#canesvenatici — Public Fediverse posts
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M94
Magnitude 8.2 spiral galaxy located 16.0 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. M94 recently (10 million years ago) experienced a violent event that ejected millions of solar masses of material from its nucleus. The faint ring around M94 is a region of strong star formation. It gives the galaxy the appearance of a bone-white eye staring back at you.
#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #m94 #galaxy #canesvenatici #messier #messiermarathon
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Cor Caroli
Magnitude 2.81 binary star located 100 light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was named the “Heart of Charles” by Edmund Halley after the martyred English King Charles I.
#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #corcaroli #star #canesvenatici
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M94
Magnitude 8.2 spiral galaxy located 16 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781.
#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #m94 #galaxy #canesvenatici #messier #messiermarathon