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Solar System Objects (8)
Sun, Moon, Planets, Asteroids, Comets, and other assorted objects.
Thursday, 04 July 2019 14:50
Messier 4 (2019)
Messier 4 is a globular cluster located in the constellation of Scorpius. M4 is one of the nearer globular clusters at a distance of 7,200 light years. It was one of the first globular clusters to be resolved as a…
Additional Info
- Constellation Scorpius
- Right Ascension 16h 23m 35.22s
- Declination –26° 31′ 32.7″
- Distance (Lightyears) 7,200
- Telescope Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera ZWO 1600MM Mono cmos
Wednesday, 29 May 2019 01:58
Messier 92
Globular cluster M92, less well known than the more famous M13, despite being one of the brightest globular clusters in the northern hemisphere. It is also estimated to b one of the oldest globular clusters at an estimated 14.2 billion…
Additional Info
- Constellation Hercules
- Right Ascension 17h 17m 07.39s
- Declination +43° 08′ 09.4″
- Distance (Lightyears) 26,700
- Telescope Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera Atik 314l+ Mono ccd
Wednesday, 29 May 2019 01:55
Messier 13
Messier 13, the Great Globular cluster located in the constellation of Hercules. It is one of the brightest and best know globular clusters in the northern hemisphere. The cluster has a diameter of around 145 light years and contains about…
Additional Info
- Constellation Hercules
- Right Ascension 16h 41m 41.24s
- Declination +36° 27′ 35.5″
- Distance (Lightyears) 22,200
- Telescope Orion ED80cft Refractor
- Camera ZWO ASI071 OSC cmos
Wednesday, 15 May 2019 17:48
Supernova 2019ein
Supernova 2019ein a type 1a is located in the lenticular galaxy NGC5353 in the galaxy cluster of Hickson 68. Imaged the night of May 14, 2019. Annotated image follows.
Additional Info
- Constellation Canes Venatici
- Right Ascension 13:53:29.134
- Declination +40:16:31.40
- Distance (Lightyears) 110 million
- Telescope Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera Atik 314l+ Mono ccd
Tuesday, 14 May 2019 23:54
Messier 3
Messier 3 is one of the largest, brightest globular cluster in the night sky. It contains an estimated 500,000 stars. Located in the constellation of Canes Venatici at a distance of 33,900 light years away from Earth. The cluster contains…
Additional Info
- Constellation Canes Venatici
- Right Ascension 13h 42m 11.62s
- Declination +28°22’38.2”
- Distance (Lightyears) 33,900
- Telescope Orion ED80cft Refractor
- Camera ZWO ASI071 OSC cmos
Saturday, 27 April 2019 15:28
Leo Triplet
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…
Additional Info
- Constellation Leo
- Right Ascension 11h 17m
- Declination +13°25′
- Distance (Lightyears) 35 million
- Telescope Orion ED80cft Refractor
- Camera ZWO ASI071 OSC cmos
Friday, 26 April 2019 15:57
Open Cluster NGC 2423
Open Cluster NGC2423 located in Puppis located about 2,500 light years away. At least one exo-planet has been confirmed orbiting a the red giant star NGC2423-3 with a mass of 10 times of Jupiter.
Additional Info
- Constellation Puppis
- Right Ascension 07h 37m
- Declination -13°52'
- Distance (Lightyears) 2497
- Telescope Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera Atik 314l+ Mono ccd
Wednesday, 17 April 2019 18:08
Messier 81 and Messier 82
Messier 81 is a spiral galaxy about half the size of the Milky Galaxy with a diameter of 90,000 light years, lies about 12 million light years away. Messier 82 has a diameter of 37,000 light years and is classified…
Additional Info
- Constellation Ursa Major
- Right Ascension 09h 55m 33.2s
- Declination +69° 3′ 55″
- Distance (Lightyears) 12 million
- Telescope Orion ED80cft Refractor
- Camera ZWO ASI071 OSC cmos
Friday, 05 April 2019 14:55
NGC 2539
NGC 2539, an open cluster in Puppis. Estimated age of the cluster is 370 million years and contains several hundred possible members. The cluster lies about 4,400 light years away, the brighter star is 19 Puppis a multiple star system…
Additional Info
- Constellation Puppis
- Right Ascension 08h 10m 37s
- Declination −12° 49′ 06″
- Distance (Lightyears) 4,400
- Telescope Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera Atik 314l+ Mono ccd
Wednesday, 03 April 2019 10:09
NGC 4565 The Needle Galaxy
NGC 4565 or the Needle Galaxy, edge on view of a spiral galaxy located in Coma Berenices, around 40 million light years away. A prominent dust lane is visible the entire length of the galaxy. Slightly larger than our own…
Additional Info
- Constellation Coma Berenices
- Right Ascension 12h 36m 20.8s
- Declination +25° 59′ 16″
- Distance (Lightyears) 40 million +/- 10 million
- Telescope Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera Atik 314l+ Mono ccd
Monday, 01 April 2019 22:44
NGC 2301
NGC 2301, an open cluster located in Monoceros awash in a sea of stars. Estimated age of 168 million years and 2,840 light years away.
