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…
C6 / Cat’s Eye Nebula / NGC 6543
A bright planetary nebula on a tough night
C36 / NGC 4559
An intermediate spiral galaxy with asymmetrical arms. Another Herschel discovery from 1785.
C59 / Ghost of Jupiter Nebula / NGC 3242
An engaging, bright planetary nebula with a catchy nickname.
C54 / NGC 2506
An attractive open cluster with 12 blue straggler stars!
NGC 4244 / Silver Needle Galaxy / C26
An edge-on spiral galaxy, one of the best.
NGC 3626 (3632) / C40
Another William Herschel discovery from 1784, this one a bright lenticular galaxy.
C21 / NGC 4449
A one armed, irregular galaxy, with lots of star formation activity.
C45 / NGC 5248
A pretty, intermediate spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel in 1784.
NGC 4236 / C3
A surprisingly tough galaxy to image with a low surface-brightness arm
NGC 2775 / C48
Another flocculent galaxy, all spin, no arms.
NGC 4697 / C52
The first Caldwell object located in the southern celestial hemisphere.
NGC 3115 / Spindle Galaxy / C53
A convincing looking spindle, but don’t confuse it with M102 of the same nickname.