Category: Galaxies
Whale and Pup mono (and colour)
NGC4631 Whale galaxy is located in Canes Venatici constellation (Hunting Dogs). Despite its uncommon shape it is actually a barred spiral galaxy seen edge-on from Earth. NGC4631 contains central starb... Read More
NGC2683 galaxy in Lynx
NGC2683 (nickname “UFO Galaxy”) was discovered by William Herschel (who else 🙂 ) on February 5, 1788. This one is placed about 20 million light years away, and can be found in the const... Read More
NGC2403 galaxy
NGC2403 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis (The Giraffe). Quite similar in view to famous M33 galaxy, but placed much more far away (about 8 million light years from ... Read More
M31 and Mayall II
M31 galaxy in Andromeda is both very large and also close to us. It makes it a hard fit into field of view of medium and large scale setups. That’s why in last star party in Zatom I decided to i... Read More
NGC4565 Needle Galaxy
I already made an attempt to this object here with 6″ newtonian and Atik314L+ camera, and it was long time ago. It is magnificent object, but requires good conditions for imaging. Both seeing an... Read More
M106 after four years
It’s been already four years when I imaged M106 galaxy for the first time, however not much changed in this area. Then it was made with 6 inches newtonian and tiny but sensitive sensor of Atik 3... Read More
Needle mono
It’s been already over a month since I have collected photons to the picture below. It is 120 minutes of luminance only of pretty well known Needle Galaxy – that is NGC4565 in the constell... Read More
Hamburger mono
Few days ago starry night caught me unprepared. Out of nowhere stars appeared in the sky, and weather forecast said it would be for about three hours. But my flattener was disassembled… I decide... Read More