Hi all: Here are a couple of faint comets, imaged monochrome because of the nearly full moon: 156P Russell-LINEAR (magnitude 12-13; recent magnitude estimates vary): http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMA

Here is the Jellyfish (IC4543) and SH2-249 that I caught about 2 weeks ago, before the moon blasted us. One hour each H-alpha and O III with the Officina RH350AT scope and QHY 600M camera. From LRO (B

Hi Arp 104 is made up of two galaxies, NGC 5216 and 5218 in Draco. Arp cataloged them as "elliptical connected to spiral". These two are also sometimes referred to as Keenan's System (Philip Keenan im

Hi all: UGC 6446 and NGC 3658 are two galaxies about 30 arcminutes apart, just below the bowl of the Big Dipper. UGC 6446 is a low surface brightness irregular galaxy (that appears spiral-like to me).

Hi, This is an image of NGC 3981. It is a spiral galaxy about 65 million light years away in the constellation Crater. Its windswept look is due to its outer arms being stripped away by an interaction

Sharpless 239 (LBN 821 and others) is defined as a HII region but appears to be reflection nebulae (and Herbig-Haro objects - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbig%E2%80%93Haro_object) located within L

Just received my copy of the REFLECTOR and was pleased to see Bernard Miller's terrific image of the Horsehead on the conver. Congratulations, Bernard! -- Clear skies, Gregg Visit my astronomy & astro

Hi all: Arp 205 (NGC3448) is an "amorphous" type galaxy in Ursa Major; it is located about 20 arcminutes southeast of the 5th magnitude star 44 Ursae Majoris: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/ngc

Hi all: M99 is a bright face-on spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. It share a nice field of view with NGC 4302 and 4298 about 50 arcminutes to the northeast: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/m99_ng

Hi, This is an image of NGC 2264, also known as the Cone Nebula. NGC 2264 actually refers to two different objects; the Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster. This image only includes the Cone Ne

Hi all: NGC 4157 and Arp 18 (NGC 4088) are two interesting galaxies about a degree apart, near the border of Ursa Major and Canes Venatici: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/ngc4157_Arp18-LRGB.jpg

Hi, This is an image of NGC 2467, also known as the Skull and Crossbones Nebula. It is an emission nebula associated with open cluster NGC 2467. The cluster is not actually a single open cluster but r

NGC 1291 (NGC 1269, PGC 12209, ESO 301-2 and others) is a ring galaxy located approximately 36.5 million light-years away in Eridanus. I captured this one while it was 15 – 17 degrees above the horizo

This was last night's project at DSNM - NGC 1931 (or Sharpless SH2-237). It has been called a mini-M42 because of its bright cluster of new, hot stars, as in the Trapezium. It is about 7000 light year

NGC 3906 (UGC 6797, PGC 36953 and others) is an odd barred spiral located approximately 64.6 million light-years away in Ursa Major. A 2015 paper here (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1506.05153.pdf) talks abou

Hi all: NGC 2685, also Arp 336, is a polar ring galaxy in Ursa Major. It is sometimes referred to as the Helix Galaxy or the Pancake Galaxy: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/ngc2685-LRGB.jpg 1.3X

Hi, This is an image of NGC 3718, also known as the Arp 214. It is either a lenticular or spiral galaxy. It has a warped S-shape that is most likely die to gravitational interaction with NGC 3729 seen

M95 (NGC 3351, UGC 5850, PGC 32007 and others) is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 32 million light-years away (https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2019/11/aa34553-18.pdf) in Leo. Lumina

This planetary in Lynx has eluded me for years, but dark skies and a fast scope finally allowed me to gather enough photons last night at DSNM. One hour each H-alpha and OIII data, binned 2x2 on QHY60

Hi, This is an image of IC 405, also known as the Flaming Star Nebula. It is an emission nebula about 1,500 light years away in the constellation Auriga. It surrounds star AE Auriga which can be seen