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NGC 2014 and NGC 2020
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1335/
Copyright: ESO NGC 2014 is the cluster associated with an emission nebula and NGC 2020 is the Wolf Rayet nebula on the left.

M13
http://www.darkatmospheres.com/astro/ga ... clusters_1
Copyright: Roth Ritter

N44
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/ngc1 ... 11K_RC.htm
Copyright: Steve Crouch The single designation of N44 refers to the whole complex while NGC 1935 only refers to a small part of it.

NGC 750-1
http://bf-astro.com/ngc750/arp166.htm
Copyright: Bob Franke This peculiar interacting galaxy pair is also known as Arp 166. Near the bottom right corner is the shell elliptical galaxy NGC 736.

Phil Plait featured this last year and called it a space jellyfish but I think it looks like a big, fluffy, calico cat paw smacking the surface of some water.

Planetary Nebula HFG1
Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF)

Bigger versions are at http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1110.html

geckzilla wrote:Phil Plait featured this last year and called it a space jellyfish but I think it looks like a big, fluffy, calico cat paw smacking the surface of some water.

Planetary Nebula HFG1
Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF)

Bigger versions are at http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1110.html

This is one of my favourite obscure planetary nebulae in Cassiopeia. Interestingly, I also posted this image last year. Great minds think alike!

Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070)
http://www.cosmicphotos.com/gallery/ima ... lbum_id=11
Copyright: Jason Jennings

starsurfer wrote:This is one of my favourite obscure planetary nebulae in Cassiopeia. Interestingly, I also posted this image last year. Great minds think alike!

I saw that, but it was a little bit differently processed and not quite as striking. Or maybe it's a deeper image? Not sure, so I decided to re-post.

geckzilla wrote:

starsurfer wrote:This is one of my favourite obscure planetary nebulae in Cassiopeia. Interestingly, I also posted this image last year. Great minds think alike!

I saw that, but it was a little bit differently processed and not quite as striking. Or maybe it's a deeper image? Not sure, so I decided to re-post.

The image you have posted is exactly identical to the one I posted, no changes in processing.

Centaurus A (NGC 5128)
http://www.rolfolsenastrophotography.co ... mNgSprP/X3
Copyright: Rolf Olsen

starsurfer wrote:The image you have posted is exactly identical to the one I posted, no changes in processing.

Eh, the only one I saw was this along with the other one later in the thread.

geckzilla wrote:

starsurfer wrote:The image you have posted is exactly identical to the one I posted, no changes in processing.

Eh, the only one I saw was this along with the other one later in the thread.

Oh I thought you meant the NOAO image. You're right, I did post those images but I did also post the NOAO one as well.

Hickson 59
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1004a/
Copyright: ESA/Hubble and NASA

starsurfer wrote:Oh I thought you meant the NOAO image. You're right, I did post those images but I did also post the NOAO one as well.

I tried searching for it even after you mentioned this and I still can't seem to find it. Maybe it's lacking the keyword HFG1 or maybe Google search is just failing me...

geckzilla wrote:

starsurfer wrote:Oh I thought you meant the NOAO image. You're right, I did post those images but I did also post the NOAO one as well.

I tried searching for it even after you mentioned this and I still can't seem to find it. Maybe it's lacking the keyword HFG1 or maybe Google search is just failing me...

There is a possibility that I have never posted the NOAO image for some reason?!

¯\(°_o)/¯

False memories implanted by aliens to pit us against one another.

Crescent Moon Rising and Earth's Atmosphere Image Credit: NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/content/crescent-mo ... vdxNfl5O5J

geckzilla wrote:

starsurfer wrote:The image you have posted is exactly identical to the one I posted, no changes in processing.

Eh, the only one I saw was this along with the other one later in the thread.

Actually, the page you have linked to DOES include your NOAO image of HFG 1!! I knew I had posted it!

vdB158
http://www.distant-lights.at/vdb158-2013_08_11.htm
Copyright: Thomas Henne

Fe 6
http://www.pbase.com/jshuder/image/154101251
Copyright: Jim Shuder This planetary nebula was discovered by the French amateur astronomer Laurent Ferrero in November 2013. It was confirmed to be a true planetary nebula in January 2014.

NGC 6726
http://www.billionsandbillions.com/coro ... ralis.html
Copyright: Warren Keller

Red Airglow & Rice Terraces
Copyrights: Cui Yongjiang Suggested by Jia Hao

Timeline of northern lights
Copyrights: Henri Luoma
Suggested by: Sami Airaksinen

Copeland's Septet (Hickson 57)
http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/n3750.shtml
Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona NGC 3750 is the elliptical galaxy at the centre of the image. Interestingly, this compact group might be a physical group of 8 or 9 galaxies!!