Pillars in M16 Eagle Nebula
It is maybe worth to mention at the beginning, that M16 Eagle nebula was discovered neither by Messier nor by Herschel (as usual :) ), but by…
One more NGC4565 Needle
I have imaged NGC4565 already here and here, but on last Zatom astroparty I took a look onto this galaxy and could not resist to picture is again…
The Ring - M57
Messier 57 is a planetary nebula with all the consequences. It was formed about 7,000 years ago, when a dying red giant star expelled its shell of…
Active M106 galaxy
Messier 106 is intermediate spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Pierre Mechain in 1791 and is located about 22 million light years…
Strange NGC6765 planetary nebula
NGC6765 (PK 62+9.1) is small (apparent Jupiter size) and faint (about 13mag) planetary nebula in Lyra. There is not much more information available…
IC1318 - looking forward to autumn
White nights is almost here. Currently there is less than two hours of complete darkness, and it will be worse. At my northern latitude I need to…
NGC4559 galaxy at Coma
NGC4559 is little bit forgotten intermediate spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. It is located about 30 million light years away and belongs to Coma I…
Messier 100
Messier 100 is a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way. It is located about 60 million light years away in constellation Virgo, and it is part…
NGC5466 globular cluster
NGC5466 is just another globular cluster. This one can be found in constellation Bootes. It is more less in the same distance from us (51,800 light…
Forsaken clusters
NGC2394 and NGC2355 - these two open clusters are not very impressive. But they have their own stories. First one is not proved to be cluster at…