by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Jul 3, 2022
NGC 6822, Barnard’s galaxy Constellation: Sagittarius NGC 6288, Barnard’s galaxy, is a barred irregular galaxy located in the constellation of Sagittarius, approximately 1.6 million Ly from Earth. It is one of the closer galaxies to the Milky Way (member...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Jun 1, 2022
LDN 1082 and NGC 6946 Constellation: Cepheus LDN 1082 (Barnard 150), the Seahorse nebula, is an elongated dark cloud in the constellation Cepheus. The cloud is so dense that the light of the stars behind is completely absorbed. It is located 2 degrees to the east of...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | May 24, 2022
Messier 63, the Sunflower galaxy Constellation: Canes Venatici Messier 63, the Sunflower galaxy, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. Its distance from Earth is about 29.3 million Ly. Link to interactive sky chart. Messier 63 is part of a galaxy...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | May 10, 2022
NGC 4565, the Needle galaxy Constellation: Come Berenices NGC 4565, the Needle galaxy, is a giant edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellations Coma Berenices. Its distance from Earth is about 30 million Ly. North of the galaxy’s core we find IC 3571, a small...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Apr 7, 2022
NGC 4216 Constellation: Virgo NGC 4216, is an intermediate spiral galaxy not far from the center of the Virgo cluster. North-East is the galaxy NGC 4222 and South-West NGC 4206. Dates: This image was taken in early April 2022 Linked image(s): Galaxy cluster Telescope...
