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This list contains natural objects up to apparent magnitude 3.5. All objects are listed by their visual magnitudes, and objects too close together to be distinguished are listed jointly. Objects are listed by their proper names or their most commonly used stellar designation. This list does not include transient objects such as comets, or ...
The Messier catalogue is one of the most famous lists of astronomical objects, and many objects on the list are still referenced by their Messier numbers. [1] The catalogue includes most of the astronomical deep-sky objects that can be easily observed from Earth's Northern Hemisphere; many Messier objects are popular targets for amateur ...
List of NGC objects (2001–3000) List of NGC objects (3001–4000) List of NGC objects (4001–5000) List of NGC objects (5001–6000) List of NGC objects (6001–7000) List of NGC objects (7001–7840) List of IC objects; List of Messier objects; List of Caldwell objects; List of Herschel 400 objects; List of Melotte objects; List of ...
It was an object first noted of interest using the IRAS satellite by Fred Gillett and his associates in 1986, as a pointlike light source [d] [16] and its nature was found in 1989 by Gillett et al. [17] The planetary nebula's central star is a blue star. The nebula, designated GJJC1, is likely about only 6,000 years old. [3]
Messier 100 (also known as NGC 4321 or the Mirror Galaxy) is a grand design intermediate spiral galaxy in the southern part of the mildly northern Coma Berenices. [5] It is one of the brightest and largest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster and is approximately 55 million light-years [3] from our galaxy, about 166,000 light-years in diameter.
Two long-horned bees balancing on a flower, a fossilized dinosaur bone viewed through a microscope and a scientist giving a bird drops of medicine were all captured in stunning photographs that ...
NASA May Add Messages from Earth to Pluto Probe for Aliens Videos of eerie noises erupting from the skies have recently surfaced on YouTube, sending people into a panic around the world.
Powerful nature quotes “Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” ― Henry David Thoreau “The earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth.”