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 #UMPlus - Fornax 2 globular cluster

https://www.universomagico.net/2023/10/cumulo-globular-fornax-2.html

The Hubble Space Telescope tracked globular clusters orbiting the Fornax dwarf galaxy. Universo Mágico has already published Fornax 1 and Fornax 3 in previous articles, this time it is Fornax 2 the protagonist. Globular clusters are large balls of stars that orbit the centers of galaxies, but can be found very far from.....
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 #UMPlus - Mysterious cloud in Cygnus

https://www.universomagico.net/2023/10/misteriosa-nube-en-cygnus.html

The collaborative image of astronomers Peter Goodhew and Sven Eklund shows a newly discovered object called IPHASX J195318.5+371005. Until the moment of publication of this article, the nature of the object is not very well known; it is a cloud that may well be a supernova remnant, a planetary nebula or.....
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 #UMPlus - Irregular galaxy ESO 149-3

https://www.universomagico.net/2023/10/galaxia-irregular-eso-149-3.html

This bit of cosmic brilliance forms the galaxy known as ESO 149-3, located at a distance of about 20 million light years from the Milky Way and located in the direction of the Phoenix Constellation. It is an example of an irregular galaxy, characterized by its amorphous and indefinite shape, a property that.....
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 #UMPlus - Sh2-56 by Leonardo Orazi

https://www.universomagico.net/2023/10/sh2-56-por-leonardo-orazi.html

The excellent image by astronomer Leonardo Orazi shows a dusty and nebulous stellar landscape located in the direction of the Scutum Constellation. Sh2-56 is the red emission nebula centered in the image, it is located at a distance of about 15,600 light years from the Solar System, is on the edge of.....
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 #UMPlus - Sh2-266 by David Ratledge

https://www.universomagico.net/2023/09/sh2-266-por-david-ratledge.html

Astronomer David Ratledge's excellent image shows an emission nebula cataloged as Sh2-266 by Stewart Lane Sharpless in his popular catalog of southern emission nebulae. It is located in the direction of the Orion Constellation, near the border with the Gemini Constellation and is at a distance of.....
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 #UMPlus - Sh2-16 by Gary Imm

https://www.universomagico.net/2023/09/sh2-16-por-gary-imm.html

The image by astronomer Gary Imm shows a visible emission nebula in the Sagittarius Constellation and located at a distance of about 4,890 light years from the Solar System. Called Sh2-16, RCW 137 and Gum 70 among other designations, it is located on the edge of the constellation very close to.....
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 #UMPlus - Galactic collision at Arp 107

https://www.universomagico.net/2023/09/colision-galactica-en-arp-107.html

This image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows Arp 107, a celestial object comprising two galaxies in the midst of a collision. On the right appears dusty LEDA 32628 and on the left is the brighter galaxy UGC 5984, named in 1966 by Halton Christian Arp in his.....
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