full resolution (8 Mp) M27 was discovered by Charles Messier on the 12th of July 1764. This was the first planetary nebula discovered by Read more
This image shows the ring nebula together with its very faint halo as imaged by 11", 12" and 17" reflectors. Credit: André van der Hoeven, Read more
In 2011 I started with imaging M57 with my C11 and a 12nm H-alpha filter. I then caught the first glimpse of the outer halo Read more
This article was published in the French magazine Ciel et Espace in June 2013: Read more
On the 23rd of May 2013 NASA released a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Large Binocular Telescope showing the outskirts of Read more
During my holidays in the Eifel in Germany I have been imaging NGC 4725. NGC 4725 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy about 40 million Read more
During my holidays in the Eifel in Germany I have been imaging NGC 4725. NGC 4725 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy about 40 million Read more
Discovered 1775 by Johann Elert Bode. Globular star cluster Messier 53 (M53, NGC 5024) is one of the more outlying globulars, being about 60,000 light Read more
ARP objects come from the ARP atlas of peculiar galaxies, written in 1966 by Halton Arp. This image shows 2 ARP objects in one field Read more
Image of the globular cluster M3. Tec 140/SXV-H9 Baader RGB 100x120s L; 15x300s R,G;15x450s B This image shows where you can find a Read more