Additional Info
- Constellation Monoceros
- Right Ascension 06h 51m 45s
- Declination +00° 27′ 36″
- Distance (Lightyears) 2,840
- Telescope Orion ED80cft Refractor
- Camera ZWO ASI071 OSC cmos
Sunday, 31 March 2019 12:48
NGC 2261 - Hubble's Variable Nebula
NGC 2261 - Hubble's Variable Nebula. Patterns in the nebula vary over time probably due to dust clouds that cover the star R Monocerotis at the tip are casting shadows on the illuminated nebula. Located in the constellation of Monoceros.…
Additional Info
- Constellation Monoceros
- Right Ascension 6h 39m 10s
- Declination +8° 45′
- Distance (Lightyears) 2,500
- Telescope Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera Atik 314l+ Mono ccd
Saturday, 30 March 2019 10:14
Messier 67
Messier 67 is an open cluster located in the constellation of Cancer. It is one of the older closest open clusters at an estimated age of 3.2 to 5 billion years. Most clusters tend to disperse after their formation, but…
Additional Info
- Constellation Cancer
- Right Ascension 08h 51.3m
- Declination +11° 49′
- Distance (Lightyears) 2,600+
- Telescope Orion ED80cft Refractor
- Camera ZWO ASI071 OSC cmos
Saturday, 30 March 2019 10:00
Messier 44
Messier 44, or the Bee Hive Cluster, or originally Praesepe (the manger) is near by open cluster at a distance of 577 light years away. The cluster contains some 350 members. Visible to the naked eye, it has been known…
Additional Info
- Constellation Cancer
- Right Ascension 08h 40.4m
- Declination 19° 59′
- Distance (Lightyears) 577
- Telescope Orion ED80cft Refractor
- Camera ZWO ASI071 OSC cmos
Thursday, 28 March 2019 16:06
Kemble's Cascade
Kembles's Cascade is an asterism of unrelated stars that form some type of pattern. Kemble's cascade forms a line of brighter stars starting near the open cluster of NGC 1502 (upper right) that flows down towards the lower left of…
Additional Info
- Constellation Camelopardalis
- Telescope Orion ED80cft Refractor
- Camera ZWO ASI071 OSC cmos
Thursday, 28 March 2019 15:48
The Flame and the Horse
NGC 2024 - Flame Nebula, Barnard 33 - Horse Head Nebula, and the bright star Alnitak that ionizes the Flame causing it to glow. Thicker patches of dust and gas in front of the nebula shows up as the dark…
Additional Info
- Constellation Orion
- Right Ascension 05h 41m 54s
- Declination −01° 51′ 0.0″
- Distance (Lightyears) 1350
- Telescope Orion ED80cft Refractor
- Camera ZWO ASI071 OSC cmos
Thursday, 14 February 2019 15:16
Messier 1
Messier 1 is a supernova remnant located in Taurus. In 1054, Chinese astronomers recorded a bright new star that faded away over time. For awhile it was the 2nd brightest object in the night sky after the Moon shining at…
Additional Info
- Constellation Taurus
- Right Ascension 05h 34m 31.94s
- Declination +22° 00′ 52.2"
- Distance (Lightyears) 6,500+
- Telescope Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera Atik 314l+ Mono ccd
Thursday, 14 February 2019 14:25
NGC 1502
NGC 1502 is an open cluster located in the constellation of Camelopardalis. It is near one end of a string of unrelated stars that seem to flow towards it that is called Kemble's Cascade. The cluster consists of around 45…
Additional Info
- Constellation Camelopardalis
- Right Ascension 04h 07.50m
- Declination +62° 19.9
- Distance (Lightyears) 2,700
- Telescope Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera Atik 314l+ Mono ccd
Wednesday, 16 January 2019 16:43
Orion Nebula and Surrounding Area
The Orion Nebula or M42 is one of the brightest nebulae in the sky, visible as a "fuzzy" star in Orion's sword hanging from the belt. The Trapezium cluster named for the four brightest OB stars form a trapezoid figure…
Additional Info
- Constellation Orion
- Right Ascension 05h 35m 17.3s
- Declination −05° 23′ 28″
- Distance (Lightyears) 1,350
- Astrobin Link Orion Nebula and surrounding area
- Telescope Orion ED80cft Refractor
- Camera ZWO ASI071 OSC cmos
Wednesday, 16 January 2019 15:29
NGC 1501
Sometimes called the Oyster Nebula, NGC 1501 is a planetary nebula located in Camelopardalis (The Giraffe). The central star shed its outer layers and those layers are now illuminated by the central star. The central star is also reported to…
Additional Info
- Constellation Camelopardalis
- Right Ascension 04h 06m 59.39s
- Declination +60° 55′ 14.4″
- Distance (Lightyears) 4000-5000
- Telescope Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera Atik 314l+ Mono ccd
Wednesday, 02 January 2019 18:39
M 33 - Triangulum Galaxy
M 33 or the Triangulum Galaxy at only 3 million light years away, is the third biggest galaxy in our local group of galaxies. It is a smaller spiral galaxy with a size of 60,000 light years across compared to…
Additional Info
- Constellation Triangulum
- Right Ascension 01h 33m 50.02s
- Declination +30° 39′ 36.7″
- Distance (Lightyears) 3 million
- Telescope Orion ED80cft Refractor
- Camera ZWO ASI071 OSC cmos
Wednesday, 02 January 2019 18:36
NGC 772
Start off the year with a galaxy, NGC 772. 130 million light years away in Aries, at twice the size of our galaxy. Elongated spiral arm probably caused by one of its satellite galaxies.
