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M31 (NGC 224) – The Andromeda Galaxy
RA: 00h 42m 44.3s, Dec: +41°16′ 9″ The Andromeda Galaxy is a naked eye object from a dark site, appearing as a small smudge in the sky. Long exposures reveal it’s true extent (over three degrees in...
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M81 & M82 – Bode’s Nebula and The Cigar Galaxy
RA: 09h 55.5m, Dec: +69°20′ (approx centre) M81 and M82 in Ursa Major are two of the brightest members of the M81 group of galaxies. M81 (often called Bode’s Nebula after being discovered by Johann...
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M65, M66, NGC3628 – The Leo Triplet
RA: 11h 19m, Dec: 13°15′ (approx. centre) The famous Leo Triplet is a small group of three spiral galaxies (namely, M65 (NGC3623 – bottom-left), M66 (NGC3627 – top-left) and NGC3628 (right)) that is...
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M101 – Pinwheel Galaxy
Field centered at: RA: 14h 03m 12.6s, Dec: +54° 21′ 16.7″ Up: 178 E of N. (plate solve from nova.astrometry.net) The Pinwheel Galaxy, M101 is located in Ursa Major, and I found this a surprisingly...
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M33 – The Triangulum Galaxy
RA: 01h 33m 54.0s Dec: +30° 40′ 15.8″ Up is -89.8°E of N (Plate solve by nova.astrometry.net) Messier 33 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Triangulum, and is sometimes called the Pinwheel...
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M31, NGC206 and the Bologna Catalogue
Presented here is a bit of a “nonsense image” of the Andromeda Galaxy, M31, that I grabbed early in the evening of the 22nd Jan 2017. This was a quick run, mainly while I was waiting for another target...
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Virgo Galaxy Cluster
Field centred at (platesolve by nova.astrometry.net): RA: 12h 26m 15s Dec: +12° 52′ 36″ Up is -177 degrees E of N The Virgo Galaxy cluster is a large nearby cluster of galaxies, that spans over 8...
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M106 in Canes Venatici
Field Centred at: RA: 12h 18m 41.0s Dec: +47° 17′ 57.3″ Field 25.2×18.9 arcmin, Up is 184° E of N M106 (NGC 4258) is an intermediate type spiral galaxy located at a distance of 23.7 (± 1.5) million...
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M96 in Leo: An Imperfect Spiral Galaxy
Messier 96 is an imperfect, intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo, at a distance of approximately 30 million light years. It is a highly asymmetric galaxy – the gas and dust is not...
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Forty Globs in One
Can you image 40 globular clusters at one time? Well – yes! In fact, with a wide enough field of view you can image many more, especially if you point towards such a rich collection like those found...
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