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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 belongs to constellation Coma Berenices. Messier 98 i... Read More
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 easy catch for larger telescopes. But if you expect t... Read More
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 be found in the constellation Canes Venatici (Huntin... Read More
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 task. I also know, that one clear night would be prob... Read More
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 Trifid nebulae. Now both of these frames are enrich... Read More
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 two, and that is the case of Hickson 92 galaxy group a... Read More
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 that covers area of several apparent Moon size. But ... Read More
M57 – The Ring AD2019
If you are interested in more details about Messier 57 The Ring nebula, 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, th... Read More