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NGC 1055 - A Dramatic Looking Galaxy NGC 1055 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It has a percular dark lane of dust and gas that appears to be elevated above the galaxy's plane, almost blending away from the central plane. If you look carefully, several bright Ha areas ...

NGC 2359 – Thors Helmet Thor’s Helmet is a popular target for astrophotographers. We all love to find shapes, and this cosmic cloud certainly ticks many boxes with the wing like appendages on the helmet, to the spooky eyes looking back from some 12000 light years away. The object spans about 30 ligh...

Sharpless 2-313 / Abell 35 – Low Surface Brightness Planetary Nebula with a Twist Full description on flickr page. Three year project. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4835/46285431452_fb33f4d458.jpg SH2 313 / Abell 35 – Low Surface Brightness Planetary Nebula with a Twist by Terry Robison , on Flickr

NGC 1055 / NGC 1068 / Supernova SN 2018ivc


NGC 1055 / NGC 1068 / Supernova SN 2018ivc by Terry Robison, on Flickr

Bright supernova SN 2018ivc in Messier 77 I have been imaging this galaxy over the past month. I don’t have a complete data set, so the image quality is not the best. But, there is a gem in there. On the 24 November 2018, a type II Supernova has just been spotted fairly close the nucleus of M77. I h...

The Trifad Nebula https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4896/45160326045_b7c218a7f5.jpg The Trifad Nebula by Terry Robison , on Flickr Messier 20, or The Trifad Nebula is an unusual combination of dark, reflective, and emission nebula, plus an interesting open cluster of stars. It is located in an H II reg...

NGC 7424 – Grand Spiral Galaxy In the constellation Grus, a beautiful face on Grand Design Spiral Galaxy can be found. It is approximately 37.5 to 40 million light years away from us, with an apparent size of 9.5 X 8.1 arcmin. It is worth noting that the structure and diameter are very similar to o...

NGC 6769-6770-6771 NGC 6769-6770-6771 form this superb triple system in the southern constellation of Pavo. It is also known as the Devil's Mask. The trio are 190 million light years away, and receding. Both NGC 6769 and NGC 6770 are receding at similar velocities of about 3800 km/s - a redshift ju...

NGC 6334 - The Cats Paw Nebula In 1837, John Herschel discovered NGC 6334, or perhaps better known by its common name, The Cats Paw Nebula. It’s an emission nebula located in the constellation Scorpius. Its distance to Earth is 5,500 light years I wanted to try something a little different with the ...

NGC 1360 – The Robins Egg Nebula This large beautiful planetary nebula can be found in the constellation Fornax. Its common name, “The Robin’s Egg Nebula” describes the object perfectly. It looks like a Robins egg floating in space. NGC 1360 is a typical evolved planetary nebula. The term evolved me...

NGC 246 - The Skull Nebula This happy little fellow is a planetary nebula discovered by William Herschel in 1785. The Skull Nebula is located in the constellation Cetus. From our vantage point, it has an angular resolution of just 3.7 arcmin. The estimated diameter is about 2.3 light years, and is ...

This is NGC 4945, a large barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Centaurus. It is the second brightest galaxy in the subgroup centred on Centaurus-A, with an apparent magnitude of 9.3, and has an apparent size of 20’.0 X 3’.8. It is almost the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Both X-Ray ...

The Antennae Galaxies The Antennae Galaxies are one of the youngest examples of colliding galaxies, as well as one of the nearest pairs of interacting galaxies to Earth. They are located in the constellation of Corus around 45 million light years away. NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 were two separate galaxi...

The Ghost of Jupiter NGC 3242, is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Hydra. This is a multi-year project, with 58 hours of data. Very low surface brightness of background dust, and high surface brightness of the central object in the frame. The planetary has what looks like waves of ma...

NGC 3621 - Classification: Pure-disc galaxy



NGC 3621 by Terry Robison, on Flickr

NGC 2442 - The Meathook Galaxy. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/814/26064640747_a583c7d41c_z.jpg 56 million light years away, in the constellation of Volans, there is a dramatic lopsided intermediate spiral galaxy known as the Meathook Galaxy. Its asymmetric shape has one arm tightly folded in, while...

NGC 247 is an intermediate spiral Galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It is a member of the sculptor group and is located approximately 11.1 million light years away. The most striking feature of this Galaxy, the void, contain stars that are different from those around. They are older, redder...

NGC 246 -The Skull Nebula The Skull Nebula is located in the constellation Cetus. It is a planetary nebula discovered by William Herschel in 1785. From our vantage point, it has an angular resolution of 3.7 arcmin. The estimated diameter is about 2.3 light years, and is at a distance of 1,600 light...

NGC 55 Irregular Galaxy
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The Grus Triplet - Interacting Galaxies This group of galaxies are located in the southern skies, in the constellation of Grus. Translated from Latin, it means ‘the crane’. The constellations of Grus, Pavo, Phoenix, and Tucana are collectively known as the ‘Southern Birds’. The common name for this...

NGC 1097 It’s a fantastic galaxy to look at. It certainly has a lot going on. Visually, you can see the distortions and tidal debris that have resulted by the interaction with the companion galaxy NGC 1097A. Personally, the most interesting thing are the optical jets that show up in deep exposures. ...

47 Tucanae the second brightest globular cluster in the night sky

NGC104 Globula Cluster by Terry Robison, on Flickr

NGC 6715 / Messier 54 https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4299/35610238400_ce4f2ebcfd.jpg NGC 6715 / Messier 54 by Terry Robison , on Flickr This dense and faint group of stars was the first extragalactic cluster ever discovered. It was given the name of M54 by the famous astronomer Charles Messier in 17...

IC4685

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IC4585 by Terry Robison, on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4258/34960636591_29f4abf697.jpg The Dark Tower Nebula by Terry Robison , on Flickr This ominous structure is the result of a perfect mixing of ingredients that have resulted in dark looking cavities, stellar birth, all against an extremely dense star field. The structu...