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This huge ball of stars — around 100 billion in total — is an elliptical galaxy located some 55 million light-years away from us. Known as Messier 89, this galaxy appears to be perfectly spherical; this is unusual for elliptical galaxies, which tend to be elongated ellipsoids. The apparently spherical nature of Messier 89 could, however, be a trick of perspective, and be caused by its orientation relative to the Earth.
Messier 89 is slightly smaller than the Milky Way, but has a few interesting features that stretch far out into the surrounding space. One structure of gas and dust extends up to 150 000 light-years out from the galaxy’s centre, which is known to house a supermassive black hole. Jets of heated particles reach out to 100 000 light-years from the galaxy, suggesting that Messier 89 may have once been far more active — perhaps an active quasar or radio galaxy — than it is now. It is also surrounded by an extensive system of shells and plumes, which may have been caused by past mergers with smaller galaxies — and implies that Messier 89 as we know it may have formed in the relatively recent past.
Messier 89 was discovered by astronomer Charles Messier in 1781, when Messier had been cataloguing astronomical objects for 23 years — ever since he mistook a faint object in the sky for Halley’s Comet. Upon closer inspection, he realised the object was actually the Crab Nebula. To prevent other astronomers from making the same error, he decided to catalogue all the bright, deep-sky objects that could potentially be mistaken for comets. His methodical observations of the night sky led to the first comprehensive catalogue of astronomical objects: the Messier catalogue! Messier 89 holds the record for being the last ever giant elliptical to be found by Messier, and the most perfectly spherical galaxy in the entire catalogue of 110 objects.
Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Faber et al.; CC BY 4.0
EOS 5D II + EF 5,6/400mm L
46x5min @ ISO 1600
Reprocessed with Astro Pixel Processor
St-avg-14324.0s-LNWC_1_3.0_none-x_1.0_LZ3-NS-full-qua-add-sc_BWMV_nor-AAD-RL-MBB5_1stLNC_it3-mod-lpc-cbg-St
Messier 82
at distance of 12 Mio. Lj
Equipment:
TS 10" f/4 ONTC Newton
1000mm f4
GPU Aplanatic Koma Korrector
ZWO ASI585mc
Skywatcher EQ8
Guding:
Lodestar on TS Optics - ultra short 9mm Off Axis Guider
PHD2
960x30s
total exposure time: 8 hours
Processing: PixInsight
From Messier 16 to Messier 17
Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello
Mosaic from images taken with Tair 3-S + Canon EOS 4000D array + DIY Custom 110mm f/2.2 Canon astrograph
Constelación en que se encuentra: Orion
Distancia: 1600 de años luz
De SkySafari:
Messier 78 (M78) es una nebulosa de reflexión descubierta en 1780, ubicada muy cerca del cinturón de Orión, en la constelación del mismo nombre. Está iluminada por dos estrellas vecinas que hacen que sea visible la nube de polvo.
Cerca de M78 se conocen unas 45 estrellas similares a nuestro sol, aún en proceso de formación, unas 4 a 5 veces más brillantes de lo esperado.
En el espectro infrarojo se han encontrado 192 estrellas jóvenes que se han formado en esta nebulosa.
Datos de la imagen:
Exposure: 21hr 12min LRGB (168 x 3min Luminance, 87 x 3 min Red, 85 x 3 min Green, 84 x 3 min Blue)
Telescope: #Celestron #EdgeHD #C925
Camera: #PlayerOne #Poseidon-M
Focal ratio: f10
Focal length: 2350 mm
Capturing software: NINA
Filter: #Optolong L, Optolong R, Optolong G, Optolong B
Mount: #iOptron #CEM60
Guiding: PlayerOne #Xena with PlayerOne #OAG Max and #PHD2
Dithering: Yes
Calibration: 30 darks, 30 flat darks, 50 flats
Processing: #PixInsight
Date: 24-nov-2024
Location: #Bogotá, #Colombia
This certainly was a busy bee flitting from flower to flower but then he had most of them to himself as bees are only just starting to reappear and out in the bush this was the only one I saw, fortunately for me I was actually walking past these yellow flowers when he landed. I do like the pollen looking like gold on its wings.
