(click image to view & discuss) |
Dome at night with Dipper 30 sec exposure during full moon
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 09/08/2009 22:58:12
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
scope observing viewing through the 32
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 09/22/2009 16:27:32
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 1232 Interesting multi armed spiral in Eridanus
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 10/22/2009 20:07:32
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 1073 nice barred spiral in Cetus
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 10/22/2009 20:10:20
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 488 Interesting very tightly wound spiral in Pisces, in a field of very distant galaxies
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 11/18/2009 23:28:52
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 936
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 11/19/2009 01:02:10
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC772 disturbed galaxy in Aries
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 12/14/2009 21:53:28
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC1407 Elliptical galaxy with distant field of smaller galaxies in background in Eridanus
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 12/14/2009 21:55:27
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC1784 Spiral in Lepus
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 12/14/2009 21:57:35
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 1516 really distant colliding pair in Eridanus
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 12/14/2009 21:59:12
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 247 Strange galaxy in Cetus
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 12/14/2009 22:00:22
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC7048 small planetary in cygnus
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 12/14/2009 23:15:38
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 6536 small globular in ophiuchus
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 12/14/2009 23:22:07
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 7606 Galaxy in Aquarius
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 12/14/2009 23:25:59
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 1360 Large, faint planetary in Eridanus
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 12/19/2009 15:32:37
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 2264 the "cone nebula", also known as the "throne of God" by Edwin Hubble
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 01/17/2010 21:57:20
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 3226 and 3227 two galaxies colliding in Leo, notice the splash of matter thrown out surrounding them.
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 01/22/2010 15:39:08
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC1491 faint nebula in perseus
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 01/22/2010 16:10:33
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 3079 The "Frisbee galaxy" in Ursa major
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 02/13/2010 21:54:37
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 1400 and 1407 1400 lower right, 1407 left. small galaxies surround it, 1402 upper right, and IC 343 barred galaxy on top
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 02/14/2010 21:59:25
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 1514 Interesting planetary in Taurus
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 02/14/2010 22:02:05
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 1579 nebula in Perseus, known as the northern trifid
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 02/14/2010 22:04:02
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 2392 the "Eskimo" is very small, enlarged my original in processing, detail still very good.
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 02/15/2010 22:48:52
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 1788 small nebula in western Orion
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 02/15/2010 23:00:47
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
IC 417
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 02/23/2010 23:45:00
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 3432
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 03/13/2010 20:35:52
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 3893
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 03/13/2010 20:44:48
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 3953
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 03/13/2010 20:52:02
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 4414 Surrounded by a distant galaxy cluster
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 03/13/2010 21:11:09
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 3166 NGC 3165, 3166, 3169 right to left, all interacting
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 03/13/2010 21:14:50
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 4762 & 4754 NGC 4762 one of most edge on I have ever seen, Also see NGC 4754 upper right
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 03/14/2010 15:55:37
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 2683 nice edge on between cancer and leo
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 03/18/2010 22:17:35
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
Leo I Very faint satellite dwarf galaxy of milky way, very close to Regulus, and so difficult to see or image.
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 03/18/2010 22:57:41
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M96 barred galaxy in Leo
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 03/21/2010 21:28:01
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 2346 A butterfly of a planetary nebula
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 03/21/2010 21:31:10
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
sun on 4/2/10 not much, but a hedge prominence, wish the sun would wake up
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 04/02/2010 17:23:44
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 4450 Galaxy in Virgo
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 04/13/2010 15:39:57
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 4461 galaxy in Virgo cluster
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 04/13/2010 15:40:21
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
Quasar 3C273 "only" about 3 billion light years away, note the jet lower right from the quasar, not an artifact, that is the jet from the black hole.
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 04/13/2010 19:57:52
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M99
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 04/14/2010 22:33:38
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M105 M105 and friends. right to left: M105, NGC 3371, and NGC 3389
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 04/14/2010 22:35:21
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
MGC 4302 and NGC 4398 Nice pairing in Virgo
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 04/14/2010 22:36:36
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 4636 giant elliptical in Virgo, distant galaxies surround it.
