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…
M83 / Southern Pinwheel Galaxy / NGC 5236
Tough target, low in the southern sky
M56 / NGC 6779
Lovely globular cluster
M53 / NGC 5024
Lovely Messier globular cluster
M108 / Surfboard Galaxy / NGC 3556
Barred spiral galaxy near the Owl Nebula
M59 / NGC 4621
Medium sized elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Galaxy Field
M85 / NGC 4382
Lenticular? galaxy… slugging through the Messier galaxies
M61 / NGC 4303
Lovely, bright, intermediate spiral
M58 / NGC 4579
Bright, large intermediate barred spiral galaxy
M63 / Sunflower Galaxy / NGC 5055
OK capture despite full moon
Arp 12 / NGC 2608 / A Vera Rubin Galaxy
Small, barred spiral galaxy in Cancer: one of the few Arp’s in Vera Rubin’s famous 21
Arp 205 / NGC 3448
Distorted, Magnitude 11.6 galaxy in Ursa Major
Arp 27 / NGC 3631
Charming spiral galaxy with extended arm