This shot was cropped.
Do view large:
No self-respecting craftsman would leave his tools all jumbled up like this but it makes for an interesting display, and a fine photo op.
From the park website:
The Fielding Garr Ranch House is distinctive for two reasons: first, it is the oldest continually inhabited Anglo home in the state of Utah (from 1848 to 1981 when the island became a state park), and second, it is the oldest Anglo built house in Utah still on its original foundation.
Lotta qualifiers in there, still it's an interesting place to wander around.
And there are bison. More on them coming along after the hike.
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June 23rd, 2013 - 44 Quiet Nights, Day 25 - Woke up near Causey Reservoir east of Ogden, Utah with the intention of revisiting one or both of the Cottonwood canyons but it was so cold last night we changed our minds and detoured to try for a campsite and a shower and a quick warmup on Antelope Island. Maybe we could add a few more bison to the trip...
Messier 7 imaged from a Bortle 6 suburban backyard
One and a half hours of integration- 5 minute subs
Gain 111 offset 5
Equipment:
Redcat51/ZWO ASI 183MC/Optolong L pro/EQ6
Software
NINA/AstroPixel Processor/ Photoshop CS6/NoiseXterminator
Just over thirty minutes of 1min exposures at ISO800. 20 mins of darks, no flats. Stacked in DSS. Edited in Nebulosity and Lightroom.
L: 12x300s
RGB: (3, 3, 3)x300s
Image aquisition : Eric Recurt
Processing : Roberto Colombari
Astrograph: 350mm F3.3
CCD: FLI PL 16803-65 / FLI Atlas focuser
Mount: ASA
From Teide Observatory , Cosmos Tenerife , IAC/ TADer dome .
Tenerife , 2360m
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In astronomy, the Pleiades (/ˈplaɪ.ədiːz/ or /ˈpliː.ədiːz/), or Seven Sisters (Messier 45 or M45), is an open star cluster containing middle-aged hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky. The celestial entity has several meanings in different cultures and traditions.
The cluster is dominated by hot blue and extremely luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years. Dust that forms a faint reflection nebulosity around the brightest stars was thought at first to be left over from the formation of the cluster (hence the alternative name Maia Nebula after the star Maia), but is now known to be an unrelated dust cloud in the interstellar medium, through which the stars are currently passing. Computer simulations have shown that the Pleiades was probably formed from a compact configuration that resembled the Orion Nebula.[7] Astronomers estimate that the cluster will survive for about another 250 million years, after which it will disperse due to gravitational interactions with its galactic neighborhood.[8]
Source: Wikipedia
Watergate beach, Newquay, Cornwall
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There are at least 150 of these ball of stars orbiting our Milky Way. Messier 3 is in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici.
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Meade Starfinder 8
Imaging Cameras
ZWO ASI1600 cooled mono
Mounts
Losmandy GM-8
Filters
Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter · Blue · Green · Red
Accessories
Baader MPCC coma corrector · OnStep GoTo Controller · Rigel Systems Focuser
Software
PHD2 Guiding · Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy · Astro Pixel Processor · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
Svbony 60mm guidescope
Guiding Cameras
ZWO ASI120MM
Acquisition details
Dates:
March 9, 2022
Frames:
Blue: 30x120" (1h) bin 2x2
Green: 30x120" (1h) bin 2x2
Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 76x120" (2h 32') f/6 -10°C bin 2x2
Red: 30x120" (1h) bin 2x2
Integration:
5h 32'
Darks:
100
Bias:
100
Avg. Moon age:
6.54 days
Avg. Moon phase:
41.08%
Basic astrometry details
Astrometry.net job: 5580070
RA center: 13h42m03s.8
DEC center: +28°22′44″
Pixel scale: 0.642 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 268.114 degrees
Field radius: 0.506 degrees
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Resolution: 3419x4540
Data source: Backyard
A slightly messY candid situation: the augmented (=tough) reality of being caught in the act ;) ))
I find it normal in street photography and face expressions are just a bonus.
