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  • Thumbnail for Messier 71
    Messier 71 (also known as M71, NGC 6838, or the Angelfish Cluster) is a globular cluster in the small northern constellation Sagitta. It was discovered...
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  • Thumbnail for RX J1347.5−1145
    RX J1347.5–1145 is one of the most massive galaxy clusters known discovered in X-rays with ROSAT. As a result, it is also one of the most X-ray-luminous...
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    NGC 6604 is a young open cluster of stars in the equatorial constellation of Serpens, positioned about 1.5° north of the Eagle Nebula (NGC 6611). The cluster...
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  • Thumbnail for Cima Ekar Observing Station
    The Cima Ekar Observing Station (Italian: Stazione osservativa di Asiago Cima Ekar; obs. code: 098) is an astronomical observatory on the crest of Cima...
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  • Thumbnail for Gum Nebula
    The Gum Nebula (Gum 12) is an emission nebula that extends across 36° in the southern constellations Vela and Puppis. It lies approximately 450 parsecs...
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    Gum 15 is a nebula from the Gum catalog, located in the constellation of Vela, about 3,000 light-years from Earth. It is shaped by aggressive winds flowing...
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  • Thumbnail for Arcetri Observatory
    The Arcetri Observatory (Italian: Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri) is an astrophysical observatory located in the hilly area of Arcetri on the outskirts...
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  • Thumbnail for Aloysius Lilius
    Aloysius Lilius (c. 1510 – 1576), also variously referred to as Luigi Lilio or Luigi Giglio, was an Italian physician, astronomer, philosopher and chronologist...
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  • Thumbnail for Catania Astrophysical Observatory
    The Catania Observatory (Italian: Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania) is an astronomical observatory in the city of Catania, on the island of Sicily in...
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  • The Panzano Observatory was an observatory in the village of Panzano [it] about 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) to the NNW of the centre of the comune of Castelfranco...
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  • Thumbnail for Skalnaté pleso Observatory
    The Skalnaté pleso Observatory (Slovak: Observatórium Skalnaté pleso; obs. code: 056) is an astronomical and meteorological observatory in the Tatra Mountains...
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  • The Cagliari Observatory (Italian: Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, or OAC) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Italy's Istituto...
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  • Thumbnail for Giovanni Bignami
    Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami (10 April 1944 – 24 May 2017) was an Italian physicist. From March 2007 until August 2008, he was Chairman of the Italian Space...
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  • Maifreda da Pirovano (died 1300) was an Italian mystic. She was a follower of the teachings of Guglielma. She was executed for heresy in Milan, having...
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  • Pietro Calabrese (8 May 1944, Rome – 12 September 2010, Rome) was an Italian journalist who worked for l'ANSA, the Gazzetta dello Sport, Panorama and Il...
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