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This is M109, an attractive barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, very close to the lower left star in the 'saucepan' part of the Plough asterism of Ursa Major.
Peter
A bright spiral galaxy of the northern sky, Messier 63 is about 25 million light-years distant in the loyal constellation Canes Venatici. Also cataloged as NGC 5055, the majestic island universe is nearly 100,000 light-years across, about the size of our own Milky Way. Known by the popular moniker, The Sunflower Galaxy, M63 sports a bright yellowish core and sweeping blue spiral arms, streaked with cosmic dust lanes and dotted with pink star forming regions [source: NASA APOD]
Captured over two nights from Lake Sonoma, CA on April 16-17 2015
Exposures:
L: 16 x 1200s
R,G,B: 16 x 600s each
Total Exposure time: 13h20m
Main Camera: QSI 583 WSG
Guide Camera: SX Lodestar (on OAG)
Mount: Astro-Physics Mach 1
Scope: Celestron Edge HD 8" w/ 0.7X reducer (FL: 1480mm)
FL 1481.6 mm, 0.75"/Pixel
A full write-up is available here: theastroenthusiast.com/m83-from-hubble/
This is definitely the largest and most beautiful image I have processed to date. Hubble took a stunning 6 panel mosiac in 5 different color bands to create this awesome astrograph. I highly recommend checking out the full mosiac hosted on gigapan: www.gigapan.com/gigapans/227085.
The Hubble photograph captures thousands of star clusters, hundreds of thousands of individual stars, and “ghosts” of dead stars called supernova remnants. The galactic panorama unveils a tapestry of the drama of stellar birth and death spread across 50,000 light-years.
The newest generations of stars are forming largely in clusters on the edges of the dark spiral dust lanes. These brilliant young stellar groupings, only a few million years old, produce huge amounts of ultraviolet light that is absorbed by surrounding diffuse gas clouds, causing them to glow in pinkish hydrogen light.
Gradually, the fierce stellar winds from the youngest, most massive stars blow away the gas, revealing bright blue star clusters and giving a “Swiss Cheese” appearance to the spiral arms. These youngest star clusters are about 1 million to 10 million years old. The populations of stars up to 100 million years or older appear yellow or orange by comparison because the young blue stars have already burned out.
Interstellar “bubbles” produced by nearly 300 supernovas from massive stars have been found in this Hubble image. By studying these supernova remnants, astronomers can better understand the nature of the stars that exploded and dispersed nuclear processed chemical elements back into the galaxy, contributing to the next generation of new stars.
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Messier 3 (also known as M3 or NGC 5272) is a globular cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici.
This cluster is one of the largest and brightest, and is made up of around 500,000 stars. It is estimated to be 8 billion years old. It is located at a distance of about 33,900 light-years away from Earth. (Wiki)
The small spiral galaxy underneath is NGC 5263 at mag 13.4
There is also a lot of very small spiral galaxies in the lower portion of the image greater than mag 15.
Image was taken with Atik 460exm on Takahashi Sky 90 with a luminosity filter. 300 and 60 sec exposures. Flats and bias.
Michael L Hyde (c) 2015
Also known as the Pinwheel galaxy.
At about 170,000 light years across, it's roughly 70% bigger than our own Milky Way Galaxy.
Lying some 25 million light years away, the Pinwheel galaxy is estimated to contain at least one trillion stars. Look for it in the constellation of Ursa Major ( the great bear ).
Pierre Méchain, Charles Messier's assistant, is credited with discovering M101 in 1781.
BORING techie bit:
Captured using a Skywatcher Quattro 8" with f4 coma corrector on a HEQ5 mount.
Guided using an Altair 50mm guidescope and GPcam combo.
Canon 450D astro modified with Astronomik CLS CCD APS-C clip in filter.
18 exposures of 5 minutes at ISO 400 combined with calibration frames. Stacked with DSS and all processing done with StarTools.
This was taken with the Stone Edge Observatory 20 inch telescope near Sonoma California. This is a bicolor image with h-alpha and oiii data. There is a total exposure of 3hr57m in h-alpha and 1hr29m40s total in oiii. The exposure is probably a little overkill... but I had the time to do it.
It's been a few years and some kit changes since I last imaged this gorgeous globular cluster in Hercules.
This was a "quick" run before the object I was after rose from the murk.
