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Goran Petrov

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IC 1396

Elephant’s Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)

14 July, 201911 January, 2025 by Goran Petrov

IC 1396 is one of the largest ionized gas nebula in the night sky (occupies full 3 degrees in the sky — which is six diameters of the Moon when seen from Earth). It is located in the constellation of

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IC1805; IC1848

Heart and Soul Nebulae (IC1805 and IC1848)

14 July, 201911 January, 2025 by Goran Petrov

The Heart Nebula (IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190, aka Running Dog Nebula), shown on the photograph in the lower right, and the Soul Nebula (Westerhout 5, IC 1848, Sharpless 2-199, aka Embryo Nebula) are located in the Perseus Arm of the

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IC 5070

Pelican Nebula (IC 5070)

14 July, 201927 July, 2019 by Goran Petrov

The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070), is another one of Milky Way’s stellar nurseries. It earned the name due to its shape when viewed in the visible spectrum, such as on this photo: the shape is defined by border of cold,

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Outter 4

Giant Squid Nebula (Outters 4)

14 July, 201930 July, 2019 by Goran Petrov

Outters 4 (Ou4) is a very mysterious object, not only because it does not have its own wikipedia page in English. Colloquially called a Squid (or a Giant Squid) Nebula it was discovered only in 2011 by a French amateur

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Melotte 15

Heart of the Heart Nebula (Melotte 15)

14 July, 20199 August, 2019 by Goran Petrov

Melotte 15 is the central region of the Heart Nebula (IC 1805), some 7,500 light years away from us. Melotte 15 is a relatively small open cluster of stars some 1.5 million years old, some of them 50-times more massive

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NGC 281

Pacman Nebula (NGC 281)

14 July, 201931 July, 2019 by Goran Petrov

NGC 281 is a  bright emission nebula that resembles Ms. Pac-Man, more so when viewed in the visible spectrum (this photo is in narrowband). It’s more formal designations in various catalogs are NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184. Objects lying on the Milky Way

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NGC 7000

The Great Wall of North America (NGC 7000)

14 July, 201931 July, 2019 by Goran Petrov

The North America Nebula earned that name due to its shape strikingly resembling the North American continent. Pictured here is the “southern” part of the nebula, which, apart from showing what looks like the Gulf of Mexico, features a star-forming

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