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Magellanic Clouds These two irregular galaxies are among the closest to our own Milky Way.
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H and Chi Persei
H and Chi, in Perseus, are a very bright pair of young star clusters.
Jupiter
Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, is seen as a bright dot in this wide field image.
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NGC 7000 and M39 NGC 7000, an hydrogen-rich nebula in the Swan constellation, next to a small open cluster.
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M42 Messier 42 is the most impressive nebula, visible with the unaided eye and spectacular with even a small telescope.
Southern Cross
A nice constellation in the Southern Hemisphere, featured in the logo of our organisation. Next to it is the Coalsack, a famous dark nebula.
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M31 M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, is the nearest spiral galaxy to our own.
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Carina Nebula
The Carina Nebula is one of the largest and brightest nebulae in the sky.
Omega Centauri
Appearing as large as the full Moon, Omega Centauri is the most massive globular cluster of the Milky Way.
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Messier 35 cluster
The young open cluster Messier M35 is located just next to a much older cluster, NGC 2158.
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The Pleiades
Messier 45, the most spectacular open cluster.
The Rosette Nebula
The young stars of cluster NGC 2244 are surrounded by a spectacular rose-shaped nebula.
Messier 33 Messier M33, next-door neighbour to the Milky Way galaxy.
Clusters NGC 6193 and NGC 6231
A cluster embedded in dense gas clouds, and a very young cluster.
Messier 16 and Messier M17
The Messier M16 and Messier M17 nebulae, two of the best known celestial objects, faintly appear in this "unaided eye" image.
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