- Constellation: Triangulum
- Right Ascension: 01h 33m 50.02s
- Declination: +30° 39′ 36.7″
- Distance: 2.7 million ly
Messier 33 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Triangulum, for that reason it is often called the Triangulum Galaxy. Sometimes referred to as the Pinwheel Galaxy, but that is the name given to Messier 101. It is the smallest spiral galaxy of our local group of galaxies stretching across 60,000 light years and containing some 40 billion stars.
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- Category: Galaxies
Read more: Messier 33 (2019 Fall)
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Pegasus
- Right Ascension: 23h 43m 54.4s
- Declination: +26° 04′ 32″
- Distance: 41 million
NGC 7741 A barred spiral located in the Pegasus constellation. A barred galaxy has a central bar with spiral arms trailing off of the bar. Many additional distant background galaxies are also in this image.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Andromeda
- Right Ascension: 00h 40m 31.3s
- Declination: +40° 44′ 21″
- Distance: 2.5 million ly
Star Clouds of Andromeda featuring NGC 206 in the center, which is an OB association of hot O and B type stars numbering over 300 and stretching some 4,000 light years.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: GSO RC10
- Camera: ZWO A071 Color
- Constellation: Hercules
- Right Ascension: 16h 05m 15.0s
- Declination: +17° 44′ 55″
- Distance: 500 million ly
Abell 2151 - Hercules Galaxy cluster. Over 200+ distant galaxies in this image. Galaxies are located 450-500 million light years away. Part of the larger Hercules super cluster.
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- Category: Galaxies
Read more: Hercules Galaxy Cluster (2019)
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Canes Venatici
- Right Ascension: 12h 30m 36.2s
- Declination: 41° 38′ 38″
- Distance: 25 ly
NGC 4490, commonly called the Cocoon Galaxy is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Canes Venatici. A smaller companion galaxy NGC 4485 has interacted with it in the past, creating a distorted galaxy and helping to produce rapid star formation.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: Atik 314l+
- Constellation: Leo
- Right Ascension: 11h 17m
- Declination: +13°25′
- Distance: 35 million ly
Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628) in my favorite orientation. The galaxies form part of the M66 Group. The three galaxies show signs of gravitational interaction in the past. M66 has drawn out spiral arms that show a high rate of star formation. NGC 3628 has a long tidal tail stream visible in deep exposure image, in addition to it's warped disk in our edge on view.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: EDT 80mm Reftactor
- Camera: ZWO A071 Color