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 05/04/2010 22:33:17
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 5466 globular cluster
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 05/04/2010 22:56:15
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 4477 and more NGC 4477 above, below is NGC4473, and to left is NGC 4479
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 05/08/2010 22:38:28
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 4111 and many others
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 05/23/2010 21:57:40
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 4665 barred galaxy in virgo
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 05/23/2010 21:58:47
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 6144 Globular near Antares
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 05/23/2010 21:59:59
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 4753
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 05/23/2010 22:00:49
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 5033 nice detail in this galaxy
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 05/23/2010 22:01:35
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M58
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/05/2010 19:47:48
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC4361
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/05/2010 19:48:15
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC5170
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/05/2010 19:48:51
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC5746
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/05/2010 19:49:19
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC6589 NGC 6589 below, NGC 6595 upper right, and IC 4690 left cluster and nebula
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/08/2010 21:49:34
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
m12 Note the interacting galaxies seen "through" the globular below and on right.
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/09/2010 23:38:09
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M81 color took effort to get the color on this one
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/09/2010 23:41:33
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M81 B&W, composite two fields worth
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/09/2010 23:42:17
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M107
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/09/2010 23:43:00
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 5486 & NGC5850 NGC 5486 elliptical on right, NGC 5850 is interesting barred galaxy with inner ring on left
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/09/2010 23:49:47
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M11
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/23/2010 00:33:23
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M14
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/23/2010 00:39:11
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 6946 lovely spiral in Draco
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/23/2010 01:10:59
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 7538
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/27/2010 21:15:48
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
Barnard 92 Dark nebula, one of many near the center of the milky way in Sagittarius
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/03/2010 19:19:31
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M22
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/03/2010 19:20:19
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M28
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/03/2010 19:24:23
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
seyferts sextet NGC 6027 a through f, 6 galaxies 190 M LY away, in a span of 3x3 arc minutes
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/03/2010 23:30:43
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M9
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/07/2010 15:46:31
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 6369 planetary
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/07/2010 15:47:01
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M27
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/07/2010 15:47:27
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M62
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/08/2010 16:33:02
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 6960 Section of western Vail nebula
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 08/05/2010 21:47:37
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 7904
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 08/31/2010 16:26:13
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 7006
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 08/31/2010 16:26:45
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
Star V1 in M31 star V1 at minimum (9/5/10), Hubble's original cepheid variable in Andromeda, here at Mag 19.4
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 09/06/2010 12:01:17
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 7635 The "bubble nebula" in Cass
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 09/07/2010 00:44:15
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 660 fascinating polar ring galaxy, a host galaxy that captured gas from a passing galaxy, making a polar ring
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 09/12/2010 00:54:36
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
IC 1613 a very faint sparse irregular satellite of the milky way
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 09/12/2010 00:55:52
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 6905 planetary
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 09/12/2010 00:56:43
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 7741 galaxy in great square of Pegasus
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 09/12/2010 00:57:23
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 6934 small globular in the dolphin
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 09/12/2010 00:58:40
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M71
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 10/03/2010 21:33:44
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
MGC6822 Known as Barnards galaxy, who first discovered this small satellite galaxy of our milky way, about 1.6 million light years away
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 10/03/2010 21:35:14
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC7184 near edge on of a barred ring galaxy
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 10/03/2010 21:37:50
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 7285 &7286 two merging galaxies about 600 million light years away
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 10/03/2010 21:41:54
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 7099 Nice globular cluster
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 11/11/2010 15:49:20
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 925
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 11/16/2010 22:54:13
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 7640
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 11/16/2010 22:54:43
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 2298 globular in puppis
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 11/16/2010 22:59:43
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M4
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/18/2012 21:18:49
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M56
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/18/2012 21:19:15
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M3
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 04/07/2013 22:01:05
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 246
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 10/28/2013 19:35:50
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 5097
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/01/2014 17:49:41
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 4536
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/01/2014 17:51:40
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 7094
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 10/06/2014 20:28:10
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
NGC 3242 The "ghost of Jupiter" nebula
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 04/04/2015 17:41:36
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
hyades
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 10/17/2015 20:39:43
|
(click image to view & discuss) |
M45 Pleiades
Submitted by
Mario Motta M.D.
on 10/17/2015 20:40:41
|