#NGC 104

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47 Tucanae

A Bright Globular Cluster in Tucana NGC 104, Caldwell 106 The Sun sets late here on a December evening and it’s not truly dark until nearly ten pm, leaving only two hours before midnight. As I rolled the telescope out onto the driveway, Venus was shining like a diamond, high in the Western sky just after sunset. As the sky darkened, Jupiter shone brightly in the North and the brilliant star…

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X-Ray Stars of 47 Tuc

Credits: Northwestern U., et al., CXC, NASA

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Messier 104 : A gorgeous spiral galaxy, Messier 104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile featuring a broad ring of obscuring dust lanes. Seen in silhouette against an extensive central bulge of stars, the swath of cosmic dust lends a broad brimmed hat-like appearance to the galaxy suggesting a more popular moniker, the Sombrero Galaxy. This sharp view of the well-known galaxy was made from over 10 hours of Hubble Space Telescope image data, processed to bring out faint details often lost in the overwhelming glare of M104's bright central bulge. Also known as NGC 4594, the Sombrero galaxy can be seen across the spectrum, and is host to a central supermassive black hole. About 50,000 light-years across and 28 million light-years away, M104 is one of the largest galaxies at the southern edge of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster. Still, the spiky foreground stars in this field of view lie well within our own Milky Way. via NASA

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Correction: The Sombrero Galaxy spans between 94,500 and 105,000 lightyears across and is about 31.1 million lightyears away.

2024 November 26

The Sombrero Galaxy from Webb and Hubble Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Hubble Heritage Project (STScI, AURA)

Explanation: This floating ring is the size of a galaxy. In fact, it is a galaxy – or at least part of one: the photogenic Sombrero Galaxy is one of the largest galaxies in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies. The dark band of dust that obscures the mid-section of the Sombrero Galaxy in visible light (bottom panel) actually glows brightly in infrared light (top panel). The featured image shows the infrared glow in false blue, recorded recently by the space-based James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and released yesterday, pictured above an archival image taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in visible light. The Sombrero Galaxy, also known as M104, spans about 50,000 light years and lies 28 million light years away. M104 can be seen with a small telescope in the direction of the constellation Virgo.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241126.html

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Diez Meses ❤️

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El cúmulo globular de estrellas 47 Tucanae es una joya del cielo austral. También conocido como NGC 104, deambula por el halo de nuestra Vía Láctea junto con otros 200 cúmulos globulares de estrellas. El segundo cúmulo globular más brillante (después de Omega Centauri) visto desde el planeta Tierra, 47 Tuc, se encuentra a unos 13.000 años luz de distancia. Se puede observar a simple vista cerca del cielo cerca de la Pequeña Nube de Magallanes en la constelación del Tucán. El denso cúmulo está formado por cientos de miles de estrellas en un volumen de sólo unos 120 años luz de diámetro. Las estrellas gigantes rojas en las afueras del cúmulo son fáciles de distinguir como estrellas amarillentas en este nítido retrato telescópico. El cúmulo globular muy compacto 47 Tuc también alberga una estrella con la órbita más cercana conocida alrededor de un agujero negro

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APOD February 8, 2024 Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc Globular star cluster 47 Tucanae is a jewel of the southern sky. Also known as NGC 104, it roams the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy along with some 200 other globular star clusters. The second brightest globular cluster (after Omega Centauri) as seen from planet Earth, 47 Tuc lies about 13,000 light-years away. It can be spotted with the naked-eye close on the sky to the Small Magellanic Cloud in the constellation of the Toucan. The dense cluster is made up of hundreds of thousands of stars in a volume only about 120 light-years across. Red giant stars on the outskirts of the cluster are easy to pick out as yellowish stars in this sharp telescopic portrait. Tightly packed globular cluster 47 Tuc is also home to a star with the closest known orbit around a black hole. ©Marco Lorenzi

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Küresel Yıldız Kümesi 47 Tuc

Günün Astronomi Görseli 8 Şubat 2024 Görsel & Telif: Marco Lorenzi, Angus Lau, Tommy Tse Küresel yıldız kümesi 47 Tucanae, Güney gökyüzünün bir mücevheri. NGC 104 olarak da bilinen küme, 200 adet başka küresel yıldız kümesiyle birlikte Samanyolu Galaksisi’nin halesinde dolanıyor. Dünya’dan görüldüğü şekliyle (Omega Centauri’den sonra) ikinci en parlak küresel küme olan 47 Tuc yaklaşık 13…

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l'Australia Telescope Compact Array rileva una sorgente radio compatta nel centro di 47 Tucanae

Paduano et al. hanno identificato una nuova sorgente radio (quadrato bianco) al centro di 47 Tucanae (cerchio rosso). Gli astronomi che utilizzano l’Australia Telescope Compact Array del CSIRO hanno catturato l’immagine radio più dettagliata mai vista di 47 Tucanae, il secondo ammasso globulare più luminoso del cielo notturno. 47 Tucanae, altrimenti noto come NGC 104, è un enorme e antico…

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The Small Magellanic Cloud and 47 Tucanae (right) // Lukasz_Wackowski

Although these two objects appear close together, the SMC is over 15 times further away than 47 Tucanae!

