Telescopes are in some ways like time machines. They reveal galaxies so far away that their light has taken billions of years to reach us. We in astronomy have an advantage in studying the universe, in that we can actually see the past.

/ Sir Martin Rees /

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By type:

open clusters [67]

globular clusters [14]

diffuse nebulae [3]

dark nebulae [0]

planetary nebulae [27]

variable stars [18]

binary stars [23]

asterisms [2]

galaxies [119]

quasars [1]

planets [2]

minor planets [1]

comets [5]

Sun [0]

Moon [5]

other objects [8]

By catalogue:

Messier 1-50 [20]

Messier 51-110 [18]

NGC 1-1000 [17]

NGC 1001-2000 [21]

NGC 2001-3000 [32]

NGC 3001-4000 [25]

NGC 4001-5000 [18]

NGC 5001-6000 [22]

NGC 6001-7000 [40]

NGC 7001-7840 [35]

IC 1-5386 [1]

other catalogues [71]

uncataloged [10]

[25]

By constellation:

Andromeda Antlia Apus Aquila Aquarius Ara Aries Auriga Boötes Caelum Camelopardalis Capricornus Carina Cassiopeia Centaurus Cepheus Cetus Chamaeleon Circinus Canis Major Canis Minor Cancer Columba Coma Berenices Corona Austrina Corona Borealis Crater Crux Corvus Canes Venatici Cygnus Delphinus Dorado Draco Equuleus Eridanus Fornax Gemini Grus Hercules Horologium Hydra Hydrus Indus Lacerta Leo Lepus Libra Leo Minor Lupus Lynx Lyra Mensa Microscopium Monoceros Musca Norma Octans Ophiuchus Orion Pavo Pegasus Perseus Phoenix Pictor Piscis Austrinus Pisces Puppis Pyxis Reticulum Sculptor Scorpius Scutum Serpens Sextans Sagitta Sagittarius Taurus Telescopium Triangulum Australe Triangulum Tucana Ursa Major Ursa Minor Vela Virgo Volans Vulpecula

O. Struve 390 (Binary star) Right ascension: 19h 55m Declination: 30° 12' Constellation: Cygnus Date/time: 2009.10.03 18:30 UT Equipment: 12" f/5 Newtonian FoV: 10' Magnification and filter(s): 250x Seeing: 4/10 Transparency: 2/5 SQM: 18.33 m/as2 Temperature: 6°C Location: Nádasdladány, Hungary Observer: Ferenc Lovró Description: Component A is the brightest part of of the trio by far. They split up easily even at 71x. A: 6.5m, white. B: 9.5m, slightly bluish. C: 11m. A-B: 10", PA: 20°. A-C: 16", PA: 170°. Hi-resolution image: [ reversed sketch | original sketch ]

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