Recent Observations
Herewith, a database of every observation I’ve ever made, most recent first! Click for more detail, or on the page links at the bottom to review more, 12 at a time, in descending chronological order…
Leo 1 Dwarf Galaxy / UGC 5470
A dim dwarf galaxy in Leo, close to Regulus.
Markarian’s Chain
A moderately wide-field view of the Virgo Cluster taken with my little Seestar
NGC 5466
Beautiful, subtle globular cluster containing – wait for it – 97 “blue straggler” stars
NGC 4565 / Needle Galaxy / C38
One of the better side-view galaxies.
NGC 5005 / C29
An inclined spiral galaxy, likely with ansupermassive black hole at its core
M100 / NGC 4321 / Mirror Galaxy
Classic spiral galaxy captured on a so-so night
M49 / Arp 134 / NGC 4472
Followup observation with my galaxy rig to capture Arp details
Arp 242 / NGC 4676 / Mice Galaxies
Two merging galaxies with dramatic tidal tails
Arp 336 / Helix Galaxy
Return to an early failure… rare polar ring galaxy successfully captured
M81 / Bodes Nebula / NGC 3031
Large galaxy in Ursa Major, part of our local group
Arp 26 / M101 / Pinwheel Galaxy
A dramatic galaxy that I’ve returned to many times
M98 / NGC 4192
Nice galaxy captured with my mono rig