Great Nebula in Orion
The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula in the Milky Way situated south of Orion’s Belt in the constellation of Orion,…
Horsehead Nebula
The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 or B33) is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, the…
Markarian’s Chain
Markarian’s Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster. When viewed from Earth, the galaxies lie along a smoothly curved line. Charles Messier first discovered…
Rosette Nebula
The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way…
Leo Triplet
The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the…
The Owl Lurking in the Dipper
Despite challenges with focus on my Schmidt Cassegrain telescope I do occasionally get a decent image! Here’s the Owl with 1500s of Ha and 7500s of OIII (HOO) using a…
Centaurus A Final
Centaurus A (also known as ARP 152, NGC 5128 or Caldwell 77) is a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop…
Quick look at M42 In Orion
A quick session tonight getting my telescope back up and running after the frigid weather this winter caused some issues with the cabling. Now I have move all of the…
First look at Centaurus A
Since the weather outside is frightful I decided to take an image of a Southern galaxy not visible in Winnipeg using iTelescope 59 in Siding Springs, Australia, a 20″ F/6.8…
Moon Occults Mars
Totally the wrong kind of telescope to use (a wide field rather than lots of magnification) but hey, I captured Mars disappearing behind the moon, pretty cool 🙂