primary Mira-type variable star and then explodes as a recurrent nova leaving the beautiful Ced 211 […]

Hi all, An image of Messier 54, a special globular cluster, has been uploaded. This (visually pretty “normal”) cluster is located at the center of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy, a Milky Way satellite, and has several curiosities in its structure. You can find it all at: Messier 54. NGC 6715 Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, An image of a fragment of Eta Carina has been uploaded. This image has been taken with narrowband filters and color mapped to the HCP (Hubble). The amazing colors are strictly the ones obtained with this palette, without any further manipulation. You can find it at: NGC 3372. Eta Carina Nebula. Another fragment […]

I am sorry, I sent the previous post with the wrong link. Here is the right one: Messier 72. NGC 6981 Hi all, An image of Messier 72, a globular cluster located in Aquarius, has been uploaded. You can find the image and information at: Messier 72. NGC 6981 Enjoy, Josep

Hi all,   An image of M12, one of the 29 globulars that are present in the Messier Catalog, has been uploaded. This cluster was stripped of about one Million of low mass stars during, supposedly, one crossing through denser parts of the Milky Way. You can find the information and the image at: Messier […]

Hi all, An image of Ptolemy’s Cluster, M7, has been uploaded. This cluster lies just in front of the Milky Way band and, therefore, has a beautiful, starry, compact background. You can find it at: Messier 7. NGC 6745. Ptolemy’s Cluster Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, Still another Messier object. This time the nice galaxy M74. Its very low surface brightness makes it a difficult object. It needed about 20 hours to show its splendor. You can find it at: Messier 74. NGC 628 Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, An image of the Cygnus Wall (fragment of NGC 7000) has been uploaded. This is an important star birth region. This image has been color mapped according to a modified Hubble color palette. You can find it at: The Cygnus Wall. A fragment of NGC 7000 Enjoy, Josep