Hi all: NGC 2964, 2968 and 2970 make up a small but interesting triplet in the constellation Leo, They are all part of the NGC 2964 Group. There is a prominent tail between NGC 2968 and 2970. Not sure

Nice...I like the color mapping. Thanks for sharing. Gregg Visit my astronomy & astrophotography site www.greggsastronomy.com

Bernard Your best bet might be to text or call Vince (575) 313-9263 Gregg Visit my astronomy & astrophotography site www.greggsastronomy.com

Excellent...Thanks for sharing. Gregg Visit my astronomy & astrophotography site www.greggsastronomy.com

Hi all: NGC 3068 (Arp 174, UGC 5353) is cataloged as a small galaxy in Leo, but is interacting with the galaxy LEDA 87670. It is unremarkable except for its long tail: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/I

Hi all: NGC 3239 (Arp 263) is an irregular galaxy in Leo. Also in the FOV near the bottom is Arp 43 (IC 607): http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/ngc3239_LRGB.jpg Here is a 1.3X crop of the area sur

Thanks Brian. A lot of these targets are a bit small for my 900 mm focal length, but it’s fun to see all the faint fuzzies that show up. Gregg Visit my astronomy & astrophotography site www.greggsastr

Hi all: NGC 2857 is a small face on spiral galaxy in Ursa Major; it holds the distinction of being #1 in Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (sometimes called Arp's Spiral). Also in the field is Arp 285

Very cool...I'm going to put some Arps on my target list. Thanks for sharing this one. Clear skies, Gregg visit my astrophotography site: www.greggsastronomy.com On 3/2/2019 11:24 AM, Dan Crowson wrot

Thanks Brian. Gregg Visit my astronomy & astrophotography site www.greggsastronomy.com

Hi all: NGC 2362 is a somewhat unusual open cluster centered around the 4.4 magnitude tau Canis Majoris; it consists of approximately 60 stars. Just to the north is 29 Canis Majoris which varies sligh

Brian Interesting pic! That’s a weird mount...is it Alt/Az? Gregg Visit my astronomy & astrophotography site www.greggsastronomy.com

Hi all: Here is an FOV that is about 2 x 1.5 degrees in the constellation Puppis; it contains four emission nebulae from the Sharpless catalog: Sh2-306, 309, 307 and 305: http://www.greggsastronomy.co

Hi all: Continuing my trek through the van den Bergh catalog, here is vdB 81, another faint reflection nebula around a bright star (in this case 13 Monocerotis, mag 4.5): http://www.greggsastronomy.co

Hi all: vdB 98 is a tenuous reflection nebula in Puppis. It is almost overwhelmed by the 4.69 magnitude star PU Puppis just 23 arcminutes to its west: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/vdB98_LRGB.

Congratulations to Mark Hanson for his Picture of the Day - Astronomy Magazine 2/8/19!

Hi all Comet c2018 Y1 Iwamoto continues to brighten; I was able to capture it with 8 x 60 second integrations around 2 am: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/c2018-Y1-Iwamoto-LRGB_020819.jpg A sing

Very nice...this is one I skipped over for some reason. Thanks for sharing. Gregg Visit my astronomy & astrophotography site www.greggsastronomy.com

Hi all Comet c2018 Y1 Iwamoto has brightened quite a bit and has a wisp of a tail: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/c2018-Y1-Iwamoto-LRGB_020219.jpg LRGB 20:20:20:20 binned 2x2 from Animas, NM

OK...I’ll take a shot (guess). I have seen this type of anomalous spike when something partially obstructs the OTA, for example when the scope is shooting a target just above the observatory roof or n