NGC 3344 is a relatively isolated barred spiral galaxy located 22.5 million light years away in the constellation Leo Minor. This galaxy belongs to the group known as the Leo spur, which is a branch o

This image can be found in the March 2022 issue of Sky & Telescope – page 75. Also see Gregg Ruppel’s image of C/2021 A1 Leonard and M3 right below mine. Dan ---- Dan Crowson dcrowson@... Dardenne Pra

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYUMoqcrA-N/ The comet was only 5 degrees altitude, just a couple above the Chiricahuas, but I was able to get 30x20secs. Brian D. Ottum, Ph.D. (734) 260-0597 https://www.l

NGC 7044 (Collinder 433 and others) is a trumpler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpler_classification) class IV 2 p open cluster located approximately 10,300 light-years away in Cygnus. A decent pa

Doing this report today since the forecast is quite clear (actually quite cloudy) for tonight. To clarify our data, Tom and I break nights up into quarters and the night is given a percentage reflecti

Hi, This is an image of IC 1805, also known as the Heart Nebula. It is an emission nebula about 7,500 light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. The nebula is caused by the open cluster of star

Arp 313 is a trio of galaxies in Ursa Major: NGC 3995 (UGC 6944, PGC 37624, VV249/a and others) on the left (east) is the odd spiral located approximately 165 million light-years away. NGC 3994 (UGC 6

NGC 4298 (UGC 7412, PGC 39950 and others) is the face-on spiral at the bottom right, 42.4 million light-years away in Coma Berenices. NGC 4302 (UGC 7418, PGC 39974 and others) is the somewhat edge-on

Arp 8 (NGC 497, UGC 915, PGC 4992 and others) is a spiral with odd arms. Part of Arp’s, “Spiral Galaxies – Split Arms” class, the galaxy is located approximately 327 million light-years away in Cetus.

V1331 Cyg (HH 389 and many others) is an odd star with nebulosity around it. It appears to be at the end of the dark nebula DOBASHI 2860. This one is located 1,946 light-years away in Cygnus. This are

Hi all: Here's a mosaic of images of c2021 A1 Leonard that I acquired over the past 2 months: https://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/Comet-c2021-A1-Leonard_mosaic.jpg -- Clear skies, Gregg Visit my as

Folks, Here is a holiday greeting image made by our small image team in "Holiday Blending" style. Wish all the best to DSNM folks and your families. "The Tree - Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!" From

Hi, I got another APOD today, although it is from the Hubble Archive. For comparison, I have included a link to the version I took with my telescope. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211218.html http://az

Hi all: B 364 is a large, meandering dark nebula in Cygnus. In this FOV (upper left quadrant) is a smaller Barnard object B157. Near the right border is a small bright emission nebula, Sh2-127. http:/

Hi all; I tried imaging A1 Leonard from my front yard this evening: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/c2021-A1-Leonard-OSC_121721.jpg crop: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/c2021-A1-Leonard-O

Bernard Miller – Cone Nebula Bernard Miller – NGC 2516 Bernard Miller – NGC 1365 Madhup Rathi – M100 Madhup Rathi – M81 Madhup Rathi – M46 and NGC 2438 With my 17, we had 23 of the 101 objects in thei

The January 2022 issue of Astronomy Magazine highlights “101 Must-See Cosmic Objects.” I have seventeen images in this issue: 16 – Abell 2151 – Page 13 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/4089049

One of the new members in the shared building is asking if anyone has an artificial star onsite. They’re seeing some strangeness in stars on a refractor and looking for something to test. Dan ---- Dan

Hi all: Another colorful open cluster in Taurus, NGC 1647. This is a big open cluster about 40 arcminutes across, containing approximately 200 stars: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/NGC-1647-RGB

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