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…
Whale and Pup mono (and colour)
NGC4631 Whale galaxy is located in Canes Venatici constellation (Hunting Dogs). Despite its uncommon shape it is actually a barred spiral galaxy…
April 2018 Moonscapes
Last few days here in Poland were quite impressive for astronomy amateurs. Weather was good and stable in large area, and also Moon was moving from…
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…
March 2018 Moonscapes
Over last two nights Moon was near to first quarter and was shining high in the night sky. I spent some very nice time at eyepiece on observations.…
M1 Crab nebula - born in 1054
M1 Crab nebula - first item in the Charles Messier catalogue. Messier was a comet hunter who created catalogue of fuzzy objects in the sky, so they…
Winter open clusters
NGC1662 and NGC2420 are two open clusters of stars. Both are present on the winter sky, and both are not very popular targets - neither visual, nor…
The Tadpoles of IC410
Among stars and interstellar matter in the Milky Way, in constellation of Auriga there is hydrogen cloud cataloged as IC410. Inside this there are…
REDUC for double stars
Reduc description Not so long time ago I made an entry about measuring double stars with AstroImageJ software. Then I found out about dedicated…