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Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society

Locality: Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 419 253 252

Address: The Briars 3934 Mount Martha, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.mpas.asn.au

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24.01.2022 () - , The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloud-like patch with a definite core. Within the nebula is the open cluster NGC 6530.

13.01.2022 ' " " ? ! The Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina and is located in the Carina-Sagittarius Arm, which is generally thought to be a minor spiral arm of the Milky Way. The nebula is about 8500 light-years from Earth. Photo by MPAS member Nick Axaris. http://www.morningtonpeninsulamagazine.com.au//opposition-

13.01.2022 , Looking into our Milky Way galaxy, amongst a sea of stars, lies the dark nebula known as Barnard 312. Occupying the centre of this image, Barnard 312 is located in the constellation of Scutum, and lies about 2.5 degrees east of the more famous M16: Eagle Nebula and M17: the Swan or Omega Nebula. Sections of this dark nebula is so dense, it totally blocks out the light of b...ackground stars. : Instrument: Planewave CDK 12.5 | Focal Ratio: F8 Camera: STXL-11000 + AOX | Mount: AP900GTO Camera Sensitivity: Lum & Ha: BIN 1x1, RGB: BIN 2x2 Exposure Details: Total: 10.9 hours | Lum: 24 x 900 sec [6.0hr], Ha: 8 x 1200sec [2.67hr], RGB 450sec x 6 each [2.25hrs] Viewing Location: Central Victoria, Australia. Observatory: ScopeDome 3m Software Enhancements: CCDStack2, CCDBand-Aid, PS, Pixinsight

04.01.2022 ' " " ? ! NGC 6744 (aka Caldwell 101) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Pavo. It is considered a Milky Way mimic, displaying flocculent (fluffy) arms and an elongated core. It also has at least one distorted companion galaxy NGC 6744A superficially similar to one of the Magellanic Clouds. . http://www.morningtonpeninsulamagazine.com.au//get-your-he

03.01.2022 Anticipated view at 7:30am on Wednesday 21st October 2020. NASA will be streaming the touch down and bounce off live on NASA TV at the following link: https://youtu.be/mbolop1o6O4

02.01.2022 () - , Steve took this image with a Planewave CDK 12.5 telescope at f/8 on an AP900GTO mount. Camera used was a STXL-11002 + AOX with Camera Sensitivity: Ha, RGB all BIN 1x1. Exposure Details: Ha 120sec x 20 [0.6hrs], Ha 1200sec x 31 [10hrs], RGB 600sec x 8 each [3.9hrs].... Viewing Location was in Central Victoria inside a ScopeDome 3m observatory. This item is one of the stranger-looking deep space objects, having both emission nebula (the pink regions), and reflection nebula (the blue glowing regions with stars shining light off dust in the foreground). The dark, blackish regions are mountain-loads of dust and dirt, just floating like clouds in the sky. Its name means 'divided into three lobes'.