Recent Images from Little River, South Carolina and Triangle Virginia

M104, known as the Sombrero Galaxy, is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification that is located about 28 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.

NGC3344 is a barred spiral galaxy that is located about 22.5 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo Minor.

M61, known as the Swelling Spiral Galaxy, is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy located about 52.5 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.

M46 is an an open cluster of stars about 5,400 light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis. The planetary nebula NGC2438 is located in front of the star cluster at a distance of 2,900 light-years.

NGC2174, known as the Monkey Head nebula, is an H II emission nebula located about 6,400 light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion. This image of the nebula was taken in three narrow band wavelengths of light known as the Hubble Color Palette.

NGC2392, known as the Eskimo nebula, is a bipolar double-shell planetary nebula located about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Gemini.

Abell21, known as the Medusa nebula, is an old planetary nebula about 1,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Gemini. This image of the nebula and was taken in two narrow band wavelengths of light. Ha was used as red and OIII was used as blue.

M33, known as the Triangulum Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum.

NGC281, known as the Pacman nebula, is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. It is located about 9,000 light-years from Earth. This image of the nebula and was taken in three narrow band wavelengths of light known as the Hubble Color Palette.

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