The great globular cluster in Hercules
With a small(?) galaxy NGC 6207 nearby (much farther away).
The reddish star nearby is Eta Herculis.
Taken with Orion 80mm Refractor on a Losmandy mount.
Selection of globular star clusters. The Messier 22,55 and 79. All taken from Chile and using the 60 cm Planewave CDK24 the ThelescopeLive is running. Processing in Pixinsight and PS/L
Attempt to capture M83. Too bad the telescope was decollimated and the field flattener didn't work properly. The electronic filter wheel didn't want to work either. So I couldn't make a color image.
QHY21
35x300s
Sky-Watcher 200/1000 reflector
Sky-Watcher NEQ6-Pro
Butterfly Cluster (Messier 6) region
Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello
RA 17h 40.1m Dec −32° 13′[
The Butterfly Cluster (NGC 6405) is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation Scorpius, discovered by Giovanni Battista Hodierna in 1654.
It's distance is 1,590 light-years for an age estimated to be 94.2 million years old. Its name derives from the vague resemblance of its shape to a butterfly.
Messier 6 - The Butterfly Cluster
Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello
RADEC 17 40 20.000 -32 15 12.0
Messier 6 (NGC 6405) is an open cluster in Scorpius. The first astronomer to report the Butterfly Cluster's existence was the Italian Giovanni Battista Hodierna in 1654.
Wu et al. (2009) found a distance estimate of 1,590 light-years and real spatial dimension of some 12 light years.
127ED f/9
astrocamp.eu/en/messier-81-widefield-march-25/
In March 2025, I embarked on an astrophotography project focusing on Messier 81 and its neighboring galaxies. I captured the luminance data at the Hohen List observatory in the Eifel region, while the RGB channels were taken earlier from my home in Koblenz. Combining these, I achieved a total exposure time of 6 hours and 20 minutes. The resulting widefield image prominently features Messier 81 at the center, with Messier 82 to its left, the Garland Galaxy below, and NGC 2976 in the upper right. This project served as a testament to the capabilities of my telescope-camera setup, delivering impressive results even with a relatively short integration time.
The color version of this image.
Captured last autumn on campus with iPhone and one of the Olloclip Macro lenses.
Edited on the iPad in Snapseed.
These are very small and messy in construction. I am keeping an eye out for their flowers this year.
I always seem to miss them.
If you care to compare the black and white version posted in the autumn, it can be viewed here: www.flickr.com/photos/firerybroome/21648700896/
Messier 3, M3, is a globular star cluster consisting of around 500,000 stars.
I captured this from my back garden on 19th April 2022.
Messier 22 globular cluster
Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello
J2000 RA 18h 36m 23.94s Dec –23° 54′ 17.1″
Messier 22 (NGC 6656) is an elliptical globular cluster in Sagittarius, near the Galactic bulge region. It is one of the brightest globulars visible in the night sky and one of the nearer to Earth at a distance of about 10,600 light-years. It spans 32' on the sky which translates to a spatial real diameter of 99 ± 9 light-years.
It was one of the first globular clusters to be carefully studied first by Harlow Shapley in 1930.
M22 is very unusual in that it is one of only four globulars (the others being M15, NGC 6441 and Palomar 6) that are known to contain a planetary nebula.
21 Million Light years away.
Ha: 2.25 H
L: 8.4H
R:3H
G:1.5H
B 1.5H
Taken with a GSO RC8 from London Ontario over 3 nights. ASI1600-pro Camera.
Messier 53 is a globular cluster in the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair), it is one of the outmost globular clusters from the galactic center and it is 60,000 light years from Earth with a magnitude of 8.5 and an angular size of 12 arcminutes. It was discovered by Bode in 1775. I like the contrast between the globular cluster and the red and blue stars at about 10:00 in this image. North is right at about 4:00.