30xRGB subs @ 60s per sub, giving me 90 minutes of imaging time.
M101 pinwheel Galaxy
The magnificent Messier 101 Galaxy.
This grand spiral galaxy has a diameter of 170,000 ly, and is located 21 million ly away.
The mass is approximately 100 billion solar masses. It contains 1 trillion stars.
M101 has five companion galaxies including NGC 5204, NGC 5474, NGC 5477, and NGC 5585.
Total 29 hours total exposure
New data 2022 from Telescope live.
Seven hours LRGB
SPA-2, 0.7 m RC telescope.
Officina Stellare ProRC 700, F8
FLI PL16803
And
Deep Sky West - Rowe New Mexico, using RCOS 14.5” Ritchey–Chrétien telescope f/9. 3340 mm focal length.
L 8.3 hours exposure.
RGB 5:4.6:4.3 hours
22 hours total exposure.
Transparency and Seeing very good to excellent.
March-June 2017
Processed in Pixinsight, Lightroom, Photoshop. With further processing to enhance colors.
SBIG 16803 CCD,AO-X
NGC 5904
LX200 GPS 8" f10
CCD Sbig ST9
5 imatges de 30 segons (2,5 minuts)
Observatori Astronòmic de l'Institut d'Alcarràs (Alcarràs, Lleida, Catalunya)
Pinwheel Galaxy shot from France, with a William Optics Zenithstar 61 and a Nikon D5300
Around 6h integration time
Scope: Orion Optics VX6 with 1/10 PV upgraded optics
Guide Scope: Skywatcher ST80
Guide Cam: QHY 5 Mono
Mount: Skywatcher HQE5
Camera: QHY8
Exposure: 30 Minutes
Technical: 750mm f/5
Software: DSS, Photoshop CS6, Pixinsight, PHD, Nebulosity
Messier 27 - The Dumbbell Nebula in the constellation of Vulpecular, some 1350ly from Earth, give or take a cm.
Photographed this gorgeous object again, after weeks of rain, clouds and epic British summer weather. It's a popular target as it's bright and requires relatively little exposure time.
This is one of the first DSO's I saw through my scope, still in love with it to this day. This image represents the best I've taken of this object and I aim to add more data to it and add longer exposures to expose the faint outer detail of this object.
Technical info:
Telescope: Meade LX90 8" SCT
Additional Optics: Meade f/6.3 focal reducer.
Camera: ATIK 414ex mono
Filters: Baader H-alpha, OIII
Processing:
Stacked in DSS, 33x180s Ha, 16xOIIIx180s, processed in Photoshop CC.
Sometimes you realise just how untidy nature can be, especially when your photographing it. There are so many elements of this photo i would like to remove to make it a more photographically speaking pleasing shot, the foreground is a mess, the middle is distracting and the far side could do with a bit of an hoover. Having said that, this is how most people see that natural world, they see it with all its distractions and love it, so maybe as a photographer i should do the same and embrace messy nature.
This was taken in the Langsett woods, a very northerly part of the peak district.
Messier 31 taken on 2nd October 2022. 23 x 240s exposures taken with a SkyWatcher Esprit 100ED and ZWO ASI294MC Pro cooled to -10 with Optolong L-Pro filter. Stacked using Astro Pixel Processor and processed in StarTools. This is a "work in progress", with more data to be added when the weather allows.
The "Surfboard Galaxy" in Ursa Major.
From the Nasa website: "M108 is one of the largest and brightest members of the Ursa Major cluster, as well as part of the Virgo supercluster of galaxies. It has a magnitude of 10 and is located just under the bowl of the Big Dipper. M108 can be seen with small telescopes as an elliptical streak of light with a brighter core, while telescopes 8 inches or larger will reveal more detail. "
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Celestron Edge 8
Imaging Cameras
QHYCCD 163C
Mounts
Meade LX70
Filters
Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter
Accessories
Raspberry PI 4B Astroberry · Celestron Focus Motor for SCT · OnStep GoTo Controller · Celestron 0.7x Focal Reducer for EdgeHD 8
Software
PHD2 Guiding · Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy · RegiStar · Astro Pixel Processor · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
Svbony 60mm guidescope
Guiding Cameras
ZWO ASI120MM
Acquisition details
Dates:
March 8, 2022 · March 9, 2022
Frames:
Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 177x60" (2h 57')
Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 142x60" (2h 22') -10°C
Integration:
5h 19'
Darks:
100
Bias:
100
Avg. Moon age:
6.09 days
Avg. Moon phase:
36.48%
Basic astrometry details
Astrometry.net job: 5577333
Resolution: 3305x4441
Data source: Backyard
Messier 5
Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello (Oria Amateur Astrophysical Observatory - OAAO)
2000 RA 15h 18m 33.22s Dec +02° 04′ 51.7″
M5 ( NGC 5904) is a globular cluster in Serpens. It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1702.
