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Object Name:
IC 1396 Globule (Trumpler 37)
Object Type:
Dark globule
inside emission nebula
Position (J2000):
RA: 21h38m08.7s
Dec: +57d26m48.0s
Distance:
2,450 light-years (750 parsecs)
Constellation:
Cepheus (the King)
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| About the Object |
Object Name:
Messier 81 (NGC 3031; UGC 5318)
Object Type:
Spiral galaxy
Position (J2000):
RA: 09h55m33.2s DEC +69d03m55s
Distance:
12,000,000 light-years (3.6 Mpc)
Magnitude:
7.9
Constellation:
Ursa Major (the Big Bear)
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| About the Object |
Object Name:
Herbig-Haro (HH) 46/47
Object Type:
Protostar with outflows
Position (J2000):
RA:
08h25m43.9s
Dec:
-51d00m36.0s
Distance:
1,140 light-years (350 parsecs)
Constellation:
Vela (the Sails)
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| About the Object |
Object Name:
IRAS F00183-7111
Object Type:
Galaxy
Position (J2000):
RA:
00h20m34.7s
Dec:
-70d55m27s
Distance:
3.2 billion light-years
Constellation:
Tucana (the Toucan)
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| About the Object |
Object Name:
Fomalhaut (alpha PsA; HD 216956)
Object Type:
Circumstellar disk
Position (J2000):
RA: 22h57m39.05s
Dec: -29d37m20.05s
Distance:
25 light-years (7.7 parsecs)
Magnitude:
1.23
Constellation:
Piscis Austrinus (the Southern Fish)
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| About the Object |
Object Name:
P-29/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1
Object Type:
Comet
Position (J2000):
RA:
22h19m47.4s (at time of observation)
Dec:
-05d18m29s (at time of observation)
Distance:
5.56 AU (distance from the telescope at time of observation)
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