Archive for the ‘Astrophotography’ Category

M8 – The Lagoon Nebula

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

I got out last night with the telescope for the first time in a few months. It was nice to spend some time under the stars without freezing to death. It was a rather frustrating night - nothing seemed to go right and I fought equipment all night long, but ...

M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy

Friday, April 21st, 2006

After a LONG winter, I was finally able to get out with the telescope and get some imaging in. Here's M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy. As you can see, it's actually two galaxies colliding. Eventually the smaller one will merge with the larger, spiral galaxy. M51 is located about 37 million ...