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Expand (256kb, 1024 x 768) Date: 2:10 GMT, 16th October, 2009. Negative image of the constellation Taurus.
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Triangulum, Casseopia, and Andromeda Last night the sky was clear so Logan and I pulled out the starmap and flashlight and did some observing from the backyard. Recently I've been focusing on the Southwestern horizon simply because of the lack of line of sight obstructions, but decided to check out...
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Expand (187kb, 1024 x 768) Expand (14kb, 824 X 607) Date 15 September 2007 Exposure 10 sec
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Expand (217kb, 1024 x 768) (Negative image) Saturn in Leo 07:05 UT, 20th December, 2007
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Expand (298kb, 1024 x 768) Expand (10kb, 792 x 554) Date: 5:15 UT, 9th March 2008. Exposure: 10 sec
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Expand (130kb, 1024 x 768) Date: 00:55 GMT, 17 September, 2007 Exposure: 10 seconds Capella ( Aurigae) is the brightest star in the constellation Auriga and eleventh brightest star in the sky. Although it appe...
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Expand (214kb, 1024 x 768) (Negative image) Arcturus through clouds 06:49 UT, 20th December, 2007
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Expand (349kb, 1024 x 768) 17:44 GMT 24th, November 2007.
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Expand (127kb, 1024 x 768) Date 2:10 GMT, 16th October, 2009. The constellation Gemini with Mars
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Expand (131kb, 1024 x 768) Expand (96kb, 1024 x 768) The constellation Orion Date: 4:20 GMT, 17th October, 2009.
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Regular readers have long ago learned that, with some effort, we can find star patterns shaped like a square, a bow tie, a kite - even a coat hanger, for cryin' out loud. But one of my favourites has to be the long and winding star group known to astronomers as Eridanus, the river. Most people don't know ab...
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Wedged in between the bright star Fomalhaut (pronounced fo-ma-lo) to the south and the glittering Pleiades star cluster to the east is the huge, lumbering constellation of Cetus, the Whale. It ranks fourth in overall size among the 88 official constellations; only Hydra, Ursa Major and Virgo cove...
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One of the smallest constellations is reaching its highest point in the southern sky at around midnight local daylight time this week: Delphinus, the Dolphin. It certainly attracted the attention of ancient watchers of the sky, for despite its tiny size and the fact that it only consists of faint st...
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Constellations are just groupings of stars used to identify a region of the sky. Some of our recognised constellations predate written records, and most originally came from the myths and legends of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Greece. A few of the constellations were charted by astronomers as late as 1...
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A 13th sign has emerged in the 12-sign zodiac thanks to tiny shifts or wobbles in the Earth's rotation around the Sun, an Australian astronomer said. "Basically, the Sun's apparent path has moved since 3000 years ago when astrology was born" - John Shobbrook, the manager of Aust...
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Constellation Leo
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Leo is one of the oldest and most distinctive constellations in the night sky. It lies due south a...
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Mars and Taurus Expand (510kb, 1024 x 768) Time: 2:30 GMT 14th August 2007 Exposure: 20 seconds
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Expand (319kb, 1024 x 768) Time: 4:10 GMT 16th August 2007 Exposure: 20 seconds
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Perseus 1:00 BST, 12 August, 2007 Expand (214kb, 1024 x 768)
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The Hubble Space Telescope has spied a menagerie of galaxies. Located within the same tiny region of space, these numerous galaxies display an assortment of unique characteristics. Some are big; some are small. A few are relatively nearby, but most are far away. Hundreds of these faint galaxies ha...
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Constellation Canis Major Exposure Time 15 Seconds 23 February 2007 23:31 UTC Expand (85kb, 617 x 1024) Canis Major is one of the 88 modern constellations, and was also in Ptolemy's list of 48 constellations. It is said to represent one of the dogs following Orion the hunter (see al...
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The Constellation Virgo
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Sagitta is a constellation. Its name is Latin for "arrow", and it should not be confused with the larger constellation Sagittarius, the archer. Although ancient, it is insignificant, for it has no star brighter than the 4th magnitude and is the third smallest of all constellations (onl...
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Lyra is a constellation. Its name is Latin for the lyre, a stringed musical instrument used in classical antiquity and later. Lyra was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations recognised by the International Astro...
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Capricornus is one of the constellations of the zodiac; it is often called Capricorn, especially when referring to the corresponding astrological sign. Its name is Latin for "horned male goat" or "goat horn", and it is commonly represented in the form of a Sea-Goat: a mythic...
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Cepheus and HD 206267 in the emission nebula IC 1396
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