Apollo 11 landing site and Luna 15 crash site
50 years ago astronauts of mission Apollo 11 have been traveling to the Moon. They were somewhere in the middle of this outstanding journey, and they landed on the Moon on July 20th, 1969 at 20:17:40 ... Read More
M57 – The Ring AD2019
If you are interested in more details about M57, you can look for some earlier entries about it. It is one of the objects I quite often return to. If you are visual observer, then you probably have a ... Read More
M82 Cigar Galaxy
I already imaged M82 together with M81, and also recorded SN2014J supernova in this galaxy, but M82 itself has never been one and only target of my image. Up till now 🙂 Messier 82 is also known as ... Read More
M51 Whirlpool AD2019
I have already imaged M51 galaxy several times. I think it is actually my most often imaged galaxy (though it may be M82 as well 🙂 ) But it is no surprise at all. M51 is a real gem among galaxies. ... Read More
Distant clusters around M82
M82 Cigar Galaxy is well object known to astronomy amateurs. If you are visual observer, then you most probably have already seen it. If you are astrophotographer, then you most probably have already ... Read More
NGC2903 barred spiral galaxy (UPDATE)
NGC2903 is located about 30 million light years away. Though it is spring time object it was discovered on November 16, 1784, by (no surprise here) William Herschel. To him, the object seemed double, ... Read More
M85 and NGC4394
Messier 85 (larger, to the right) is a lenticular galaxy located in Coma Berenices constellation. Some scientists still believe it is rather elliptical galaxy. It is located about 60 million light yea... Read More
NGC2158 remote and old cluster
NGC2158 is the symbol that may ring some bells for most of astronomy amateurs, but probably not many of them can immediately say what it is. If you image the night sky then most probably you already c... Read More