Author: Andy Felong

NGC6992

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103), a large but relatively faint supernova remnant.

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NGC 2264

NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object:

  • the Cone Nebula,
  • the Christmas Tree Cluster,

All of the objects are located in the Monoceros constellation.

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NGC 6144

NGC 6144 is a globular cluster in the constellation Scorpius.

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Maurolycus

Maurolycus, one of the more prominent lunar craters in the southern highland region of the Moon, is covered in overlapping crater impacts.

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Sirius

Sirius is a star system and the brightest star in the Earth’s night sky. 

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