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🔭Messier 96🔭 M96 is categorized as a double-barred spiral galaxy with a small inner bulge through the core along with an outer bulge and about the same mass and size as the Milky Way. Is the brightest galaxy within the M96 Group.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔭Messier 95🔭M95 is a barred spiral galaxy about 33 M l-y away in constellation Leo. Star formation is occurring in at least five regions and this clusters contain 1.8–8.7 M stars and may be on the way to forming globular clusters.
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September 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🔭M95 M96 M105 & Friends🔭This galaxies are within the M96 Group (also known as the Leo I Group), in the constellation Leo, the other Messier objects of which are M95 and M105. All lies at aprox. 32.6 MM ly from Earth.
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September 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🔭M 51-Whirlpool Galaxy🔭 Is located between 21-31 M l-y from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. Overall is about 88% the size of the Milky Way and estimated 400 M y old.
The companion galaxy is NGC 5195, has been interacting for million years.
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July 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
☄️Comet/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS☄️
November 2, 2024 18:43pm-19:22pm
Session 34 frames x 60 sec.
Comet originating from the Oort Cloud.
Closest approach to Earth was on October 12, 2024.
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June 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🔭NGC7023-Iris Nebula🔭Is a bright reflection nebula illuminated by a +7.4 star HD 200775, located in the constellation Cepheus. The bluish light from the star is scattered off dust grains in the nebula, giving its distinctive color.
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May 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🔭M 97-The Owl Nebula🔭Is located in Ursa Major constellation. Lies at a 2,030 l-y from Earth. The nebula formed when a dying Sun-like star ran out of hydrogen fuel, collapsed and ejected its outer envelope producing the nebula’s glow.
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April 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🔭NGC4490 Cocoon Galaxy🔭Is the closest interacting/merging galactic system located 24MM ly from Earth in the constellation of Canes Venatici, had made their closest approach and now are rushing away from each other.
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April 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🔭NGC7000-North America Nebula 🔭 An emission nebula in the Cygnus constellation at 1,700 ly away and 100 ly across, glowing due to the ionization of interstellar gas caused by radiation emitted by hot stars.
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March 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Contains an open cluster in its bright center, known as the Trapezium Cluster due to the asterism of its primary four stars. wikimedia.org
The nebula is an enormous cloud of dust and gas where vast numbers of new stars are being forged.
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February 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
December 28, 2024 at 6:58 PM