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  • The great nebula in Orion (Messier 42).
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  • New Moon.
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  • The bright galaxies Messier 82 (Cigar Galaxy, left) and Messier 81 (Bode's Nebula) in constellation Ursa Major.
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  • Central parts of constellation Orion with Orion's Belt, Horsehead Nebula and Messier 42 (The great nebula in Orion) visible.
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  • The area around the bright galaxies Messier 81 and Messier 82 in constellation Ursa Major showing faint nebulosity (integrated flux) lying beyond the galaxies.
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  • Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) and the open cluster NGC 2244 in constellation Monoceros.
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  • Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) and the open cluster NGC 2244 in constellation Monoceros.
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  • The Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) in the constellation Monoceros. The open cluster NGC 2244 lies in the center of the nebula.
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  • Horsehead Nebul in the constellation Orion. 2 hrs 35 minutes exporsure through HaLRGB-filters.
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  • Horsehead Nebul in the constellation Orion. 42 hours 50 minutes integration through HaLRGB-filters.
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  • Comet 17P Holmes early morning of Nov 15th 2007 when the comet was in the constellation Perseus.  The brightest star is Mirfak (alpha Perseus).
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  • Twin Quasar (Q957+561) lying at a distance of 8.7 billion light years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.  The quasar appears as two due to gravitational lensing caused by a galaxy (YGKOW G1).
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  • The Milky Way seen from Brazilian rainforest along the shore of Rio Cristalino, southern Amazon. Mosaic of 2 images. The orange glow is the lights from the city of Alta Floresta. Mars and Saturn together with the orange star Antares form the triangle just to the right (north) of the galactic centre.
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  • The Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8, lower) and Trifid Nebula (Messier 20) in the constellation Scorpius.
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  • Virgo galaxy cluster with the large ellipitical gallaxies Messier 86 and Messier 84 in the centre of the photo.
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  • Tringaulum Galaxy, Messier 33 (M33), the great galaxy in the constellation of Triangulum. It lies approximately 3 million light years away from us.
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  • The Helix nebula, NGC 7293, in the constellation Aquarius.
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  • Partiall solar eclipse 1st August 2008 photographed from Hidra, south-western Noray. 11:35 local time, close to point of eclipse maximum.
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  • Tringaulum Galaxy, Messier 33 (M33), the great galaxy in  constellation of Triangulum.
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  • Tringaulum Galaxy, Messier 33 (M33), the great galaxy in  constellation of Triangulum.
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  • Milky Way and it's galactic centre as seen from Pantanal, Brazil (2016). Mars and Saturn together with the orange star Antares form the triangle just below (west) of the galactic centre.
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  • The spiral galaxy Messier 31 in the contstellation Andromeda.
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  • Trifid nebula, M20 and NGC 6514, in constellation Sagittarius.
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  • Comet C/2011 W3 Lovejoy and the open cluster Messier 45 (Pleiades) on the 21st of January 2015 photographed from south-western Norway.
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  • Comet 17P Holmes on the night of 25th November 2007.
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  • Northern Trifid Nebula (NGC 1579) in constellation Perseus.
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  • Nacreous Clouds are rare occuring 15 - 25km up in the stratosphere and far above other clouds. They occur mostly but not exclusively in polar regions and in winter at high latitudes. They shine brightly after sunset or before dawn. Here seen from the village of Kirkehamn at the island of Hidra in south-western Norway.
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  • The spectacular Comet Hale Bopp from Hidra, south-western Norway on 6th April 1997 at 22:45 local time.
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  • The spectacular Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp of April 1997. Photo from Hidra, south-western Norway on 6. April 1997 at 22:30 local time.
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  • The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda about 2.5 l.y. away and about 220 000 l.y. across.
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  • Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27) in the constellation Vulpecula.
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  • Where do we come from?  People from the Samburu tribe (Kenya) points and look at the Milky Way from the local savannah.
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  • Osmundstø Observatory, Hidra, Agder, Norway. Celestron RASA8, 400mm, f4, 496min exposure.
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  • The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) in constellation Andromeda. Member of the local galaxy group, about 2.5 l.y. away and easures about 220 000 l.y. across.
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  • The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda about 2.5 l.y. away and easures about 220 000 l.y. across.
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  • The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda about 2.5 l.y. away and about 220 000 l.y. across.
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  • Twin Quasar (yellow markings indicate the object) in the constellation Ursa Major lies 8.7 billion light years from Earth.
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  • The Globular Cluster M13 in the constellation Hercules.
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  • Comet Hyakutake that visited us in Spring 1996. Photo from 26.03.1996 at 21:35 local time.
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  • Waxing cresent moon on March 6th 2022 when the moon is 3,7 days old.
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  • Headphone Nebula (PK 164+31.1) in constellation Lynx.
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  • Flame nebula, the emission nebula IC434 and the dark Horsehead Nebula just south of the bright star Alnitak in constellation Orion.
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  • Flame nebula, the emission nebula IC434 and the dark Horsehead Nebula just south of the bright star Alnitak in constellation Orion.
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  • The Pleiades (Messier 45) in constellation Taurus.
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  • Consentration of dark, interstellar gas known as the Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A) in the constellation Cepheus.
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  • The total lunar eclipse from 21. January 2019. The moon is in the constellation Cancer and the open cluster Messier 44 (Beehive Cluster) is seen in the centre of the frame.  Photo from Hidra, south-western Norway, at 06:21 local time.
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  • Whirpool galaxy (Messier 51A) and the interacting galaxy NGC5195 in Canes Venatici.
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  • The Sunflower Galaxy (Messier 63) in constellation Canes venatici.
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  • The Great Globular Cluster (Messier 13) in constellation Hercules. Also visible is the spiral galaxy NGC 6207, 30 million light years away from us.
