Comet C/2012 K1 meets galaxy
Of course just apparently. Over the night of May 20th comet C/2012K1 PANSTARRS has been moving on the sky nearby NGC3726 galaxy. The galaxy is medium…
Supernova SN2014bc in M106 galaxy
Today no bells and whistles, but hardly identified supernova in quite popular galaxy M106. The galaxy itself has been pictured by me some time ago (…
C/2012 K1 PANSTARRS
Do you think it means anything? :) Well yes, that is the way astronomers calls comets. First letter indicates if comet is periodic (P) or not (C).…
Space elements providers
Supernova explosions of the star is the only source of heavier elements in the Universe. All the heavier elements (like iron, are more heavy ones)…
Remote worlds in the Markarian's Chain background
Here we have: Markarian's Chain of galaxies. Starting from top left we have two small galaxies NGC4458 and 4461, then Eyes Galaxies NGC4438-4435, and…
The Owl, The Far and The Ugly
Owl Nebula is approximately 8000 years old. The central star of the nebula has brightness about 14 magnitude and mass about 55% solar mass, but is…
Spring is coming
And when there is a spring there is a time fo galaxy hunting. Messier 96 (left) is spiral galaxy placed about 38 million light years away. It…
Great Bear fuzzies
Great Bear constellation is well known undeer the northern hemisphere. This large constellation lies far away from the Milky Way plane, so there…
Rosette stars - blue is hot
Not so long time ago Saint Valentine's Rosette appeared in my blog. A few days later I pictured a little bit of RGB light to this frame, so it is now…
Saint Valentine's Rosette - update
NGC2244 is formal code of the star open cluster placed about 5000 light years away in the constellation Monoceros (Unicorn). The stars in this…
Retro Seven Sisters
The Pleiades or Seven Sisters is an open star cluster located in constellation Taurus. Contains middle aged (about 100 million years old), hot, blue…
Mirror figure tested by Perseus
At the end of last year I sent my telescope mirors to cover with fresh reflective layer of aluminium and also to improve its shape. So called 'mirror…