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  • New Moon.
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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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  • 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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  • The bright galaxies Messier 82 (Cigar Galaxy, left) and Messier 81 (Bode's Nebula) in constellation Ursa Major.
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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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  • Comet 17P Holmes on the night of 25th November 2007.
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  • The Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) in constellation Cygnus.
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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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  • The Monkeyhead Nebula (NGC 2174) and HII emission nebula in constellation Orion.
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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 edge on spiral Silver Silver Galaxy (NGC891) in constellation Andromeda.
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  • The Globular Cluster M13 in the constellation Hercules.
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  • Pleiadene (Messier 45) in the constellation Taurus
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  • The Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8, lower) and Trifid Nebula (Messier 20) in the constellation Scorpius.
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  • Whirpool galaxy (Messier 51A) and the interacting galaxy NGC5195 in Canes Venatici.
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  • The starburst galaxy Messier 82 (commonly known as "the Cigar Galaxy") in constellation Ursa Major.
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  • Dumbbell Nebula, Messier 27, in constellation Vulpecula.
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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 Ring Nebula (Messier 57) in constellation Lyra.
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  • The starburst galaxy Messier 82 (commonly known as "the Cigar Galaxy") in constellation Ursa Major.
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  • A bright and slow moving object (probably a staellite) passing the Horsehead nebula in Orion on March 3rd 2021 at 20:37:52 local time, Hidra, Agder, south-western Norway (006 14 E, +58 32N).
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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 Pleiades (Messier 45) in constellation Taurus.
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  • The Ring Nebula (Messier 57) in constellation Lyra.
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  • Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) in constellation Cygnus.
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  • Dumbbell Nebula, Messier 27, in constellation Vulpecula.
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  • The Pleiades (Messier 45) in constellation Taurus.
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  • Bubble Nebula (NGC7635) and enormous gas clouds in the constallation Cassiopea. Narrowband (Ha-OII-SII) image. The open cluster Messier 52 is seen top left.
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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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  • The moon one days prior to "full moon" seen from the desert in Rajasthan, India.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) in constellation Andromeda. Celestron RASA8, 400mm, f4, 8hrs. 16min. exposure.
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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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  • Comet Hyakutake that visited us in Spring 1996. Photo from 26.03.1996 at 21:35 local time.
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  • Whirpool galaxy (Messier 51A) and the interacting galaxy NGC5195 in Canes Venatici.
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  • Tringaulum Galaxy, Messier 33 (M33), the great galaxy in  constellation of Triangulum.
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  • The Beehive Cluster (Messier 44) in constallation Cancer, lying only about 600 l.y. from Earth.
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  • The edge on spiral Silver Silver Galaxy (NGC891) with the much weaker galaxies NGC 898 (mag 13.1, upper left) and NGC914 (mag. 13, top) in constellation Andromeda.
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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 Silver Silver Galaxy (NGC891) in constellation Andromeda. 14 hours exporsure.
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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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  • Comet C/2011 W3 Lovejoy and the open cluster Messier 45 (Pleiades) on 21. January 2015 photographed from south-western Norway. Nokon D4, 70-200mm @ 105mm, f3.5, 15x30sec, Manual modus
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  • The spiral galaxy Messier 31 in the contstellation Andromeda.
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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 153P Ikeya-Zhang from March 2002. Picture taken from Hidra, south-western Norway.
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  • The starburst galaxy Messier 82 (commonly known as "the Cigar Galaxy") in constellation Ursa Major.
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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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  • Tringaulum Galaxy, Messier 33 (M33), the great galaxy in  constellation of Triangulum.
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  • The Moon is eating the Sun. Sunrise partiell solar eclipse 3. May 2003 as seen from Langelandsfjellet, Hidra, South-western Norway.
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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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