Hi, This is an image of M108, also known as the Surfboard Galaxy. It is an edge-on barred spiral galaxy about 46 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It is located near the Owl Ne

Hi all: NGC 4214 is a galaxy in Canes Venatici, cataloged as "irregular with a bar", but somehow was not included in Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (seems peculiar to me): http://www.greggsastronomy

I've been experimenting recently with different filter and camera combinations on NGC 2359. I was surprised at last night's result using OPT's quad narrowband filter on my OSC camera (ASI 6200MC). Som

Hi all: Arp 117 consists of IC 982 and 983; just to its south is Arp 79, made up of NGC 5490 (B and C). Both lie just about 2 degrees southwest of Arcturus (FOV in this image is about 1 degree wide).

Folks, Here is a wide-field exploration of galactic cirrus aka integrated flux nebulae seen out of the plane of the galaxy. Thanks Dan for the pointer to the unexplored nebula project that includes th

Arp 162 (NGC 3414, UGC 5959 and others), near the bottom center, is a S0pec lenticular galaxy located approximately 81.5 million light-years away in Leo Minor. Arp has this on in his ‘diffuse counter-

Hi, This is an image of M95. It is a barred spiral galaxy about 33 million light years away in the constellation Leo. It has an inner ring surrounding the central bar which is an active star forming r

Folks - Here's my recent attempt at imaging a nearly face-on spiral that's in our neighborhood but not considered to be part of our "local group." Apparently it is a free-floater, not gravitationally

Hi all: NGC 3981 (Arp 289, "double galaxy with wind effects") is the disrupted spiral in the lower right quadrant; there is some dispute as to whether it is a double galaxy: http://www.greggsastronomy

Hi all: C2020 R4 ATLAS is a morning comet low in the east in Aquila, shining at about magnitude 9. It may get a little brighter within the next few weeks as it approaches withing 0.46 au: http://www.g

Hi all: The recent spate of clouds and the waxing moon prompted me to go back and reprocess some data from 5 years ago. NGC 4038 and 4039, also Arp 244 or the "Antennae Galaxies" deserved a second loo

Sharpless 274 (Abell 21, LBN 1051 and the Medusa nebula) is a planetary nebula located approximately 1050 light-years away in Gemini. Ha – 30x1800s – 900 minutes – binned 1x1 OIII – 24x1800s – 720 min

This is a first for me – three images in a single issue. This image along with two others can be found in the April, 2021 issue of Astronomy Now magazine (https://astronomynow.com/). NGC 4564 + 4567 –

Hi, I got my 4th APOD today. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210327.html Bernard http://www.azstarman.net This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

Arp 299 (NGC 3690, VV 118 and others) is the train wreck at the center of the image. The galaxy on the east (left) is singularly designated as UGC 6472, PGC 35321 and vv 118a among others. The one to

Arp 270 consists of NGC 3396 (UGC 5935, VV 246a, PGC 32434 and others) on the left and NGC 3395 (UGC 5931, VV 246b, PGC 32424 and others) on the right. Part of Arp’s ‘Double Galaxies with Connected Ar

Hi all M90 and M89 are two large galaxies in Virgo. M90, along with IC3583, make up Arp 76, a "spiral with small high surface brightness companion on arm". Although these two are only about 100,000 LY

Hi all: Here's an image of the famous Owl Nebula, M97, shot over several nights from March 12 - 20: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/m97-HaLRGB.jpg The very faint outer shell is barely visible (a

Hi all: NGC 5529 is an edge-on spiral galaxy in Bootes that sits in the midst of quite a few other fainter galaxies. In the top left corner of this image is NGC 5557, a large elliptical with multiple

Folks, Hi, I am David Elmore, a new member here at DSNM for installation in Building 11 later this week. Meanwhile I have been outside testing my new wide-field imaging system that includes three imag