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M16 The Eagle Nebula

25 July, 202025 July, 2020 by Goran Petrov

The Eagle Nebula is a cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Serpens, mainly molecular hydrogen, some 7,000 light years away from us and 50 to 70 light years wide. It contains several stellar nurseries and is about 5.5

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Circumpolar Star Trails

26 May, 202026 May, 2020 by Goran Petrov

The vortex in this colorful nightscape is a trail of stars circumpolar to the North Pole. Polaris, the North Star, is the bright star nearest to the polar axis of our planet. Due to Earth’s rotation, it takes 24 hours

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Helix Nebula (NGC 7293)

21 December, 201925 July, 2020 by Goran Petrov

Helix nebula is a planetary nebula (PN) some 650 light-years from us, in the constellation of Aquarius. The nebula carries this name as it resembles a spring when viewed orthogonally from above, and it is the most detailed and brightest

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Comet Africano

21 December, 201922 December, 2019 by Goran Petrov

Comet Africano (C/2018 W2) is a hyperbolic comet originating from XXX and was the brightest observable comet around October 2019. It passed perihelion on 5 September 2019 and closest to Earth on 27 September 2019, at a distance of 74

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Triangulum Galaxy (M33)

2 September, 20193 September, 2019 by Goran Petrov

Triangulum Galaxy is a face-on, spiral galaxy belonging to our Local Group of galaxies, largest of which are the Milky Way and Andromeda. As such, it is one of the nearest galaxies to our own, at 2.73 million light years

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Iris Nebula (NGC 7023)

8 August, 20194 September, 2019 by Goran Petrov

The Iris Nebula (NGC 7023, Caldwell 4) is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation of Cepheus, some 1,300 light years away from us. The central (blue) part, which is 6 light years wide, is dust illuminated by a very

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Biggest Moons of the Solar System

28 July, 201916 August, 2019 by Goran Petrov

The photo below is a single-shot of the five out of six biggest moons in the solar system. It shows Earth’s Moon and the four Galilean Moons of Jupiter , which can be seen on the photo as well. Missing

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Temple of Garni

28 July, 201922 December, 2019 by Goran Petrov

Black Blister Beetle

28 July, 201928 July, 2019 by Goran Petrov

Atomium

28 July, 20197 August, 2019 by Goran Petrov

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