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Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744

Eighth magnitude spiral galaxy NGC 6744, in the Southern Pavo constellation. #astronomy #galaxy

Caldwell 101 Pavo Image exposure:120 MinutesImage Size:57.1 x 38.1 arcminImage date:2023-06-18 A two-hour exposure of NGC 6744, a fluffy-looking, eighth magnitude, almost face-on spiral galaxy, 30 million light years away, with an extended central core and faint outer spiral arms. It is about the same size as our galaxy, the Milky Way, and has some similar features. Also in this image: ESO…

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X-Ray Stars of 47 Tucanae

Credits: J. Grindlay, CfA, CXO, NASA, U.Alabama Tuscaloosa, 1.5-mTelescope, CTIO

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2024 February 8

Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi, Angus Lau, Tommy Tse

Explanation: Globular star cluster 47 Tucanae is a jewel of the southern sky. Also known as NGC 104, it roams the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy along with some 200 other globular star clusters. The second brightest globular cluster (after Omega Centauri) as seen from planet Earth, 47 Tuc lies about 13,000 light-years away. It can be spotted with the naked-eye close on the sky to the Small Magellanic Cloud in the constellation of the Toucan. The dense cluster is made up of hundreds of thousands of stars in a volume only about 120 light-years across. Red giant stars on the outskirts of the cluster are easy to pick out as yellowish stars in this sharp telescopic portrait. Tightly packed globular cluster 47 Tuc is also home to a star with the closest known orbit around a black hole.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240208.html

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16 August 2003 - nebula at the Foothill College observatory

Some weekend in August 2003, circa 16 / 17 August 2003

Hi everyone Since returning to the USA on 13th August 2003, I have found it no longer necessary to make multilingual summaries of my stories, at least not for now. At some stage they will return.

I wanted to let you know about a time that I drove my mother to Foothill College on a Saturday night, possibly 16th August 2003. My mother wanted in particular to see the new star as part of Nebula NGC 3603 and the new star called Chandra. There was a public viewing at the observatory in the northwestern part of the campus. It is closer to the softball field than it is to the football stadium, practically on the opposite side of campus. Foothill College is a community college located in Los Altos Hills, off El Monte Road, Moody Road and I-280.

I came over on the Saturday evening from my then-apartment in Foster City, with a hamper full of dirty laundry. My parents allowed me to wash my laundry for free, and they also donated the detergent. At the time, only my mother was at the house, as well as our pet cat Eric. Other family members were away on their own personal business. I think that night, my mother asked me to stop by the Pollo Loco Mexican restaurant, on Grant Road just a little south of El Camino Real, in Mountain View, CA, to pick up a couple of burritos, beans, rice, guacamole, sauce and sour cream. I brought those home. This was a time, when I liked to have the hot sauce, so I had to bring mild sauce for my mother. I washed my laundry, we ate our burritos and after I put the washed laundry into the dryer, we had left in my Jetta, the car I had at the time, for Foothill College.

The way to the college was fairly straightforward. We would drive along Foothill Expressway to El Monte Road and turn towards I-280. I drove under the I-280 interchange, and went into the first entrance past the stadium. The campus has a one way roundabout ring. The best parking lots would be the ones in the northwesternmost section, namely 3 and 4. Foothill College is hilly, and some places may have an incline/decline. I found a good spot in lot 3.

We walked up to the observatory next to Lot 3. I think there were about 50, 60, 70 people in front of us. The line went a bit slowly, and it probably took an hour before we had our turn. At least it was not quite as long as it is to cross from Tijuana, BC, Mexico, into San Ysidro, California, USA. When it was our turn to see, we took about a minute to notice the supernova in Nebula NGC 3603. I was able to spot Chandra. It was really neat.

When we left, there had to be about 100 people waiting their turn. We went back to the car, drove home, I picked up my newly dried laundry, and drove home along CA-85 and US-101. Traffic was light at the time, so the drive to Foster City did not take too long, average speed was about 65 mph or 104 km/h.

Anyway, this more or less concludes the Summer 2003 vacation. Hope you have enjoyed it.

The next adventure will be in the Hong Kong and Macau S.A.R., as well as a layover in Tokyo Narita. Hope you will join me then.

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47 Tucanae (NGC 104)

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The Sombrero Galaxy, a/k/a Messier Object 104, M104, or NGC 4594, is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Virgo Constellation. One of the more unusual barred spiral galaxies has a supermassive black hole at its center. Star movement patterns near the black hole suggest it could have the same mass as a billion of our suns. Researched believe the Sombrero’s black hole is the most massive of any black hole found at the heart of a galaxy and is a large part of the reason its shape resembles the Mexican hat of the same name. It is 31.1 million light years from our galaxy, the Milky Way. It has a diameter of 49,000 light years or about 30 percent of the size of the Milky Way.

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Индийские астрономы исследуют рассеянное скопление NGC 1027: Анализируя данные 104-сантиметрового телескопа Сампурнананд (ST) и спутника ЕКА Gaia, астрономы из Индии изучили галактическое рассеянное скопление NGC 1027. https://t.co/gYaxGDf7BQ

Индийские астрономы исследуют рассеянное скопление NGC 1027: Анализируя данные 104-сантиметрового телескопа Сампурнананд (ST) и спутника ЕКА Gaia, астрономы из Индии изучили галактическое рассеянное скопление NGC 1027. https://t.co/gYaxGDf7BQ

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