- Constellation: Pegasus
- Right Ascension: 23h 04m 56.6s
- Declination: +12° 19′ 22″
- Distance: 105 million ly
Located in the constellation of Pegasus, NGC7479 is a barred spiral galaxy at a estimated distance of 105 million light years. The galaxy is has been undergoing rapid star formation in its nucleus and outer arms possibly due to a merger with a smaller galaxy. Imaged with the Es127 refractor and Atik 314l+ mono ccd camera over various nights for the last month.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: Atik 314l+
- Constellation: Virgo
- Right Ascension: 12h 34m 20.310s
- Declination: +08° 11′ 51.94″
- Distance: 54 million ly
Sometimes called the Lost Galaxy, not because it has been lost, but but because it was difficult to see with 1950's technology. NGC 4535 is a barred spiral galaxy contained in the Virgo cluster of galaxies. It is estimated to be 54 million light years distant, and the galaxy spans 117,000 light years across.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: Atik 314l+
- Constellation: Leo
- Right Ascension: 11h 20m 17.0s
- Declination: +13° 35′ 23″
- Distance: 35 million ly
NGC 3628 is often called the Hamburger Galaxy or Sarah's Galaxy forms part of the Leo triplet of galaxies along with Messier 65 and Messier 66. The galaxy is an unbarred spiral galaxy seen edge on from our perspective. A broad band of dust along the equatorial axis blocks most of the view of the disc and nucleus of the galaxy. The galaxy also shows evidence of past interactions with other galaxies as a long 300,000 light year tidal tail can be seen in long exposure images extending from it, along with with edges of the spiral disc being warped.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: Atik 314l+
- Constellation: Ursa Major
- Right Ascension: 09h 55m 33.2s
- Declination: +69° 3′ 55″
- Distance: 11.8 million ly
Messier 81 is a spiral galaxy located in Ursa Major, it is the largest galaxy in the M81 galaxy group, which is a relatively close grouping of galaxies. It is often called Bode's Galaxy after its discovery by Johann Bode in 1774.
Messier 82, the other prominent galaxy in the image is often called the Cigar Galaxy, it was also first discovered by Johann Bode. M82 is a star burst galaxy as it is undergoing an increased rate of star formation, possibly triggered by interaction with M81 in the past.
Imaged with the 80mm refractor and a Zwo 1600 mono camera.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: EDT 80mm Reftactor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Sculptor
- Right Ascension: 00h 47m 33s
- Declination: −25° 17′ 18″
- Distance: 11.4 million
NGC 253 or often called the Silver Dollar Galaxy is dominated by it's dust patterns. Discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783, it is one of the brighter galaxies visible. NGC 253 is a member of the Sculptor Group of galaxies, one of the nearer galaxy groups. Only one supernova has been detected in NGC 253 so far.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: EDT 80mm Reftactor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Triangulum
- Right Ascension: 01h 33m 50.02s
- Declination: +30° 39′ 36.7"
- Distance: 3.2 million ly
Messier 33, or also called the Triangulum Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Triangulum. Sometimes it is referred to as the Pinwheel galaxy, but that name is more associated with Messier 101. It is a member of the Local Group of galaxies and is possibly a satellite galaxy of Andromeda. The galaxy contains several large H II regions of molecular clouds visible as pinkish-red regions. It lies at distance of about 3 million light years away, and is home to an estimated 40 billion stars.
Imaged with the ED80cft refractor and ZWO 1600MMC mono camera.
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- Category: Galaxies
- Telescope: EDT 80mm Reftactor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM