The Crab Nebula.

The Crab Nebula in Taurus was first seen in 1024 by the Chineese and Arabs. The supernove explosion 6500 LY away in our Milky Way was visible to the naked eye in daylight for almost a month and in the night sky for almost two years. The remaining nebula is today called Messier 1, NGC 1952 or the Crab Nebula. Camera Nikon D70, CPC11 2000 mm at f6,3, guided.

The Moon

The Moon again.

The Whirlpool galaxy, M51

The M51 is 23 MLY from us in Canis Venatici, Mag 9,0. The companion on top is NGC 5195. The spiral structure is believed to be caused by the interacdtion with the companion galaxy NGC5195. If you look closely on the large picture, you will find many more galaxies.

Andromeda galaxy M31, M32 and M110

The Andromeda galaxy is our nabour galaxy only 2.5 MLY away. It has trillions of stars and Magitude 4.4, you can see it easy with a binocular under dark skies.

Messier 33 - NGC 598 in Triangulum.

In Triangulum the M33 galaxy is impressive. 2.8 MLY from us with Mag6,3.

25x10 min, ISO 1600 with Celestron 80ED refractor, 600 mm, f7,5 with 0.8 reducer/flattener.

Camera Canon 40D modified, guided with Stellarvue 200mm, f4 and NexImage.

Messier 82 - Cigar galaxy

M82-NGC3034, the Cigar galaxy, 12 MLY from us in the Ursa Major constellation.

Messier 3 - Globular Cluster

The Messier M3 Globular cluster in Canes Venatici is 36.9 kLT from us in the Milky Way. It has apperent magnitude 6.2. It has a lot of variable stars.

Saturn November 2008

Saturn November 2008, not my best picutre of Saturn, anyway-now we face the Saturn disk on its edge.

M57 Ring Nebula in Lyra

The Planetary Nebula M57 is estimated to have exploded 20 000 years ago. The white dwarf in the middle (Magnitude 14) is surrounded by a darker space which is hotter than the visual ring. Since it so hot it does not emmit visual light but ultravioliet radiation. 23oo LY away.

The Lunar eclipse 16 August 2008 in Norway

Solar eclipse seen from Sarpsborg Norway August 1 - 2008

Saturn occulting the Moon in 2007

Saturn and the Moon