Alnitak, Flame & Horsehead Nebulas in Orion Located on the left of Orion’s Belt around the Bright Star Alnitak are these two nebulas. Not much to see visually, but it’s very photogenic. The Flame Nebula, designated as NGC 2024 and …
NGC 7293 Helix Nebula NGC 7293 Helix Nebula is a planetary nebula in Aquarius and best position to observe/Image in the Dog days of summer or early fall. (August or September) The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293 or …
Stephan’s Quintet NGC7317/18a/18b/19/20c Stephan’s Quintet is a visual grouping of five galaxies of which four form the first compact galaxy group ever discovered. The group, visible in the constellation Pegasus, was discovered by Édouard Stephan in 1877 at the Marseille …
M35 in Gemini and NGC2168 Messier 35 or M35, also known as NGC 2168, is a relatively close open cluster of stars in the west of Gemini, at about the declination of the sun when the latter is at June …
M31/M32/M110 Andromeda Galaxies M31/M32/M110 Andromeda Galaxies is 3 galaxies all in the same field of view. The main galaxy M31, also known as NGC 224/226 and originally the Andromeda Nebula, is a barred spiral galaxy with diameter of about 220,000 …
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 …
Mizar and Alcor Mizar and Alcor are two stars forming a naked eye double in the handle of the Big Dipper (or Plough) asterism in the constellation of Ursa Major. Mizar is the second star from the end of the …
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 …