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 117 / IC 982-983
Surprisingly low surface brightness but fascinating on a dark night.
Arp 84 / Heron Galaxies / NGC 5394-5395
Finally, a dark night for an amusing pair of Arp Peculiar Galaxies…
Arp 270 / NGC 3395-6
Two intensely interacting Arp Galaxies on a dark night
M21 / NGC 6531
A not very interesting open cluster. At least I don’t see it.
M19 / NGC 6273
A decent globular cluster.
NGC 4567 / Butterfly Galaxies
Dramatic merging galaxies in the Virgo Cluster
Arp 299 / NGC 3690
Fascinating merger of two larger galaxies and a dwarf.
M23 / NGC 6494
Captured on a full moon.
M11 / Wild Duck Cluster / NGC 6705
One of the few Messier open clusters I enjoy.
Arp 185 / NGC 6217
A relatively large and bright Arp Galaxy; capture pointed away from a nearly full moon.
Arp 91 / NGC 5953/5954
A nice, bright Arp observation of two tiny galaxies, fighting a nearly full moon
M52 / Scorpion Cluster / NGC 7654
I’m not a big fan of open clusters, but this one is more interesting than most: see the scorpion