| NGC 5426 This is a pretty cool image of two similarly sizes galaxies that are in the process of interacting, and eventually merging. They are located in the constellation Virgo, and are about 130,000 light-years away from us. You can see that both galaxies have been slightly deformed by their near miss that has left a faint bridge of material com82ng them. Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live |
Messier 64
- The Black Eye Galaxy This is a galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. It lies about 17 million light-years away. A dark band of dust on one side of the galaxy gives it its name as the Black Eye Galaxy. Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live |
Messier 33
- The Triangulum Galaxy 2.73 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation Triangulum, sits M33. It has a diameter of about 611,100 light-years and is the third largest galaxy in our local group behind Andromeda and the Milky Way. If you zoom in a bit, there are lots of pink, or red areas. These are star-making regions. Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live |
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Location: El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date: May 2025 Mount: Mathis MI-1000/1250 Telescope: Planewave CDK24 (CHI-1) Camera: QHY600m @-25c Exposure: 87 x 5 min for LRGB. Total: 7 hrs 15 min |
Location: IC Astronomy Obs, Spain Date: March 2021 - February 2022 Mount: OS EQ Telescope: Officina Stellare ProRC 700 Camera: FLI PL16803 @ -25C (SPA-2) (CCD) Exposure: LRGB 2 hrs 55 min |
Location: USA
Date: October 2021 Mount: Paramount ME Telescope: Planewave CDK17 (T-17) Camera: FLI Proline PL16803 @-25c Exposure: 93 x 15 min for LRGB. Total: 23 hrs 25 min |
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| Messier 82
- The Cigar Galaxy This starburst galaxy is located in the constellation Ursa Major (The Bear). It sits about 12 million light-years away and is the second largest member of the M81 Galaxy Group. Its diameter is about 40,000 light-years. It is about five times more luminous than the Milky Way, and its central region is about one hundred times more luminous. Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live |
Messier 65 Messier 65 sits in the constellation Leo (The Lion) about 35 million light-years away from us. In this image M65 is the lower-left galaxy. It forms, along with M 66 and NGC 3628, the Leo Triplet. A study from 1978 suggested that all three of these galaxies interacted with each other around 800 million years ago. Although the galaxy itself is low in metals and hydrogen gas, which makes it not prone to new star formation, this previous interaction is probably responsible for its current burst of star formation. Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live |
Messier 65 This is just a cropped/zoomed-in version of the image to the left. Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live |
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Location: USA
Date: October 2021 Mount: Paramount ME Telescope: Planewave CDK17 (T-17) Camera: FLI Proline PL16803 @-25c Exposure: 87 x 15 min for LRGB. Total: 21 hrs 45 min |
Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
Date: March 2024 Mount: Paramount MX+ Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED (SPA-1) (CCD) Camera:FLI PL16083 @ -25c Exposure: 48 x 5 min LRGB Total: 4 hrs |
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IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
Date: March 2024 Mount: Paramount MX+ Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED (SPA-1) (CCD) Camera:FLI PL16083 @ -25c Exposure: 48 x 5 min LRGB Total: 4 hrs |
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| Messier 63
- The Sunflower Galaxy Located in the constellation Canes Venatici, this spiral galaxy sits about 30 million light-years away. It has two spiral arms but no central bar. There is not a lot of star-making activity. Astronomers are fairly certain that it's center has a super-massive black hole, but aren't sure. itf there is one, they figure it would weigh about 850 million sols. Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live |
Messier 51
- The Whirlpool Galaxy This galaxy is one of the most imaged objects. It is relatively bright and easy to find in a telescope. It is located in the constellation Canes Vinatici. It's classifies as an interacting grand design spiral galaxy. It sits about 31 million light-years away from us. Its popularity is based on the fact that it, and its companion galaxy, NGC 5195, are are currently locked in an interactive dance. Look closely and you can see that both the outer and inner spiral arms have been gravitationally deformed by a close pass with NGC 5195. Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Kieth Allred and Adam Block |
Abell
3571 Located just 654 million light-years away in the galaxy cluster Abell 3571, lies a supergiant eliptical galaxy that goes by the name ESO 383-76. This galaxy is one of the brightest X-ray sources in our sky. The Abell 3571 galaxy cluster is possibly also part of the Shapely Supercluster. The galaxy's diameter is about 1.8 million light-years, making it the largest known galaxy. it also contains a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of between 2 to 28 billion solar masses. |
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Location: El Sauce
Observatory, Chile
Date: June 2021 - June 2022 Mount: Officina Stellare EQ Mount Telescope: Officina Stellare ProRC 700 Camera: FLI PL16803 @ -25C (SPA-2) (CCD) Exposure: 151 x 5 min for LRGB 12 hrs 35 min |
Location: USA
Date: May 6, 2021 Mount: ? Telescope: ? Camera: 'SBIG STXL-11002 3 CCD Camera w/ AO' @-25c Exposure: 87 x 5 min for LRGB. Total: 7 hrs 15 min |
Location: El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date: April 2025 Mount: Mathis MI-1000/1250 Telescope: Planewave CDK24 (CHI-1) Camera: QHY600m @-25c Exposure: 48 x 5 min for LRGB. Total: 4 hrs |
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| NGC 5078 NGC 5078 is part of the NGC 5061 Galaxy Group in the constellation Hydra, which contains 10 galaxies. This particular galaxy is a spiral galaxy. It's dust lane appears to have been deformed, probably by an encounter with another nearby galaxy. It sits about 91 million light-years away and has a diameter of 127,000 light-years. Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live |
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Location: El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date: July 2023 Mount: Mathis MI-1000/1250 Telescope: Planewave CDK24 (CHI-1) Camera: QHY600m @-25c Exposure: 31 x 5 min for LRGB. Total: 2 hrs 35 min |
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