Category: Galaxies

The Leo Triplet, also known as the M66 Group, is one of the most picturesque galaxy groupings in the spring sky. Located in the constellation Leo, approximately 35 million light-years from Earth, it consists of three spiral galaxies: M65, M66, and NGC 3628. In my LRGB image, the differences in their structure are clearly visible…

This is my first return to an object I had photographed in the past. I’m revisiting it with a sense of nostalgia, deep curiosity, new experience, different equipment, and perhaps… a bit more patience. I remember that back then, the image was more of a test—taken to check the mount after maintenance and tuning—rather than…

M81 and M82 form one of the most iconic and visually striking galaxy pairs in the northern sky, located in the constellation Ursa Major at a distance of approximately 11.8–12 million light-years from Earth. Known respectively as “Bode’s Galaxy” and the “Cigar Galaxy,” they occupy the same field of view and are a favorite target…

Spring is the season of “hunting” for galaxies. After many weeks or even months of waiting for good weather, the time of cloudless nights has finally come. M51 is almost at its zenith at this time of year, so for me it’s an ideal location due to the limitations of the horizon reaching 60 deg….

After a long break, I finally managed to break out of the daily routine and spent the night under a beautiful starry sky.Beautiful weather and clear skies during the weekend are rare, so if possible, you should take advantage of it.Although the nights are getting colder and the observation conditions are less comfortable, the view…

This photo session was preceded by maintenance and adjustments of my mount Losmandy G11. It came out really nice because the total error of the telescope guiding is within +/- 0.6 arc-sec . I am satisfied with such performance. The key for precise and smooth guiding are a well-lubricated and well-adjusted mount,  sharp image of…