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Kemble's Cascade

Beauty abounds in Kemble’s Cascade and NGC 1502

Roger Nelson February 22, 2024Asterisms, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, Open Clusters, Portfolios Leave a Comment

Kemble’s Cascade – a beautiful cascade of faint stars tumbling Kemble’s Cascade (designated Kemble 1) is an asterism located in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is an apparent straight line of more than 20 colourful 5th to 10th magnitude stars over …

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Sextans Dwarf Spheroid

Sextans Dwarf Spheroid

Roger Nelson February 18, 2024Galaxies, Lists, Local Group, Log Book, Portfolios Leave a Comment

Sextans Dwarf Spheroid The Sextans Dwarf Spheroid is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy that was discovered in 1990 by Mike Irwin as the 8th satellite of the Milky Way, located in the constellation of Sextans. It is also an elliptical galaxy, …

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Sextans A

Sextans A Dwarf Galaxy (UGCA 205)

Roger Nelson February 18, 2024Galaxies, Lists, Local Group, Log Book, Portfolios Leave a Comment

Sextans A Dwarf Galaxy Sextans A (also known as UGCA 205) is a small dwarf irregular galaxy. It spans about 5000 light-years across, and is located at 4.3 million light-years away, in the outskirts of the Local Group of galaxies, …

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NGC 7027

NGC 7027

Roger Nelson February 14, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Planetary Nebulas, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 7027 NGC 7027, also known as the Jewel Bug Nebula, is a very young and dense planetary nebula located around 3,000 light-years (920 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. Discovered in 1878 by Édouard Stephan using the 800 mm …

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NGC 6445

NGC 6445

Roger Nelson February 14, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Planetary Nebulas, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 6445 NGC 6445, also known as the Little Gem Nebula or Box Nebula, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by William Herschel on May 28, 1786. The distance of NGC 6445 is estimated to …

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NGC 6520

NGC 6520

Roger Nelson February 14, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 6520 NGC 6520 is an open cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, superimposed upon the Large Sagittarius Star Cloud. It is magnitude 9.0, diameter 5 arc minutes and class G. It has about 25 stars of magnitude 9 to 12. The dark nebula Barnard 86 lies near its …

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NGC 6818

NGC 6818

Roger Nelson February 14, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Planetary Nebulas, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 6818 NGC 6818, Little Gem Nebula is a planetary nebula located in the constellation of Sagittarius. It has magnitude 10 and oval diameter of 15 to 22 arcseconds with a 15th magnitude central star. It was discovered by William …

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li 397i 6802

NGC 6802

Roger Nelson February 14, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 6802 NGC 6802 is a Open Cluster in the Vulpecula constellation.  The Cluster lies at the E. End of the “Coat Hanger” asterism also called Brocchi’s Cluster (Collander 399) Just to the right of 7 Vul. The “rail” of …

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li 406i 6940

NGC 6940

Roger Nelson February 14, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 6940 NGC 6940 is an open cluster in the constellation Vulpecula. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. The cluster is nearly a billion years old and it is located 2,500 light years away. It is considered the …

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