Tag: galaxy

  • My Latest Astrophoto:  M82 – The Cigar Galaxy

    My Latest Astrophoto: M82 – The Cigar Galaxy

    As I promised in my last post about the recent downtime that GGN has suffered, I do have a couple of new astrophotos to share with all of you!  I’ve decided to attempt a reprocess of one of them because I didn’t like how it turned out so its not quite ready yet but I…

  • My Newest Astrophoto:  NGC-1961

    My Newest Astrophoto: NGC-1961

    Its finally time to show of my favorite shot of my most recent evening spent out in the observatory working on my astrophotography hobby.  Today I bring you the galaxy known as NGC-1961!  It might be one of my favorite galaxy photos I have ever taken! This shot featuring the galaxy NGC-1961, a field of…

  • My Newest Astrophoto:  NGC-2976

    My Newest Astrophoto: NGC-2976

    Thanks to everything falling into place like having free time and finally getting some good weather while not having to fight light pollution from the moon, I finally managed to get to spend some time in the observatory recently.  I got a few shots from my night out and one of them is this new…

  • My Latest Astrophoto: Spiral Galaxy M63

    My Latest Astrophoto: Spiral Galaxy M63

    It seems pretty rare for me to be lucky enough to get a break in the clouds lately so the other night when we actually had a clear night with great skies, I just had to open up the observatory and do some astrophotography!  For this particular evening, my target was the spiral galaxy M63.…

  • Galaxy NGC 2841 – My latest Astrophoto

    Galaxy NGC 2841 – My latest Astrophoto

    Thanks to the full moon, it will be a few days before I am able to get back out with my telescope and start imaging again but I did get a pretty good shot on Sunday night of the distant galaxy NGC 2841. I’m starting to notice that I have reached the limit of what…

  • A Galaxy Far Far Away – NGC 2403

    A Galaxy Far Far Away – NGC 2403

    Over the weekend we had some nice, clear skies so like usual, I was out taking full advantage of them and pointing my telescope out into the cosmos.  In this particular case, I was pointing them at the galaxy NGC 2403. The picture above is my my photo (click here for the full size image)…