Wide angle photo of Lagoon Nebula and friends in center of our Milky Way. Taken with Nikon D7000 and Nikkor 24-85mm F2.8-F4 at 24mm F4.
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Antennae Galaxies – NGC 4038 and NGC 4039
Introduction I had high hopes up front about this subject. I just find it very beautiful and never quite understood why it got a nickname like the ‘antennae galaxies’, instead of something referring to the heart shape of the interacting galaxies. To me I just see a heart in the sky consisting of 2 entities ‘colliding’ with each other. It’s hard not to see the symbolic meaning this can obviously have. It was the first…
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NGC4216 and friends
Subject information NGC 4216 is spiral galaxy located not far from the center of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, roughly 40 million light-years away. It’s seen nearly edge-on. Along with NGC4216 we can see many more striking galaxies in this field of view. Image acquisition details Date: 28/04/14 Location: La Palma Optics: TS 10″ Newton Mount: NEQ6 on fixed pier Camera: Unmodified Nikon D7000 used at ISO800 Guiding: Lacerta MGEN Exposure: 46 x 300 sec….
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Siamese Twins with M58
Subject information The Siamese Twins (NGC 4567 and NGC 4568) are a set of spiral galaxies 60 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. These galaxies are in the process of colliding and merging with each other. Also in the field of view is the beautiful galaxy M58. This galaxy is at 68 million light years from earth. Image acquisition details Date: 26/04/14 & 27/04/14 Location: La Palma Optics: TS 10″ Newton Mount: NEQ6…
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Hickson 44 galaxy group with NGC3190
Hickson 44 with NGC3190 Subject information NGC3190 is spiral galaxy we see in the middle of this image somewhat edge on. NGC3190 is a member of the Hickson 44 group located around 80 milion lightyears away in the constellation Leo. You can see by the tidal streams of the galaxies in this group that they are interacting gravitationaly with each other. If you look careful enough you will see the image filled with lots of…
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Antares wide field 80mm
Wide field image of Antares and Rho Ophuichi region, taken with the Nikon D7000 and Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8
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