SDSSCGB 00089 is a pair of interacting galaxies about 1.15 billion light-years distant in the constellation of Equuleus. Equuleus is the smallest...

'Apologies for posting a test, however no one should see it because it doesn't have *stro in the subject. I was seeing messages that should have been deleted...

Beautiful image Rick. Probably one of the nicest autumn galaxies. It couldn't hold on to that status in spring though :-) Stefan "Rick Johnson" schrieb im...

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NED classifies it simply as peculiar and notes it is a Narrow Emission Line Galaxy which would indicate a lot of star formation is going on, likely within...

Hi there In my moon post (which some therefore may have not read) I reminded folk that the big sunspot is due to come over the limb today. I've had a very...

I finally managed to buy a telescope for solar observation, the Coronado PST. I did not expect too much from it as most people think that it is nice, but for...

NGC 278 is a brilliant, face on, flocculent spiral in southern Cassiopeia about 6.5 degrees north of M31. That's about all I can find on it that astronomers...

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Comet C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS) is putting on a pretty good show and is visible all night (though those are getting awfully short for me now). At the time of the...

Nice result Robert. The reddish hue of a part of the nebula can well be seen in your image. Stefan "Robert Price" schrieb im...

Space Banter is getting highly unreliable. Posts vanish. Reposting this one The Leo Minor Triplet? Everyone seems to know the Draco Triplet but few seem...

Direct link: http://xoomer.alice.it/danilo_pivato/solar_system/eclipse/total_lunar/hdr_82_88.htm Clear skies Danilo...

NGC 1207 is a nice face on spiral in Perseus. It made my list for two reasons. First of all it is a bit odd in shape with two odd arms that, at first...

Taken from a farm just south of Blueknob State Park on 1 June 2008. Taken with an NP-127 at F/5.2. One 20 minute exposures using a Hutech modified Canon...

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I know this is off topic, but I had to ask. I am looking for an inexpensive used 2" filter wheel that is in pretty good shape. Preferably a manual one,...

Hi to all, after months of nothing, caused by different problems and also weather always cloudy and windy, i had a night yesterday. I tried my new...

....or Barnard's E. This is about 12 minutes of data that I was able to get before the haze/humidity moved in and ruined everything. Modded Canon XTi with a...