M5 is just visible to the naked eye as a faint blurred star.
Spanning 165 light-years in diameter, M5 is one of the largest known globular clusters. It is 13 billion years old and also one of the eldest globular clusters in our Galaxy. Its distance is about 24,500 light-years, and it contains more than 100,000 stars.
(127ED@1140mm)
Here is another Messier object from my 2022 spring collection.
Charles Messier discovered M 58 when he was observing a comet on 15th April 1779. He characterised it as a "very faint nebula". In 1830, M58 is a transitional barred spiral galaxy, 63 million light years away and is a member of the Virgo cluster.
M58 is around mag 10 and the bright star to the west of the galaxy is mag 7. The fainter galaxy, IC 3604 to the lower left is mag 16 and there are many fainter galaxies in this image.
The image comprises 25 x 3 minutes luminance plus 12 x 3 minutes RGB all binned 2 x 2 captured during April this year.
Equipment:
200mm Ritchey-Chretien telescope
QSI 683 camera
SW EQ8 mount
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The night from March 17th to 18th was truly exceptional.
Good transparency, no dew and a seeing that left me undersampled(!) with my ATIK 9 at 0,97"/pixel. Never have experienced this before.
The picture of globular cluster Messier 3 is made of RGB data with about 20x2min for each channel. No Luminance frames.
Earless, one of the grandsons of King Notch, is seen all messy with blood all over his face after feasting.
Having just gotten up from his wildebeest meal, he was still licking himself, after which he went and sat under a tree for a thorough grooming session to get cleaned up.
Photographed in the wild in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
This colourful star cluster mixing older yellow stars with younger blue ones was the second object to find its way onto Charles Messier's list of targets to be avoided being mistaken for comets by comet hunters such as himself and was published in his original 1764 catalogue of just 45 entries, of which 41 were objects located for the first time by Messier himself.
This is a close-up LRGB image taken through my 356mm/14imch f/10 SCT using a mono CCD.
Luminance = 23x60seconds
Red = 10x30seconds
Green = 10x30seconds
Blue = 10x30seconds
Peter
From Wikipedia:
The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598, and is sometimes informally referred to as the Pinwheel Galaxy, a nickname it shares with Messier 101. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy and about 44 other smaller galaxies. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the naked eye.
Details:
18 x 900s, ISO 800
10 Darks, 300 Bias, 100 Flats
Equipment: Explore Scientific ES80ED APO Triplet, Canon 450D, Hutech LPS D1, Televue 0.8x Reducer/Flattener, Orion Atlas EQ-G
Acquisition: Backyard EOS, PHD2, EQMOD, Cartes du Ciel, Astrotortilla
Calibration/Post-Processing: Pixinsight
This globular cluster is older than I am! The experts estimate that it was formed about 12 billion years ago.
I finally got a "clear sky" night, at least by N. Florida summertime standards. We had severe thunderstorms during the mid-afternoon. It slowly cleared by about 10 p.m., though there was a high layer of thin cirrus remaining. An additional unfortunate factor was a waning, nearly full moon scheduled to rise about the same time as astronomical twilight was to end. In such cases, I figure it's a good time to do some maintenance activities and decided to tweak my SCT C8's collimation with a star.
Arcturus was in a good position, so I focused on it. Seeing was relatively good though the passing cirrus affected transparency. I defocused the star and used some collimation circle software to give me better visual clues as to the quality of my collimation efforts. I got the "donut" circles as close to concentric as I could.
Satisfied with my work, I decided to do some quick imaging of something. M5 was close by so I slewed to it. The moon had risen lighting up the layer of cirrus. Between my Bortle 7 suburban light pollution lighting the clouds from below and the moon from above, I could practically read a newspaper without additional light.
