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GALAXY Photo credit: SEDS Messier Catalogue – M51

PLANETARY NEBULA Photo credit: SEDS Messier Catalogue – M27

GLOBULAR CLUSTER Photo credit: SEDS Messier Catalogue – M13

OPEN CLUSTER Photo credit: SEDS Messier Catalogue – M11

DARK CLOUD Photo credit: Hubble Space Telescope – B33

DOUBLE STAR Photo credit: NOPI –Mizar A and Mizar B

MULTI-STAR SYSTEM Photo credit: Wikipedia – Triple alpha Centauri orbit diagram

Photo credit: Wikipedia – HR Diagram BRIGHT STAR – SPECTRA

REFLECTION NEBULA Photo credit: SEDS Messier Catalogue – M78

EMISSION NEBULA M42

DIFFUSE NEBULA Photo credit: SEDS Messier Catalogue – M8

PLANET Photo credit: NASA - Jupiter

Photo credit: NASA/Chandra – Mira A and Mira B in X-Ray VARIABLE STAR

SUPERNOVA REMNANT Photo credit: SEDS Messier Catalogue – M1

ASTERISM Diamond Ring asterism around Polaris and North Celestial Pole

APETURE COMPARISON Photo credit: NASA. STS82 view of Hubble

MAGNIFICATION COMPARISON Photo credit: NASA. STS82 view of Hubble

SINGLE OBJECT NGC1234 J2000: Size: Type: Distance: Key feature:

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