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[johnlyngfr]

The Triangulum Galaxy

The Triangulum Galaxy is the third largest member of our local cluster of galaxies. At three million light years distance, it is considered nearby on a full cosmic scale.

This neighbouring galaxy is quite different from ours. Note, in the image, several red blemishes. These are large star-forming areas that are different from those in our galaxy.

I photographed the Triangulum Galaxy from my garden in Strasbourg France on two nights: October 6, 2024 and December 27, 2024.

This is an ensemble of 75 images, where each is a three minute exposure (over 3.5 hours of total exposure).

[the-fact-site]

A Messier marathon isn’t a poorly organized sports event but an attempt to spot all 110 Messier objects in one night. #FACT

[vainaspaver]

M17 by NASA Hubble

[syren007]

I’ve designed these designs for a local Astronomer Association. Logo and posters for Messier-Marathon .

[fulcrumphoton]

Spot andromeda fo me #ngc224 #m31 #messier31 #messierobjects #passu #passucones #andromeda #hunzagojal #gojalhunza #gojal #wakhi #milkyway #astronomy #pakistan #gligitbaltistan https://www.instagram.com/p/CbI6bZnJpoM/?utm_medium=tumblr

[strollingshuttereyes]

Orion’s Nebula, 2021 Single shot from a series of 50 images (f/11, ASA 6400, 15 s) taken wayyy earlier this morning up at the tree farm. Despite moon and Bortle level 7/6 skies very happy with results. Set up: camera body #sony a6000, #canon 500 mm FL-F lens, #fotodiox lens body mount adapter, and #ioptron tracking mount on #manfrotto tripod. . . . @sonyalpha @manfrottoimaginemore @ioptron_telescopes @canonusa @fotodioxpro @wi_dnr @skyandtelescopemag @bbcskyatnightmag @astronomypicturesdaily @astronomy.magazine @midwestlivingmag @country.magazine @mspmag . . . #astronomy #astrophotography #wisconsin #midwest #orionsnebula #skyatnight #nightsky #messierobjects (at Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVLLwi3rdR1/?utm_medium=tumblr

[atomstalk]

Messier 102: Spindle Galaxy. Messier 102 (M102), also known as the Spindle Galaxy, is an edge-on lenticular galaxy located in the northern constellation Draco. . The Spindle Galaxy lies at a distance of 50 million light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 10.7. It has the designation NGC 5866 in the New General Catalogue. . The galaxy occupies an area of 4.7 by 1.9 arc minutes of apparent sky, corresponding to a linear extension of about 60,000 light years. It is very difficult to see with binoculars, but easily visible in small telescopes, which show a thin, nebulous patch under good conditions. . . Photo Credits: @nasa . . Follow @atomstalk  Follow @atomstalk  Follow @atomstalk . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 👇Tag someone interested🔖⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 📩 Save to watch this daily ⏰⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 🤝 Share with the interested😃⁣ ⁣⁣ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . . . #astronomy #astronomyphotos #astronomyscience #astronomyspaceeuniverse #galaxyphotography #spaceisawesome #spaceisbeautiful #spaceexploration #spaceiscool #spacescience #spaceimages #hubble #hubblespacetelescope #nasa #spaceistheplace #messierobjects #universes https://www.instagram.com/p/B_pk_jRDumw/?igshid=nn8qs3vgqcud

[evil-me-obesessions]

Summer Milky Way, Sagittarius Region. Shot with Sony A7ii and Minolta 80-200 HS APO. It is always a sight to see in dark clear skies the milky way rising up and stretching across the sky from end to end across the zenith. In this shot, this shows the Sagittarius region of the Milky Way, with Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae clearly visible, this is also where the Milky Way is very dense, as the galactic center lies in The Sagittarius area. #sonya7ii #alphacreates #alphacreatesstarscapes #minolta #minolta80200f28apo #milkyway #sagittarius #lagoonnebula #trifidnebula #m8 #m20 #messierobjects #銀河 #星の海 ＃天体 #天体写真 #astrophotography #astro_photography_ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz45sxRlyWl/?igshid=18jk43xxu6dmr

[doctor-drew23]

This is Messier 45. I captured this with my old GE X2600 Bridge Camera in 2015.

[johnlyngfr]

The Andromeda Galaxy

In late summer and early autumn, the Andromeda Galaxy is high in the eastern sky after sunset in the northern hemisphere. This is the best time to capture a photo of the Andromeda Galaxy, the most iconic of astrophotography images.

Catalogued as Messier-31 or M31, it is the nearest galaxy at 2.5 million light years. It appears to have a similar size and structure to our galaxy, but there are significant differences. With this proximity, it appears too large in most backyard telescopes.

It is quite bright at the centre, and easily visible with binoculars. The challenge for astrophotographers is to render the faint edges without over-saturating the intense core. However, I keep the core lightly saturated to remind us that the Andromeda Galaxy has a super-massive black hole at the centre.

There is a tenuous halo of stars with darker dust around the galaxy, and the outer edges seem disrupted. Current thinking is that one or both of the smaller satellite galaxies in the photo (M32 and M110) passed through the Andromeda Galaxy long ago.

This is an ensemble of 180 photos where each was a 3 minute exposure (9 hours of astrophotography). I photographed M31 from my garden in Strasbourg France on 2 nights in September 2024.

More information about the Andromeda Galaxy:

[the-fact-site]

The Messier catalog of astronomical objects doesn’t include any objects viewed exclusively from the southern hemisphere, as Charles Messier made his observations from France. #FACT

[umapalavraqueajude]

Regrann from @yat.sze - Magnitude 10.2 Hamburger Galaxy or Sarah's Galaxy is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 100,000 light years across that is part of the Leo Triplet, located at a distance of 35 million light years away in the constellations Leo. . The image shows a puffy galactic disk with a broad equatorial and obscuring band of dust spanning approximately 300,000 light years. . This is my fourtheen galaxy captured this season and probably the most difficult capture due to the faintest magnitude 10.2 and the lower constellation Leo in the sky from my location. . 50x3 mins lights, 20 darks, 20 flat, 20 bias #asi224mc 150/0.63x1500mm f/6.3 #celestronc6 #celestronavx #phd2guiding #astropixelprocessor #affinityphoto . #ngc3628 #hamburgergalaxy #sarahsgalaxy #Leoconstellation #messierobject #ottawagalaxy #ottawasky #ottawaastronomy #ottawaastrophotography #astrophotography #astrophoto #deepskyobject #universetoday - #regrann

[spacettf]

M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, and M32 and M110 on September 20th, 2014 by Tycho's Nose on Flickr.

[disconnect-and-let-me-drift-blog]

Messier 83 - Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

[cardgamesonmotorbikes]

alexa i just want you to know that i have had no hand in any of this

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[johnlyngfr]

Messier-1: The Crab Nebula.

What a story: this is the remnant of a nearby star that exploded in 1054. We know the exact timing because ancient Chinese astronomers documented everything.

So, what you see here is the explosion in progress, but almost a thousand years later.

Note that the remnants of this star, when it exploded, ejected into long strands. It is not clear to me why the explosion created these strands.

I captured this composite image from my garden in Strasbourg France on a cold night in December 2024, and a frosty night in early January 2025. 65 x 180 seconds each. (3.25 hours)