Deep Sky Objects

I am under no illusion that seeing galaxies is possible from my location on Earth.

Here is what I hope will be the return of an observation technique I have not done for a while...

I took a number of images of the nebula, playing around with the exposure and ISO settings.

Inspired by other blogs such as Heads UP! taking cool pictures of Venus near the Pleiades, I knew I had...

Above Leo and to the left you can see Coma Berenices. It sort of blends in with the other fainter...

For the Spring Triangle, you are seeing the complete and full dimensions of the source image.

Auriga is in an interesting part of the sky for another reason, as the boundary between the surrounding star activity.

The thing about Gemini is that there is no obvious outline to the constellation.

Waxing Moon notwithstanding, these conditions were perfect for tripoding my camera and trying out my new wide-field lens.

There were many targets in the sky, but as it was a school night, I decided to focus (no pun...