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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 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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  • Comet 17P Holmes on the night of 25th November 2007.
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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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  • The Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) in constellation Cygnus.
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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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  • The Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8, lower) and Trifid Nebula (Messier 20) in the constellation Scorpius.
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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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  • 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 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 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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  • 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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  • Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) and the open cluster NGC 2244 in constellation Monoceros.
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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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  • 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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  • Pleiadene (Messier 45) in the constellation Taurus
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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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  • Globular cluster Messier 56 (NGC 6779) in constellation Lyra.
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  • Osmundstø Observatory, Hidra, Agder, Norway. Celestron RASA8, 400mm, f4, 496min 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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  • The Ring Nebula (Messier 57) in constellation Lyra.
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  • Comet 153P Ikeya-Zhang from March 2002. Picture taken from Hidra, south-western Norway.
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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 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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  • 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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  • Tringaulum Galaxy, Messier 33 (M33), the great galaxy in  constellation of Triangulum.
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  • Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) in constellation Cygnus.
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  • Western Veil nebula (NGC 6960) with the foreground star 52 Cygni in the constellation Cygnus.
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  • Dumbbell Nebula, Messier 27, in constellation Vulpecula.
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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. Hidra, Agder, Norway. Nikon 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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  • 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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  • Model and quotation of Stephen Hawking at Moesgaard Museum, Aarhus, Denmark.
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  • Medusa Nebula (Abell 21) in constellation Gemini.
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  • The Sunflower Galaxy (Messier 63) in constellation Canes venatici.
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  • The galaxies M81 (Bodes Nebula, left) and M82 (Cigar Gallaxy) in the constellation Ursa Major. The dwarf irregular galaxy Holmberg IX can be glimpset above M81
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