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The Milky Way [c] is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.
Cygnus (constellation) Visible at latitudes between + 90 ° and − 40 °. Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of September. Cygnus is a northern constellation on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for swan. [1] Cygnus is one of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and ...
Contents. Cassiopeia (constellation) Visible at latitudes between + 90 ° and − 20 °.Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of November. Cassiopeia ( listen ⓘ) is a constellation and asterism in the northern sky named after the vain queen Cassiopeia, mother of Andromeda, in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivaled beauty.
The Milky Way Photography Workshop was held in early June at Fort Griffin State Historic Site. Located about 13 miles north of Albany on U.S. 183, the historic 1867 fort has some of the darkest ...
A constellation used almost everywhere in Australian Aboriginal culture is the "Emu in the Sky", which consists of dark nebulae (opaque clouds of dust and gas in outer space) that are visible against the (centre and other sectors of the) Milky Way background.
Andromeda Galaxy. A visible light image of the Andromeda Galaxy. Messier 32 is to the left of the galactic nucleus and Messier 110 is at the bottom right. The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It was originally named the Andromeda Nebula and is cataloged as Messier 31, M31, and NGC 224.
Messier object. The Messier objects are a set of 110 astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d'Étoiles ( Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters ). Because Messier was interested only in finding comets, he created a list of those non-comet objects that frustrated his ...
Visible at latitudes between + 90 ° and − 69 °. Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of September. Delphinus (Pronounced / dɛlˈfaɪnəs / or / ˈdɛlfɪnəs /) is a small constellation in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere, close to the celestial equator. Its name is the Latin version for the Greek word for dolphin ( δελφίς ).