Arp 1 (NGC 2857, UGC 5000 and others) is a grand design face-on spiral located approximately 238 million light-years away in Ursa Major. This one is part of Arp’s ‘Low Surface Brightness’ class. Arp 2

Hi all: Sh2-1 is a large area of reflection nebulosity in Scorpius. This image is just of the eastern portion that winds around the 2.89 magnitude star pi Scorpii: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGE

Congrats to Mark Hanson and Madhup Rathi. Both have images in the Gallery section of the July issue of Astronomy Magazine. Dan ---- Dan Crowson dcrowson@... Dardenne Prairie MO http://www.crowson.com

Hi all: vdB 111 is a wispy reflection nebula surrounding the 6.5 magnitude star V2112 in Ophiuchus, at a distance of about 455 Ly: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/vdB111-LRGB.jpg Image data here

I turned off my drive and got a video of the moon last week: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxqv3ZpB517/ Brian

van den Bergh 100 (* 14 Sco, HIP 79374, Jabbah and others) is the star and reflection nebula in the center of the image. Barnard 40 (LDN 1721 and others) is the dark nebula at the top left. This whole

Hi all: Abell 2151 is a rich galaxy cluster in Hercules. While none of the component galaxies are very large or bright, there are a lot of them: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/abell2151_LRGB.jp

Arp 208 consists of MCG+08-31-010 (VV 721a and others) on the left (east) and MCG+08-31-011 (VV 271b and others) on the right. These, along with MCG+08-31-009, the edge-on spiral to the right that is

NGC 5353 (part of Hickson 68) is hosting bright supernova 2019ein. Approximately magnitude 14 when I caught it, this one might be visible visually with a large telescope under dark skies. These images

Arp 189 (NGC 4561, UGC 7901, VV 56, the Umbrella Galaxy and others) is a spiral that probably captured another in the past. It is located, based on the latest study, 93 million light-years away in Com

NGC 6223 (UGC 10527 and others) is galaxy located approximately 273 million light-years away in Draco. This area has a lot of IFN dust – the light clouds throughout the image. Luminance – 34x600s – 34

Arp 69 (NGC 5579, UGC 9180, VV 142a and others) is the spiral on the right side of the image that appears to be interacting with PGC 214249 below it. These are in Arp’s ‘Spirals with HSB companions on

Hi, This is an image of M63, also known as NGC 5055 or the Sunflower Galaxy. It is a spiral galaxy about 0 million light years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is a flocculent (meaning flu

Astronomy Magazine Picture of the Day for May 9th, 2019. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/47021621304 This one was also previously published in the print versions of Astronomy Magazine and Sky &

Hi all: Comet c2019 D1 was discovered by Heather Flewelling on February 26 from the ATLAS asteroid search facility in Hawaii. It is small and faint (~ 16th mag) but already sports a tail: http://www.g

I finally got around to HDR processing some old M42 data from 2018. https://www.instagram.com/p/BxQoFABnQTY/ Brian

Hi all: Arp 324 is described in Arp's catalog as a "galaxy" chain near the border of Hercules and Serpens. The primary galaxy in the chain is UGC 10143 with 5 others in the chain (also cataloged as VV

Hi, This is an image of M94, also known as NGC 4736. It is a barred spiral galaxy about 16 million light years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. This galaxy has an inner and outer ring structu

Hi all: There's not much in the way of DSOs in the constellation Corvus, but the small, delicate planetary nebula NGC 4361 stands out: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/ngc4361-LRGB.jpg 1.3X crop:

Brian, Could you call me at 602.524.9173 when you get a chance. Thanks, Bernard