Below is our interactive gallery that shows the development of SMAP. Please click on each gallery and use the LEGEND below for help if needed
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This colourful reflection nebula was taken by Michael Hernandez - on site Astronomer at SMAP- showing againg what can be acheived with a great site, Dark skies and great seeing......
The Trifid Nebula showing three different types of nebula.This shows what good skies and seeing can give you.
Picture Courtesy of Michael Hernandez- Onsite resident astronomer at SMAP....
The Triangulum Galaxy Messier 33 (M33, NGC 598) is another prominent member of the Local Group of galaxies. This galaxy is small compared to its big apparent neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy M31, and to our Milky Way galaxy, but by this more of average size for spiral galaxies in the universe. One of the small Local Group member galaxies, LGS 3, is possibly a satellite of M33, which itself may be a remote but gravitationally bound companion of the Andromeda galaxy M31.....
The Dumbbell Nebula Messier 27 (M27, NGC 6853) is perhaps the finest planetary nebula in the sky, and was the first planetary nebula ever discovered.....
The Helix Nebula is one of the closest of all planetary nebulae: Lying at a distance of perhaps 450 light years, it is the only planetary nebula for which a parallax could be obtained by ground-based observations. Nevertheless, its distance is quite uncertain: The first determination by A. Van Maanen yielded about 85 light-years....
M101 was discovered by Pierre Méchain on March 27, 1781, and added as one of the last entries in Charles Messier\'s catalog. It was one of the first "spiral nebula" identified....
