NGC5033 – Spiral Galaxy
NGC5033, at a distance of about 40-60 million light years, is a spiral galaxy with beautifully “flailing” arms, roughly the same...
12 million light years away, Bode's Galaxy is similar to our own Milky Way, containing about 200 billion stars.
A huge supernova remnant, the Veil Nebula covers as much sky as about 6 full moons.
At the center of the nebula, Wolf-Reyet star WR136 is shedding its outer layers to form the bubble of the nebula.
Part of the Virgo Cluster, this impressive series of galaxies forms a visual chain.
Also called the seven sisters, this cluster of super hot blue giant stars illuminates the nearby interstellar dust.
About 25,000 light years away, the M13 (in the constellation Hercules) contains roughly 300,000 stars.
NGC5033, at a distance of about 40-60 million light years, is a spiral galaxy with beautifully “flailing” arms, roughly the same...
Waxing gibbous moon taken Dec 20, 2015. Two panel mosaic with an SCT 11″ with .7x reducer, each panel about 30...
NGC2403 is an intermediate spiral galaxy near M81. At about 10 million light years away and 50,000 light years across, the...
Revisiting the Bubble Nebula from last year, the area surrounding the Bubble is rich with nebulosity and cluster M52, making it...
IC443, The Jellyfish Nebula, is a supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini. At roughly 5,000 light years, the Jellyfish sits near...
The Pelican Nebula is next to the North American nebula (in fact part of it is visible on the left of...
M74 is a beautiful grand-design galaxy in the constellation Pisces, but is also fairly dim and hard to see visually. Captured...
M45 – The Pleiades or Seven Sisters is a favorite of mine. A relatively close star cluster, the dust the cluster is...
NGC1499 is a huge nebula resembling the state of California (hence the name). At roughly 2.5 degrees wide, a full moon...
Sh2 – 155, The Cave Nebula, is a wonderful narrowband target as it includes areas of emission and reflection nebulae. The...
The Crescent Nebula has a number of designations: NGC6888, Caldwell 27, and Sharpless 105. Captured with a Tak FSQ106 and QSI683...
The Veil Nebula (Narrowband). The Eastern Veil (top) in its entirety, and about half of the Western Veil on bottom. Captured...
Quick shot of the moon at sunset with a hydrogen alpha filter. The image was taken at 6:41pm, 5 minutes after...
Markarian’s Chain (named after the astrophysicist who discovered their common motion) makes up part of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies —...
Although M96 is comparable to the Milky Way in terms of size, is a relatively small galaxy from our vantage point at...
M78 is a gorgeous reflection nebula near Orion. Barnard’s Loop, towards the right, forms a huge (relatively speaking) emission nebula ring...
M101 is a gorgeous spiral galaxy about 21 million light years away. Roughly the same size as our own Milky Way...
M13 — the Hercules Global Cluster (so named as it’s in the constellation Hercules) — contains about 300,000 stars. This object is...