Hi vdB1 (first entry in the van den Bergh catalog) is a small reflection nebula awash in the glare of beta Cas (Caph): http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/vdB1-LRGB.jpg Full resolution crop: http://

Berkeley 95 is a trumpler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpler_classification) class IV 2 p open cluster located approximately 8,480 light-years away in Cepheus. The cluster is surrounded by dark n

4 panel mosaic of Lagoon Nebula. See it at http://madhuprathi.com/lagoon-nebula-m8/ Madhup Rathi

Hi all Sh2-168 is a fairly bright emission nebula and Sh2-169 is its much fainter neighbor in Cassiopeia: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/sh2-168-HaLRGB.jpg Image data here: http://www.greggsast

Hi all: NGC 129 is an open cluster in Cassiopeia consisting of 35 stars at a distance of about 5300 Ly: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/NGC129-RGB.jpg The tight knot of stars in the upper right

Hi all: I was able to find Comet I2 Borisov low in the eastern sky this morning: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/I2-Borisov_100919.jpg 1.5X crop: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/I2-Borisov

Hi all: vdB 157 is a faint reflection nebula around an 8th magnitude star (SAO 10593) in Cassiopeia: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/vdB157-LRGB.jpg Image data here: http://www.greggsastronomy.c

Hi, This is an image of NGC 7090. It is an edge on spiral galaxy about 30 million light years away in the constellation Indus. Comments and suggestions appreciated. http://www.azstarman.net/CDK/NGC709

Hi, This is an image of NGC 300. It is a spiral galaxy about 6 million light years away in the constellation Sculptor. It is one of the closest galaxies to the Local Group and lies between the Local G

Hi all: Continuing my trek through the van den Bergh catalog of reflection nebulae, here is vdB 151. This is another faint nebula around a bright star, in this case BNU 8, a 4.5 magnitude double in th

Arp 56 consists of UGC 1432 (PGC 7359, VV 12 and others) the larger spiral interacting with PGC 212878. In Arp’s, “Spiral galaxies with companions on arms – high surface brightness companions” class,

M23 (NGC 6494 and others) is a trumpler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpler_classification) class I 2 r open cluster located approximately 2150 light-years away in Sagittarius. I also caught aster

Arp 169 consists of (north to south) NGC 7236 (UGC 11598, VV 1934a and many others), NGC 7237 and NGC 7237C (2MASX J22144877+1350006 and others). Part of Arp’s Galaxies (not classifiable as S or E) wi

It looks like the static Internet side went down around 8:18 PM tonight. I tried to reach out to a couple of people on site but haven’t heard anything. Anyone else reach out and/or have any status? Da

9:28 PM – Internet just came back up. Dan ---- Dan Crowson dcrowson@... Dardenne Prairie MO http://www.crowson.com

NGC 7492 is a Shapley-Sawyer class XII (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentration_Class) globular cluster located approximately 84,000 light-years away in Aquarius. Luminance –

Hi all: Two comets are currently visible (in moderate sized scopes) in the evening sky - they both are sporting tails: c2018 W2 Africano http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/c2018-W2-Africano-LRGB_09

Hello all, A 4 panel mosaic. Each set was taken for a total of 13 images of Luminance of 0 minutes each; 13 images of Ha (Hydrogen Alpha) of 20 minutes each; 7 images of each color of 5 minutes each f

Hi all: vdB 144 (van den Bergh) is a tenuous reflection nebula surrounding a 6th magnitude star in Cygnus: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/vdB144-LRGB.jpg In the lower left quadrant is NGC 7127,

Sharpless 141 (LBN 509) is a faint nebula located approximately 23,000 light-years away in Cepheus. The stars on the left side of the nebula are cataloged as open cluster Teutsch 76 Ha – 24x1800s – 72