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…
Arp 305 / NGC 4016 / NGC 4017
A particularly enigmatic pair of interacting galaxies, whose fly-by stimulated creation of Dwarf Compact Galaxies and star forming regions
IC 467: a Vera Rubin Galaxy
Another attractive spiral (if you like that sort of thing)
M83 / Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (Revisit)
Never gets above the treeline from my pier. Here pushed my little Seestar S30-pro from the deck.
NGC 3672: a Vera Rubin Galaxy
An obscure galaxy in an obscure constellation, discovered by William Herschel on March 4, 1786.
NGC 3495: a Vera Rubin Galaxy
An attractive intermediate spiral in Leo, and one of Vera’s 21.
Arp 275 / NGC 2881
The 200″ Hale Telescope had a focal length of 16,764mm and mine is roughly 1,422 with reducer. It shows.
Arp 264 / NGC 3104
CMOS mono cameras are amazing, allowing my little 8″ to go deeper than Arp’s 200″ with film.
NGC 801: A Vera Rubin Galaxy
Remarkably, not discovered by William Herschel due to low surface brightness
Arp 245 / NGC 2992 / NGC 2993
Interacting galaxies representing my 169th Arp observation: 50% of the Atlas
Arp 316 / NGC 3187 / NGC 3189 / NGC 3193
A wide-field view of a cluster taken by Arp using the 48″ Schmidt… roughly the same as my 8″
Arp 82 / NGC 2535 / NGC 2536
Almost an M51 clone except for the long tidal trail emanating from NGC 2435
Arp 315 / NGC 2830 / NGC 2831 / NGC 2832
3 NGC galaxies at the center of a much larger cluster designated Abell 779.