I observed very slow internet last evening (as well as many evenings), and had difficulty controlling my scope. But right now everything is lightning quick (15ping, 60down/12up). Are we observing an e

This image can be found in the December, 2020 issue of Astronomy Now - https://astronomynow.com. A cropped version can be found in the Deep Sky Challenge section – page 77. https://www.flickr.com/phot

I’ve got some cool video showing closeups while panning across the moon. But they are AVI’s and 2,000Mb apiece. Downloading via TeamViewer and AnyDesk has failed because they are too monstrous. So I t

Arp 263 (NGC 3239, UGC 5637, PGC 30560, VV 95 and others) is an irregular galaxy approximately 29.75 million light-years away in Leo. Arp has this one in his ‘Irregular Clumps’ class. Probably the res

Happy Thanksgiving all! NGC is an interesting open cluster in Perseus - very old and with some blue stragglers: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/ngc1193-RGB.jpg 1.3X crop: http://www.greggsastron

Hi, This is an image of NGC 1333. It is a reflection nebula about 1,000 light years away in the constellation Perseus. The reflection nebula is the bright blue section in the middle of the image. Just

Arp 264 (NGC 3104, UGC 5414, PGC 29186, VV 119 and others) is an irregular dwarf galaxy located approximately 25 million light-years away in Leo Minor. This one can be found in Arp’s ‘irregular clumps

Hi everyone: UGC 2082 is a rather plain looking edge-on galaxy in Aries. However, it has been the subject of several studies of accretion of neutral hydrogen not in the plane of the galaxy. Edge-on ga

Berkeley 1 is a trumpler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpler_classification) class IV 2 p open cluster located approximately 7,900 light-years away in Cassiopeia. This is the first of one hundred

Hi everyone NGC 1253 and 1253a are "interacting double galaxies" in Arp's terminology. Located in the constellation Eridanus: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/ngc1253-LRGB.jpg 1.3X crop: http://w

Arp 235 (NGC 14, UGC 75, PGC 647, VV 80 and others) is an irregular galaxy located approximately 16.7 million light-years away in Pegasus. Arp lists this one in his, ‘appearance of fission’ class. Lum

Hi there! This is my very first image with DSNM. I have to say I’m very very impressed with the dark sky quality as well as the service here. Glad to join the community:D https://astrob.in/cs2eth/0/

Hi everyone: NGC 507 and 508 are interacting galaxies, also cataloged as Arp 229 (galaxies with concentric rings): http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/ngc507_508-LRGB.jpg Here is a 1.3X crop: http:/

Hi, This is an image of NGC 1398. It is a barred spiral galaxy with a double ring structure about 65 million light years away in the constellation Fornax. It is slightly larger than the Milky Way at 1

Hi, My internet is down. Is this affecting anyone else? Bernard This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

Hi all: There is a lot going on in this field, primarily the face-on spiral NGC 1042 and the elliptical NGC 1052: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/ngc1042-LRGB.jpg Here is an annotated image to i

NGC 1232 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 20 October 1784. It is dom

NGC 7606 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Aquarius. It is located at a distance of circa 100 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 7606 is

Just trying to say hello and share the first image from DSNM. https://www.astrobin.com/30jco4/ Thanks! -Min from Coppell, TX

Hi everyone: NGC 1232 is face-on spiral galaxy in Eridanus. It is also liste in Arp's catalog of peculiar galaxies as having a "low surface brightness companion on arms". http://www.greggsastronomy.co