Spring is galaxy season in the imager’s diary, and for my April imaging object of the month I am choosing not a single galaxy, but a whole chain of galaxies, Markarian’s Chain at the border of the constellations Virgo and … Continue reading
The constellation Cancer is quite well placed during March, and Cancer contains a couple of very nice open clusters that make excellent imaging objects, namely M44 the Beehive cluster or Praesepe or NGC2632, and M67 [NGC2682] which doesn’t seem to … Continue reading
We are still blessed with the magnificent sight of Orion moving across the Southern horizon during February. Orion’s Belt consists of three very bright stars, Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka, with Alnitak being the east most (left) star of the three. … Continue reading
Well, we are still in the depths of winter in January, so all the winter constellations are still very well-placed for imaging. The Horsehead nebula (Barnard 33) in Orion is very well placed this month for imaging. The dark horse’s … Continue reading
For December, the imaging object of the Month could be any number of goodies in Orion or neighbouring Monoceros. So it could be M42 the Great Nebula in Orion, or the nearby Horsehead region lying close to the brilliant belt … Continue reading
Once again, I am about a month early with this object according to Walter Scott Houston’s “Deep-Sky Wonders”, but this is to make sure we get a nice long imaging time on this cluster in an evening. Everyone knows the … Continue reading
The imaging object of the month for October is the mass of emission nebulosity near Deneb in the constellation Cygnus: NGC7000 the North America nebula, and IC5070 the accompanying Pelican nebula, are both very large and very bright Hydrogen alpha … Continue reading
The beginning of September might be considered a touch early [Walter Scott Houston in his “Deep-Sky Wonders considers it a November object] for M31, but the nights’ are now drawing in quickly, and you will be able to get a … Continue reading
