M102 – NGC5866 M102 – NGC5866 or Messier 102 is a galaxy listed in the Messier Catalogue that cannot be unambiguously identified. Its original discoverer Pierre Méchain retracted his discovery two years after publication and said that it was a …
M104 – Sombrero Galaxy M104 – Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier 104 or NGC 4594) is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification in the constellation borders of Virgo and Corvus, being about 9.55 megaparsecs (31.1 million light-years) from our …
First Aurora Photo Back in 1992 I was experimenting with astrophotography with Film Camera. Usually onto Slides. This was one of an active night of Aurora of the sky overhead, this would have been a 30 second exposure. I will …
M65/M66 Group The Leo Triplet is a Galactic Trio in Leo (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies …
M84/M86 Markarian’s Chain M84/M86 Markarian’s Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster. When viewed from Earth, the galaxies lie along a smoothly curved line. Charles Messier first discovered two of the galaxies, M84 and M86, …
Total Lunar Eclipse of Dec 10 2011 The Total Lunar Eclipse of Dec 10 2011 occurred while I was in Calgary, at that time I was commuting to work during the week to Edmonton. If Determined that the Moon Set …
Comet Panstarrs Comet Panstarrs (C/2011 L4) is a non-periodic comet discovered in June 2011 that became visible to the naked eye when it was near perihelion in March 2013. It was discovered using the Pan-STARRS telescope located near the summit …
C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) or Comet NEOWISE is a long period comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered on March 27, 2020, by astronomers during the NEOWISE mission of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescope. At that …
M27 Dumbbell Nebula M27 Dumbbell Nebula (also known as the Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, and NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula (nebulosity surrounding a white dwarf) in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years. It was …