We are just about to enter the longer evenings where we can once again return to getting some decent quality deep-sky images. To be frank, it never really gets dark enough to do good work for all of June, and … Continue reading
This month’s deep sky object is a Globular Cluster, this time M56 in Lyra. Why? Because I really like Globular Clusters with a Milky Way background – and this is what the M56 region offers us 🙂 M56 lies at … Continue reading
As per usual, the skies simply don’t get dark enough this time of year for me to bother imaging deep-sky objects. I will probably try to get some ultra-wide-field Milky Way shots using the AstroTrac and the DSLR this year … Continue reading
The imaging object of the month for May 2011 is a Messier object, Spiral Galaxy M106 in Canes Venatici. I particularly like this galaxy and have imaged it several times – it looks to me like a piece of celestial … Continue reading
Our April Fool’s Day imaging object of the month is Abell 1656, the Coma Galaxy Cluster! Abell 1656 is a massive cluster of galaxies in the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair) and is over 2-degrees in diameter! Nearly everything you … Continue reading
Our deep-sky objects for March 2011 are a pair of open clusters that sit nicely in the field of view of most imaging setups – these are M35 and close-by NGC 2158 in Gemini. M35 (also labelled NGC 2168) has … Continue reading
Our imaging object for this month was discovered as recently as 1980 – yes you read that correctly – this cascade of stars was first listed by Lucian J Kemble in 1980! Living in Alberta, Canada, Kemble came across this … Continue reading
Happy New Year to you all – I hope the hangover from last night’s celebrations isn’t too bad 🙂 The imaging object for this month is one of the most famous supernova remnants, and the first entry in Messier’s catalogue … Continue reading
I always have a lot of trouble with my imaging at this time of year as there are so many great objects up there to be grabbed and I can only concentrate on one at a time. Auriga is in … Continue reading
For November’s Imaging Object of the Month I have chosen one of my most favourite objects of all – the open cluster NGC 7789 in Cassiopeia. Open Cluster? This amazing collection of stars looks pretty much like a huge globular … Continue reading
