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de vliegender Hollander

If hailed by another ship, the crew of the Flying Dutchman will try to send messages to land, or to people long dead. In ocean lore, the sight of this phantom ship is a portent of doom.

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Bird of Prey

Resembling a swooping Klingon Bird of Prey, this pretty open star cluster is between 6 and 18 million years old and located in Vela.

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Theta Muscae SNR

As far as I know, this is only the third high-resolution image of the Theta Muscae Supernova Remnant...

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The Flaming Skull Nebula

Some say it’s the Rosette Nebula; others say it’s the Flaming Skull Nebula – no one really knows why but we can agree it’s NGC 2237

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Flight of the Navigator

Fast stellar winds, blowing at 1,700 km/s (3.8 million mph) from this star, create the bubble-shaped nebula as they sweep up slower moving material from an earlier phase of the star's evolution.

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Smoked Chicken!

First light for the new Ioptron CEM 70G with Voyager! Hope you like it, I'm looking forward to doing more imaging with this fine combination! 

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The Space Jockey

Very few if any stand alone images of this fascinating target, that when rotated 90 degrees CCW also resembles an olympic swimmer on the starting blocks, or a busy cyclist!

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Arachnophobia

Also known as 30 Doradus or NGC 2070, the Tarantula Nebula, so called because it resembles a web, is a HII region about 1,000 light-years in length, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, at an estimated distance of 170,000 light-years from Earth.

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Lobster Fra Diavolo!

The intricate patterns are caused by complex interactions between interstellar winds, radiation pressures, magnetic fields, and gravity.

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Gabriella Revealed!

The edge of the wall of gas and dust at the right bears a strong resemblance to a human face in profile, with the "bump" in the centre corresponding to a nose.

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The Butterfly Nebula

Rarely if ever imaged on it's own, this diffuse nebula SH2-22 is located in Sagittarius, close by it's famous neighbour - M8.