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M 51a & M51b – The Whirlpool Galaxy, an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seifert 2 active galaxy in the Constellation Canes Venatici (Distance – 23.4m light years)

 

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M 82 – Cigar Galaxy, an edge-on starburst galaxy in the Constellation Ursa Major (Distance 12m light years)

 

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M 81 – Bode’s Galaxy, a spiral galaxy in the Constellation Ursa Major (Distance – 12m light years)

 

Comet Lovejoy SDLPS

C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) – Comet Lovejoy, discovered in November 2011 by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy.

 

M 1893 SDLPS

NGC 1893 & IC 410 – The Tadpole Nebula, Open Cluster in Nebula in the Constellation Auriga (Distance – 13,000 light years)

 

M 42 SDLPS

M 42 – The Orion Nebula (Distance – 1,344 light years)

 

NGC 2024 SDLPS Cropped

NGC 2024 – The Flame Nebula, an Emission Nebula in the Constellation Orion (Distance – 900 to 1,500 light years)

 

NGC 2903 SDLPS

NGC 2903 – A Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Constellation Leo (Distance – 30m light years)