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A Messier Moment for Tempel 2
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A Messier Moment for Tempel 2

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A Messier Moment for Tempel 2

By Overlook Horizon|2026-08-08T16:44:37-04:00August 8th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: Messier, Moment, nasa, Photo, photo of the day, picture|

Photo of the Day Which of these is not a comet? You guessed it - the one on the right is a globular star cluster. The diffuse greenish coma of periodic comet 10P/Tempel 2 is at left in the frame. In fact the globular star cluster is Messier 30, also known as M30, or [...]

Messier Catalog at Uniform Scale
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Messier Catalog at Uniform Scale

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Messier Catalog at Uniform Scale

By Overlook Horizon|2026-05-14T16:44:24-04:00May 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: Catalog, Messier, nasa, Photo, photo of the day, picture|

Photo of the Day What are some of the most interesting astronomical objects you can see in the night sky? Armed with a good pair of binoculars or a small telescope, if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you can look for the very popular objects in the Messier Catalog. Most of them, but [...]