Zooming into Andromeda galaxy realm OBJECT Andromeda is the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance about 2.5 million light-years, and is the largest galaxy in the Local Group. Andromeda contains roughly one trillion stars, making it even more massive than our...
OBJECT NGC7479 is a barred galaxy with very distorted arms. Sir William Herschel discovered the galaxy on 19th October 1784. He entered his discovery as number 55 under the category of “First class. Bright nebulae” One century later, New General Catalogue, published...
NGC 7000 – The North America Nebula OBJECT NGC 7000 is a photographic nebula located very close to the +1.25 magnitude Deneb star in the Cygnus constellation. It is usually photographed using narrow-band filters which allow to show it as a high contrast...
NGC 2419 – The Intergalactic Wanderer OBJECT NGC 2419 is neither on the list of the most popular globular clusters nor in the common astrophotographic targets. The cluster is in Lynx, a dull constellation on the Northern hemisphere with no many deep sky objects...
M13 – 300000 Suns on a ball OBJECT M13 is one of the best globular clusters on the Northern hemisphere. It has 300000 stars on a 150 light-years sphere. Photographically, this object is very attractive due to its brightness and size although requires a careful...