Messier 33 Triangulum Galaxy
Messier 33 galaxy in the constellation of Triangulum is a spiral galaxy located about 2.9 million light-years from Earth. It belongs to the Local…
Galaxy Messier 51 Whirlpool and Zwicky 6057 cluster
Messier 51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, is known for several reasons, but perhaps not all of you know that it was the first galaxy to be classified as a…
Sculptor Galaxy NGC253
NGC 253 is one of the brightest visible spiral galaxies, but also one of the most dusty. It is often called a Silver Coin galaxy due to its look in…
NGC185 and NGC147 nearby galaxies
Most of you are probably familiar with the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). You might also know that it has two prominent satellite galaxies – M32 and…
Messier 106 and Zwicky 5032 galaxy cluster
Most of the astronomy amateurs are probably familiar with the Messier 106 galaxy. This object has no fancy nickname, but M106 is large and rich in…
IC 2574 Coddington's Nebula galaxy
IC2574 is quite a faint object, so it was never a part of the New General Catalogue. It is a dwarf galaxy discovered by Edwin Foster Coddington in…
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…
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…