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What is that nebula near the constellation Aries?

April 26, 2017Aries Astronomy constellation Mathematics near nebula

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What is that nebula near the constellation Aries?

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There’s not much there. If you have exceptional eyesight and a dark sky location, you might be seeing M33, the Pinwheel galaxy, which is just north of Aries in Triangulum. Moving north, other possibilites are M31, the Andromeda Galaxy; M34, an open cluster in Perseus; or the Alpha Persei Moving Cluster, centered around Mirfak. But perhaps the best possibility is that you’re seeing Comet Holmes, which is in Perseus right now and quite bright.