Photos by Pete

The Whirlpool Galaxy

NGC 2024 - the Flame Nebula

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Messier Object 13 - the Great Cluster in Hercules

 

The Blackeye Galaxy

 

 

 

NGC 6946 - Caldwell 12 - the Fireworks Galaxy

Messier Object 27 - the Dumbbell Nebula

M27 is an example of a star that has collapsed and shed its outer shell, creating
a mass of ionized particles.  Click the thumbnail for a larger view.

Messier Object 57 - the Ring Nebula
M57 is another collapsed star with an ionized and illuminated
shell being propelled into space.

 

Uranus, with 3 moons visible

 

 

 

Luna - Mare Imbrium area

 

 

Globular cluster M56 in Cygnus

 

 Asteroids

 

 

Dwarf Planet
     Eris

 

 

 

NGC 6826 - the Blinking Nebula

 

Neptune and Triton

 

M11 - The Wild Duck cluster
(This is an "open cluster")

 

Galaxy NGC 7479

 

 

Planetary Nebula NGC 7048

 

  Pluto

 

Luna - Tycho crater area

 

M42 - the Great Orion Nebula

 

 

IC 434 - the Horsehead Nebula

 

 Venus

 

 Comet P/17 Holmes

NGC 3166 Galaxy Group

 

 

 

Mars


Galaxy M74


Galaxy M81

 

Comet C/2006 W3 Christensen

 

 

 

Comet 46P-Wirtanen

 

Open cluster M67

 

The Sombrero Galaxy

 

Comet C2009/P1 Garradd

 

 

 

 Messier Object 33 - the Pinwheel Galaxy

 

Nebula M78 in Orion

 

Galaxy M 109

 

NGC 457
the E.T. Cluster

 

 

Open cluster M37

 

Open cluster M38


The Cigar Galaxy

 

The Double Quasar
(Gravitational lensing)

 

 

Globular Cluster M 92
 



A star goes Nova in the constellation Cygnus

 

The Pillars of Creation, at
the heart of M 16, the Eagle Nebula

 

NGC 7331
 the Dear Lick Galaxy Cluster

 

 

NGC 6822 - Bernard's Galaxy

 

Comet C2007N3 Lulin

A Galilean moon   
tranists Jupiter

Galaxy M102
(the Spindle Galaxy)

 

 

 

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