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NGC 864, Norma's Jewel Box, Great Orion Nebula, 47 Tuc, ESO 175-6, NGC 5061, NGC 4753, Messier 74, Helix Nebula, Messier 2.

Featured astrophoto

Cassiopeia Salt-and-Pepper, Messier 52 by Anthony Ayiomamitis.

Previous image:

The Swan Nebula, Messier 17 by Dale Liebenberg.

Historically speaking

The Crab Nebula, sketched by the Earl of Rosse.

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2017 July 25 at 10:53

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(c) Dale Liebenberg 2017

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NGC 5844 in Triangulum Australe, imaged by Dale Liebenberg.

Continue reading …

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news archives

Recent news

//in3words — March newsletter of the ASSA Deep-Sky Section, featuring 47 Tuc on the cover.

//in3words — A globular cluster in the realm of the galaxies

//in3words — The Dark Emu rises, in pursuit of the Magellanic Clouds

//in3words — Massive star forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud

//in3words — Flocculent Galaxy in Southern Leo

//in3words — Ancient open cluster in Lyra

//in3words — Golden Coin Galaxy

//in3words — NGC 2467 in Puppis

//in3words — Last but not least - Messier 103

//in3words — The Arkenstone of Thrain

//in3words — ConCards available

//in3words — Deep sky celebrations

//in3words — Necklace Nebula featured on APOD

//in3words — Methuselah Nebula featured on APOD

//in3words — New deepsky book from CUP

//in3words — NGC 1365 in infrared (ESO VLT)

//in3words — New HST image of eta Carinae Nebula

//in3words — First planetary in open cluster found

//in3words — NGC 300 in Sculptor imaged at ESO

//in3words — Superwind galaxy NGC 4666

“Verbatim”

As stargazers we should practice what Lee Cains calls ‘the serene art of visual observing.’ We must learn to see with the mind as well as the eye. This means really examining and contemplating the varied scenes before us in the eyepiece. All deep sky objects deserve at least 15 minutes of your time. Glancing at an object once it’s found and then rushing to another and another is like reading only the Cliff’s Notes of the world’s great novels.
James Mullaney

Updates & changes


M16, the Eagle Nebula in Serpens Cauda, by Dale Liebenberg.


Lagoon Nebula by Pete Scully.

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The Bug Report

DOCdb is still in beta-release.

Known issues, feature requests, and updates on bug fixes, are here:

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Collaborators

Special thanks to our volunteers:

• Magda Streicher

• Chris de Coning

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The Bug Report

DOCdb is still in beta-release.

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