Messier 63 Sunflower galaxy
Messier 63 Sunflower galaxy is somehow an iconic object. Once you saw it, you probably will not forget it. It is a spiral galaxy with no central bar…
Messier 98
Messier 98 is nice, almost edge-on (74 degrees inclination) galaxy located about 44 million light years away. It is a member of Virgo Cluster, but…
Messier 85 and NGC4394
Messier 85 (NGC4382) is a quite bright and easy target both for visual and photographic observations. It can be spotted with binoculars, and is an…
NGC5033 spiral galaxy
NGC5033 is not in the primary or even secondary list of astrophotography targets. This spiral galaxy lies about 40 million light years away and can…
NGC3718 and Hickson 56 in Ursa Major
This object was on my astroimaging target list since I remember. I am perfectly aware that imaging galaxies under suburban sky is pretty demanding…
Pleiades spectra
During last observing session I pointed telescope with attached spectroscope to well known Pleiades open cluster. It is also called "Seven Sisters"…
Messier 1 Crab nebula expansion
Messier 1 nebula, also known as Crab, is a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus. It corresponds to a bright supernova recorded by…
Cygnus Wall and Lagoon in color
Not so long time ago two entries preseting monochromatic hydrogen alpha images appeared at my blog. These were Cygnus Wall in NGC7000 and Lagoon and…
Stephan's Quintet
There are many galaxies in the Universe, and sometimes two of them will come close enough to start interact between them. But it may be more than…
Cygnus Wall in NGC7000
NGC7000 is a well known emission nebula in Cygnus, close to prominent Deneb star. Whole NGC7000 North America is large cloud of interstellar matter…
Cassiopeia and Cepheus
As you may already know Cassiopeia was a queen of Aethiopia and wife of king Cepheus. These mythological characters were put together also in the…