| M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy |
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| M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy |
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The image was shot on April 3, 1997 at f/10 using 15 - 45 second snaphots each.
| M31 - Andromeda Galaxy |
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| M32 - Andromeda Galaxy Companion |
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| M105 - Galaxy in Leo |
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Could make out M105 and one of the smaller galaxies close by in the same view. The third wasn't really visible,
I thought I glimpsed it briefly. Also saw the nearby M95/96 pair.
| M65 - Spiral Galaxie in Leo |
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This image was taken using 10 - 20 second snapshots at f6.3 using the PixCel 255 CCD camera.
| M66 - Spiral Galaxie in Leo |
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This image was taken using 15 - 15 second snapshots. I was impressed that the spiral structure
of the galaxy could be made out and it is a much cleaner image than the one of M65 taken just
moments before.
| M81/M82 - Galaxies in Ursa Major |
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This pair came in pretty good during clear skies in between clouds, the first almost clear skies we've
had in a while. Viewed at both 36x and 50x with
the Skyglow filter each time. I could get both in the 35mm eyepiece field of view
but drew the picture by centering each one. I got a bit more detail at 50x but
nothing great. M81 is the lower spiral galaxy and M82 is the upper irregular that
appeared as a thin ghostly line.
| M84/M86 - Galaxies in Virgo |
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This pair came in well, viewed up to 83x. I could get them without a filter, it was a totally clear
and cold morning - perfect for galaxy hunting in the Coma-Virgo Cluster. Both were pretty much fuzzy blobs
with no detail.
| M59/M60 - Galaxies in Virgo |
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Antother pair in Virgo that fits in one view. Again, viewed from 36-83x and no real detail possible.
| M99 - Galaxy in Coma Berenices |
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This one was pretty vague but viewed from 36-83x. Much better than M98 though which was just a faint
streak in the sky.
| M100 - Galaxy in Coma Berenices |
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Another in the Coma-Virgo cluster, again viewed at 36-83x.
| M85 - Galaxy in Coma Berenices |
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This one was really dim and hard to locate at first, it was just a very faint smear. Viewed 36-83x.
| M88 - Galaxy in Virgo |
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Again this one was faint and was shifting alignment on me. I viewed a long time at 62x which was the best
power before I decided how to draw it, I think the faint star above was throwing me off. Viewed 36-83x.
| M87 - Galaxy in Virgo |
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This one came in pretty easily, viewed from 50-125x.
| M90 - Galaxy in Virgo |
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This one I found pretty easily and it was bright enough. I thought this was M89 at first but
it was a definate spiral galaxy shape. I finally found M89 barely to the south as a faint glow of light,
pretty round in shape.
| M58 - Galaxy in Virgo |
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This one was a bit harder to find than the others but was a good view up to 125x.
| M91 - Galaxy in Coma Berenices |
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This galaxy was very faint and hard to find. I couldn't find it at 36x at all and finally
located it at 50x. At 83x the faint star to the lower right resolved as a double.
| M104 - Sombrero Galaxy in Virgo |
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An easy to locate galaxy, much larger and brighter than the rest of the Coma-Virgo bunch.
I viewed from 36-125x and could make out the general "sombrero" shape of the galaxy with
a distinct bulge in the center area. Pretty impressive compared to all the small, faint
blobs I'd been looking at recently.
| M49 - Galaxy in Virgo |
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This one was faint but easily detected, it was easy to star-hop to. Viewed from 36-83x with
62x giving the best view.
| M58 - Galaxy in Virgo |
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Again, pretty faint but easily found by star-hopping. This one was fainter since it is an almost
face-on galaxy so it shows up as a faint, circular glow. Viewed from 36-83x, again 62x seemed best.
| M77 - Galaxy in Cetul |
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This one was pretty easy to star-hop too but hard to see. It was best viewed at 63x, at 36x it was
just barely discernable at all. All I could make out was a soft glow which grew a bit at higher
maginification. Still, better than M74 which was just a "soft-star" look to it.
| M108 - Galaxy in Ursa Major |
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This one has haunted me a while and I finally realized the other night I was going the wrong
way off the 3 stars around M97. Even after I realized my mistake and got to this one before the
moon I could still only see the nucleus of it, I want to re-visit M108 in real dark skies sometime.
The drawing shows M108 near the top as a fuzzy star, the ball at the bottom is M97.
| M106 - Galaxy in Canes Venaciti |
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Another pretty faint one but easily found by star-hopping. Viewed best at 63x and it was
washed out a bit by the moon starting to shine. I went back to look at M81/82 after viewing this
one and they too had washed out from their brilliance earlier in the evening.
| M63 - Galaxy in Canes Venaciti |
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This one was pretty faint but easily located even from my front yard in the early morning
hours.
| M64 - "Black-Eye" Galaxy in Coma Berenices |
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A good image of this one, visually you cannot see the "black-eye" feature with the C5+.
| M94 - Galaxy in Canes Venaciti |
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This galaxy had a very bright nucleus, almost star-like but with a faint glow around it more
like a globular cluster. Sure enough, if you look at a real picture of it you'll find a very
sharp and bright nucleus.