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…
Barnard 110
Dark nebulae — not to be confused with dark matter — are the stuff that seed new stars.
Sh2-54 / Serpents Nebula
An obscure corner of the same nebulosity that brings you the Eagle and Omega nebulae
Sh2-132 / The Lion Nebula
Extremely faint, challenging emission nebula.
Arp 122 / NGC 6040
A dim, face-on spiral merging with and warping a larger, edge-on spiral
Arp 103 | Zwicky’s Triplet
The filament’s the thing.
Hickson Compact Group 78
A fun and challenging cluster of galaxies of apparent magnitude 15 or so.
Arp 272 / NGC 6050 / IC 1179
Three galaxies, not just two.
Arp 30
Lose an arm, gain a galaxy!
Arp 293 / NGC 6285-6286
Classic tidal fields evidencing interaction.
NGC 6207
An attractive, medium-sized galaxy, and another William Herschel discovery from 1787.
Hockey Stick Galaxy / NGC 4556-7
Classic, edge-on galaxies that interact with the Whale (Arp 271)
C66 / NGC 5694
A tiny but charming globular cluster discovered by (who else?) William Herschel in 1784.