This image is composed of a stack of 30 10-second light frames at a gain of about 80. I used Siril to process the stack with some tweaking of the final image in Photoshop. The stack was calibrated with darks, flats, and biases. I took the light frames with an old Celestron C8 (circa 1988,) 0.63 focal reducer, IR/UV cut filter, and an ASI585MC (uncooled} camera. Given the environmental conditions, I think it came out OK. To see a fabulous rendition from Hubble, check out this NASA webpage:
science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-night...
250711_M5_Glob_Clust
Messier 106 (also known as NGC 4258) is spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. M106 is at a distance of about 22 to 25 million light-years away from Earth.
Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 81 Refractor
Mount: Losmandy GM811G
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro
Filter: Optolong L-Pro Filter
Site: Elk Grove, California, USA
Calibration Files: None
Guiding: None
Integration Time: 3h 36m
No of Frames: 216
Sub Exposure Time: 60 seconds
Bortle Zone: Class 6
Date Taken: February 25, 2021
M109 (NGC 3992) est une galaxie spirale barrée située dans la constellation de la Grande Ourse à environ 48 millions d'années-lumière.
On distingue également trois de ses galaxies satellites, plus petites : UGC 6923, UGC 6940 et UGC 6969.
Le rayon lumineux à droite de la galaxie est issu de l'étoile Gamma de la grande ourse, très brillante et très proche.
Newton SkyWatcher 200/1000
Monture EQ6-r pro
Canon 1000D défiltré partiel
Correcteur de coma Baader MPCC Mk III
Autoguidage OAG + ZWO ASI 290mm mini
ZWO EAF
ASIAIR Pro
Traitement PixInsight + Photoshop CC
Prise le 03/02/2021 :
57*300" => 4h45'
ISO 800
DOF
Coming to Mom on the 20th of March! This collaboration is a labor of love and a creative collision with our literal favorite store Junk Food. We are so excited to work with them and create something unique for you Trashers! This shirt comes in Gianni & Jake sizes and has a hud that allows you to create a mess on your shirt. The matching food with dripping condiments can be found right next to our booth in the Junk Food booth. Go out and get messy!
The Messier Catalog, sometimes known as the Messier Album or list of Messier objects, is one of the most useful tools in the astronomy hobby. In the middle of the 18th century, the return of Halley's comet helped to prove the Newtonian theory, and helped to spark a new interest in astronomy. During this time, a French astronomer named Charles Messier began a life-long search for comets. He would eventually discover 15 of them. On August 28, 1758, while searching for comets, Messier found a small cloudy object in the constellation Taurus. He began keeping a journal of these nebulous (cloudy) objects so that they would not be confused with comets. This journal is known today as the Messier Catalog, or Messier Album. The deep sky objects in this catalog are commonly referred to as Messier objects.
This new Hubble image reveals the gigantic Pinwheel galaxy, one of the best known examples of "grand design spirals", and its supergiant star-forming regions in unprecedented detail. The image is the largest and most detailed photo of a spiral galaxy ever taken with Hubble.
Messier 106 is an spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is at a distance of about 25 million light-years away from Earth.
There are dozens of other faint galaxies in this image, up to 3 billion light years distant.
This image was made on 16th May 2023 under the hazy Bortle 5 skies of Warwickshire.
Finally I can upload more pictures of my new baby. My internet connection didn't work properly for about ten days but it seems to be back now. Fingers crossed.
Still thinking of a name for her...
if you post the picture leave credit to my flickr or to my blog www.http://niggapayne.tumblr.com.tumblr.com (:
We have all seen Messier 110 (M110) probably thousands of times, and many of us never realized it. It has often appeared on the cover of scientific text books and magazines and has been associated with the go-to astronomical galaxy image, The Andromeda Galaxy. The fuzzy elliptical ball hovering over (or under, depending on your perspective) Andromeda, is, in fact, another galaxy called M110. I recently started imaging the Andromeda Galaxy with my 12″ telescope and thought that I should spend some time on the galaxies near Andromeda.
The image below is only five minutes of collected data comprised of 15-second subs at ISO 5000.
This is the first time I imaged M110 as a stand-alone object. The first thing I noticed were some dark patches near the central part of the sphere. You can see them near the 7 o’clock position and at the 4 o’clock position. This galaxy is classified as a peculiar elliptical galaxy because of these dark structures and signs of recent star formation. It is hard to think about this small fuzzy ball of a galaxy containing over 10 billion stars.