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  • Markarian's Chain, a chain of galaxies forming part of the Virgo Cluster.  The brightest galaxies are the elliptical M84 and M87. Do also see image #73225-D.
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  • Capturing Aurora borealis in Varanger, Finnmark, Norway in March.
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  • The constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor during heavy outburst of Northern Light in Varanger, Finnmark, Norway in March.
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  • The Great Nebula in Orion (Messier 42) with The Running Man nebula (Messier 43) just above it.
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  • The Owl Nebula (Messier 97) in constellation Ursa Major.
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  • The Pleiades (Messier 45) in constellation Taurus.
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  • Goibbous moon on early morning 27th November 2020 from south-western Norway.
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  • Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) in the constellation Auriga lying at a distance of approximately 1 500 light years from Earth and abouth 5 light years across. The nebula surrounds the variable star AE Auriga, here seen in the sentre of the photo.
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  • The edge on spiral Silver Silver Galaxy (NGC891) in constellation Andromeda.
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  • Total moon eclipse on 21. January 2019 at 05:35 local time from Hidra, south-western Norway, about 6 minutes befor totality.
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  • Venus transiting the Sun at June 8th 2004. Photographed from Kirkehamn, Hidra, south-western Norway.
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  • Elephant Trunk Nebula, a ionized gas region in  the IC 1396 a young star cluster embedded within a cloud of glowing, ionised gas in the Cepheus constellation.
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  • Crescent nebula (NGC 6888) in constellation Cygnus.
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  • Medusa Nebula (Abell 21) in constellation Gemini.
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  • Flame nebula, the emission nebula IC434 and the dark Horsehead Nebula just south of the bright star Alnitak in constellation Orion.
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  • Dumbbell Nebula, Messier 27, in constellation Vulpecula.
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  • The Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) in constellation Cygnus.
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  • Markarian's Chain, a chain of galaxies forming part of the Virgo Cluster.  The brightest galaxies are the elliptical M84 and M87. Do also see image #73225-Da for the inverted version.
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  • Solar disc with small prominences. 25. April 2021 from south-western Norway.
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  • The edge-on spiral galaxy NGC4565 (Needle Galaxy) and the smaller  galaxy NGC 4562 in constellation Coma Berenices.
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  • New moon photographed from south-western Norway on April 18th 2021.
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  • Goibbous moon photographed from south-western Norway on April 23rd 2021.
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  • The dark Cone Nebula and the open Christmas Tree cluster (NGC 2264) in constellation Monoceros.
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  • The Monkeyhead Nebula (NGC 2174) and HII emission nebula in constellation Orion.
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  • Several galaxies in the constallation Pisces. The bright star in the center is SAO 54647 (mag. 7,6).  The brightest galaxy to the right of the central star is NGC 507 of mag. 11,3.
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  • Bode's Galaxy (Messier 81 or NGC 3031) in the constellation Ursa Major, lying asbout 12 million ly away from Earth having a diameter of about 900 000 ly.
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  • The Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) in constellation Auriga surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae.
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  • Flame nebula, the emission nebula IC434 and the dark Horsehead Nebula just south of the bright star Alnitak in constellation Orion.
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  • The Wizard nebula (NGC 7380) in constellation Cepheus,  photographed through Ha-OIII-SII filters.
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  • IC 1396 with consentration of dark, interstellar gas known as the Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A, bottom center) in the constellation Cepheus. (Do see image #73167-D for a 2h less exporsure of the same area).
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  • The Ring Nebula (Messier 57) in constellation Lyra.
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  • The Great Globular Cluster (Messier 13) in the constellation Hercules.
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  • Western Veil nebula (NGC 6960) with the foreground star 52 Cygni in the constellation Cygnus.
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  • The edge-on spiral galaxy NGC4565 (Needle Galaxy) in constellation Coma Berenices.
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  • The moon one day after "first quarter" on January 4th 2020.
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  • The moon one days prior to "full moon" seen from the desert in Rajasthan, India.
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  • Total lunar eclips of 21. January 2019 at 06:37 local time (about 4 minutes prior to the end of total phase) from Hidra, south-western Norway.
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  • Virgo galaxy cluster with the large ellipitical gallaxies M86 and M84 in the centre of the photo. Labelled edition.  Do also see image #73137-D.
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  • Pleiadene (Messier 45) in the constellation Taurus
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  • Globular cluster Messier 56 (NGC 6779) in constellation Lyra.
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  • Waxing cresent moon on March 5th 2022 when the moon is 2,6 days old.
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  • The Great Globular Cluster (Messier 13) in constellation Hercules.
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  • The Owl Nebula (Messier 97) in constellation Ursa Major.
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  • The Great Nebula in Orion (Messier 42) with The Running Man nebula (Messier 43) just above it.
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  • The starburst galaxy Messier 82 (commonly known as "the Cigar Galaxy") in constellation Ursa Major.
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  • The Hidden Galaxy (IC 342) in constellation Camelopardalis.
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  • Solar disc with small prominences. 27. April 2021 from south-western Norway.
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  • Hercules Galaxy Cluster (Abell 2151) with the brightest member NGC 6041, a giant elliptical galaxy.  The cluster is about 500 million light years away from us.
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  • Hercules Galaxy Cluster (Abell 2151, inverted version) with the brightest member NGC 6041, a giant elliptical galaxy.  The cluster is about 500 million light years away from us.
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  • Western Veil nebula (NGC 6960) with the foreground star 52 Cygni in the constellation Cygnus. The nebula is the remnant of a supernova explosion occuriing 10 000 - 20 000 years ago.
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  • The Ring Nebula (Messier 57) in constellation Lyra.
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