Additional Info
- Constellation Aries
- Right Ascension 01h 59m 19.6s
- Declination +19° 00′ 27″
- Distance (Lightyears) 130 million
- Telescope Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera Atik 314l+ Mono ccd
Wednesday, 19 December 2018 14:49
NGC 253 The Sculptor Galaxy
Located in Sculptor, of course, the Sculptor Galaxy is sometimes referred to as the Silver Dollar Galaxy. It is one of the brighter galaxies after the ones in the Local Group. Discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783, William Herschel added…
Additional Info
- Constellation Sculptor
- Right Ascension 00h 47m 33s
- Declination −25° 17′ 18″
- Distance (Lightyears) 11.5 million
Wednesday, 19 December 2018 14:19
NGC 869 and NGC 884, The Double Cluster
Located in the constellation of Perseus are the two open clusters of NGC 869 and NGC 884. Both are at a distance of around 7,500 light years away. Both are a relative young age of 13 million years. The clusters…
Additional Info
- Constellation Perseus
- Right Ascension 2h 20m
- Declination 57° 08′
- Distance (Lightyears) 7,500
- Astrobin Link The Double Cluster
- Telescope Orion ED80cft Refractor
- Camera ZWO ASI071 OSC cmos
Friday, 14 December 2018 13:19
Messier 77
Messier 77 is an active galaxy located in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster). It has an active galactic nucleus and is classified as a type 2 Seyfert galaxy. It is one of the closest of this type of…
Additional Info
- Constellation Cetus
- Right Ascension 2h 42m 40.7s
- Declination −00° 00′ 48″
- Distance (Lightyears) 47 million
- Telescope Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera Atik 314l+ Mono ccd
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Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:12
M45, Color camera version
A clear evening presented a chance to try out a recently acquired one shot color camera. The distinctive and well placed and one of my personal favorite objects, M45 was selected. The camera used was the ZWO ASI071MC Pro. A…
Additional Info
- Constellation Taurus
- Right Ascension 03h 47m 24s
- Declination +24° 07′ 00"
- Distance (Lightyears) 444
Wednesday, 05 December 2018 23:35
The Bubble and the Open Cluster
he Bubble Nebula or NGC 7635 is an hydrogen emission nebula with a bubble structure that is formed by stellar wind from a massive central star. Also in the field of view is the open cluster of Messier 52. M52…
Additional Info
- Constellation Cassiopeia
- Astrobin Link Bubble Nebula and Messier 52
Friday, 23 November 2018 16:57
Eastern Veil Nebula
NGC6992, or Eastern Veil Nebula, is the eastern part of a supernova remnant of a star that went supernova about 8,000 years ago. The whole object is around the diameter of 6 full Moons. Shock waves create the delicate looking…
Additional Info
- Constellation Cygnus
- Right Ascension 20h 45m 38.0s
- Declination +30° 42′ 30"
- Distance (Lightyears) 1,470
Thursday, 22 November 2018 17:25
NGC 891
NGC 891 is an edge on spiral galaxy in which the disk of the galaxy shows many dusty regions. Filaments of the dust extend out from the disk, it is thought that supernova explosions might have caused them.
Additional Info
- Constellation Andromeda
- Right Ascension 02h 22m 33.4s
- Declination +42° 20′ 57″
- Distance (Lightyears) 27 million light years
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