Taken at Lee, IL on 20150423 at 2130
Image Type: LRGB
L 2 x 300 1x1
RGB 6 x 180 2x2
Hardware:
AstroTech RC 8” with 0.8 reducer/flattener
Orion 400m Short Tube piggy back for guiding
Orion Star-Shooter Auto-guider
QHY9M with filter wheel with Astrodom filters
Software:
EQMOD with Starry Night Pro 7
Nebulosity 3.0.2
CCD Stack
Photoshop CS3
Conditions:
Cold spring night with good conditions and average transparency with a crescent Moon. Low temp 31F.
Messier 3 a beautiful globular cluster in Canes Venatici.
This was captured from my garden on 3rd April 2023 with a bright 95% lunar phase. This made the sky very bright making most deep sky targets washed out.
Globular clusters are bright in terms of deep sky targets and are still possible to image despite the bright moon.
This was captured using my monochrome camera and red, green and blue filters to create a full colour final image.
242 total minutes captures
Red 80 x 60s
Blue 77 x 60s
Green 85 x 60s
- ZWO 533MM
- Antlia RGB 36mm
- Skywatcher 8” newtonian
- ZWO EAF, EFW, OAG
NINA for capture, APP for stacking, Siril and Photoshop CC for processing.
Messier 51
OTA: Celestron Edge 9.25 F/2.3 Hyperstar
Mount: CGX
Camera: Canon T2i, modified by Hap Griffin
Guided by: Astro-Tech AT60EDT and Starshoot Autoguider, PHD2.6
40 frames of 240 Sec at ISO1600
Captured with Images Plus Camera Control 6.0
Processed with Images Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS6.0
This 'grand design' spiral galaxy is a hard object to image clearly from light polluted skies as it doesn't have a particularly strong surface density, but for once there was no Moon in the way and skies were clear. Unfortunately it was quite windy and a number of unexpected gusts knocked me off target but I persevered and managed to capture twenty-five good images before it became too tricky.
Peter
Constelación en que se encuentra: Canes Venatici
Distancia: 25 millones de años luz
De SkySafari:
Messier 106 es una galaxia descubierta por Pierre Méchain en 1781 y posteriormente agregada al catálogo de Messier. Tiene forma de espiral y en los bordes tiene cúmulos de estrellas jóvenes muy brillantes, que le dan su color azulado. El centro amarillo está conformado por estrellas mucho más antiguas.
M106 se aleja de la Vía Láctea a unos 540 km/s. Desde la década del 50 se conoce que emite señales de radio y se cree que tiene un agujero negro super masivo en el centro con una masa de 40 millones de soles.
Datos de la imagen:
Exposure: 9hr 57min (199 x 3min)
Telescope: #Celestron #C925 #EdgeHD#
Camera: Camera: #ZWO #ASI2600MC Pro
Focal ratio: f10
Capturing software: #NINA
Filter: UV/IR
Mount: #iOptron #CEM60
Guiding: #ASI462MC with PHD2 and Stellarvue F60M3
Dithering: Yes
Calibration: 50 darks, 50 flat darks, 50 flats
Processing: #PixInsight
Date: 7-abr-2024 y 9-abr-2024,
Location: #Bogotá, #Colombia
Messier 67
Credit: ESO/Dss2, Giuseppe Donatiello
(Colorized Dss2 plates)
RA 08 51 23.040 DEC +11 48 50.40
M67 is on open cluster in Cancer. It is at about 2,800 light-years away, and it is also very old with an average age of 5 billion years. Open clusters usually disperse within a billion years, so M67's longevity can be traced to its relative remoteness from the galactic plane.
To observe it we need at least a small binocular.
Messier 22
Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello
J2000 RA 18h 36m 23.94s Dec –23° 54′ 17.1″
Messier 22 (NGC 6656) is an elliptical globular cluster in Sagittarius, near the Galactic bulge region. It is one of the brightest globulars visible in the night sky and one of the nearer at a distance of about 10,600 light-years. It spans 32' on the sky which translates to a spatial real diameter of 99 ± 9 light-years.
It was one of the first globular clusters to be carefully studied first by Harlow Shapley in 1930.
M22 is very unusual in that it is one of only four globulars (the others being M15, NGC 6441 and Palomar 6) that are known to contain a planetary nebula.
CDK24 dataset