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The Deep-Sky Corner was created between 1996 and 2001 as a leisure project by a group of amateur astronomers. Virtual time travel: 1999, 2001, 2002. After that, the Deep-Sky Corner stayed asleep on astro!nfo until September 2020, when that website was discontinued. Now it has risen again on its own domain and is continuously updated.

March 2024

  1. Pi Scorpii Nebula (Sh 2-1, vdB 99)

February 2024

  1. Observing reports and EAA photos from Edi for NGC 1501 and NGC 2444/5
  2. Observing report from Edi for Holmberg IX (dwarf galaxy near Messier 81) and Cleopatra's Eye NGC 1535
  3. Planetary Nebula Jonckheere 900
  4. Octopus Nebula (Sh 2-294)
  5. Observing reports and EAA photos from Edi with 30" Dobson: QSO J0222+4221, Integral Sign Galaxy (UGC 3697)
  6. Dolphin Head Nebula Sh 2-308 + Collinder 121
  7. Observing night on Hasliberg: Messier 36, IRAS 05327+3404, Palomar 2, NGC 891, QSO J0222+4221, NGC 1535, NGC 1788, Kohoutek 1-7, NGC 1501, IC 3568, UGC 3697, Messier 95, Messier 96, Messier 105, NGC 3384, NGC 3389, NGC 4038/9, NGC 2444/5

January 2024

  1. 1000th (and 1001st) Deep-Sky object with photo by Edi: Galaxy NGC 6744
  2. Galaxy NGC 7497 + Integrated Flux Nebula
  3. H-II Regions Sh 2-147/148/149/152/153
  4. Tulip Nebula (Cederblad 173, Sh 2-101)
  5. Some improvements of internal Search.
  6. Snake Nebula (Barnard 72) with photo by Hansjörg
  7. Photo of NGC 891 by Radek with Quasar QSO J0222+4221, plus text and finder chart. Search function extend for catalogs in database.
  8. More CPU, RAM and disk space for faster web and database server. Thanks iWay.ch! Update to Fancybox 5: Overlay images can be rotated and flipped to adjust the view as on the telescope. Photos from Jonas Schenker: Messier 16, Messier 33, NGC 281, NGC 2024, NGC 2175, NGC 6823, NGC 7023, NGC 7635, IC 443, IC 1805. Thank you!
  9. Photos by Hansjörg Wälchli: Messier 8, Messier 16, Messier 17, Messier 20, Messier 45, Messier 51, Messier 78, Messier 83, Messier 84, Messier 86, Messier 104, NGC 247, NGC 253, NGC 300, NGC 1365, NGC 1499, NGC 4038/9, NGC 6334, NGC 7023, NGC 7293, IC 405, IC 1848, IC 2118, Simeis 188. Thank you!
  10. Galactic Nebula IC 466, Globular Cluster Palomar 7 (IC 1276)
  11. Corrections about misidentification for NGC 486. Thanks to Martin Jurečka for the hint. Added text about discovery and physical nature of NGC 488. Observing report for NGC 1788 by Lutz Rettweiler. Thank you! Galaxy NGC 660
  12. Galaxy NGC 300 with photo by Edi
  13. Heart Nebula (IC 1805) and Soul Nebula (IC 1848)
  14. Galactic Nebula Sh 2-128 (Abell 77), Spaghetti Nebula (Simeis 147, Sh 2-240)
  15. Planetary nebulae Abell 41, Abell 42, Abell 43, Abell 53
  16. Planetary Nebula Abell 40
  17. Planetary Nebula Kohoutek 1-3 (Abell 38)
  18. Galaxy NGC 1365 with photo by Edi