NGC5033 – Spiral Galaxy
on March 6, 2017
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NGC5033, at a distance of about 40-60 million light years, is a spiral galaxy with beautifully “flailing” arms, roughly the same...
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Moon – Waxing Gibbous (Dec 20, 2015)
on December 21, 2015
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Waxing gibbous moon taken Dec 20, 2015. Two panel mosaic with an SCT 11″ with .7x reducer, each panel about 30...
NGC2403 – Spiral Galaxy
on December 20, 2015
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NGC2403 is an intermediate spiral galaxy near M81. At about 10 million light years away and 50,000 light years across, the...
NGC7635 – The Bubble Nebula Wide-field
on November 24, 2015
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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
on November 22, 2015
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IC443, The Jellyfish Nebula, is a supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini. At roughly 5,000 light years, the Jellyfish sits near...
IC5070 – The Pelican Nebula
on November 10, 2015
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The Pelican Nebula is next to the North American nebula (in fact part of it is visible on the left of...
M74 – Spiral Galaxy
on November 9, 2015
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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
on November 8, 2015
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M45 – The Pleiades or Seven Sisters is a favorite of mine. A relatively close star cluster, the dust the cluster is...
NGC1499 – The California Nebula
on November 8, 2015
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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
on November 8, 2015
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Sh2 – 155, The Cave Nebula, is a wonderful narrowband target as it includes areas of emission and reflection nebulae. The...
NGC6888 – The Crescent Nebula
on October 25, 2015
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The Crescent Nebula has a number of designations: NGC6888, Caldwell 27, and Sharpless 105. Captured with a Tak FSQ106 and QSI683...
The Veil Nebula
on October 25, 2015
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The Veil Nebula (Narrowband). The Eastern Veil (top) in its entirety, and about half of the Western Veil on bottom. Captured...
First Quarter Moon
on October 21, 2015
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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
on June 29, 2015
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Markarian’s Chain (named after the astrophysicist who discovered their common motion) makes up part of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies —...
M96 – Galaxy
on June 24, 2015
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Although M96 is comparable to the Milky Way in terms of size, is a relatively small galaxy from our vantage point at...
M78 and Barnard’s Loop
on June 22, 2015
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M78 is a gorgeous reflection nebula near Orion. Barnard’s Loop, towards the right, forms a huge (relatively speaking) emission nebula ring...
M101 – The Pinwheel Galaxy
on June 2, 2015
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M101 is a gorgeous spiral galaxy about 21 million light years away. Roughly the same size as our own Milky Way...
M13 – Hercules Globular Cluster
on May 31, 2015
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M13 — the Hercules Global Cluster (so named as it’s in the constellation Hercules) — contains about 300,000 stars. This object is...