Messier 74
M074
Category: Deep Sky
Venus-Mercury Conjunction and C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) – January 8-9, 2015
Venus and Mercury have been sharing space in the evening sky recently. This shot was taken along Route 66, east of Flagstaff. Venus-Mercury Conjunction – 8 January 2015 – 6:01PM (9 January 2015 – 0101 UT) I haven’t made a trip to…
Markarian’s Chain and Surroundings
Markarian’s Chain
NGC 147
Sketch of NGC 147Click image for larger version. Observation Notes: NGC 147 fits tightly with NGC 185 in the same field with my 32 mm Plossl. At 120X through the Pentax XW10, it appeared as a large and very soft brightening of…
NGC 185
Sketch of NGC 185Click image for larger version. Observation Notes: NGC 185 was one of two fairly subtle galaxies I observed on this evening. Both NGC 185 and NGC 147 fit into the same low power 88 arc minute true field of…
NGC 559
NGC 0559
NGC 6572 – The Blue Racquetball
NGC 6572
NGC 6888 – The Crescent Nebula
NGC 6888
NGC 7006
NGC 7006
Destinations Along the Winter Milky Way
Photograph of Winter Milky Way over Sunset Crater with sketches of deep sky objects in the area. Move mouse over sketch above to see where each deep sky object resides. Click image for larger version. Click here for larger version without call-out…