Astronomers
of
Verde Valley
            
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Say
It with Pictures
Page
2 - More Digital Work
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Equipment:
LX200 Meade, Alt-AZ Mount. Nikon D40 DSLR. Orion Starshoot Color.
This
page shows off some of Doug's photography with his new digital
equipment.
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M31, the
Andromeda Galaxy is easily seen with binoculars or small
telescopes. It is one of our close neighboring galaxies. It is about
2.5 Million LY away in the
constellation Andromeda. |
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M27, the Dumbell
Nebula is easily seen with binoculars or small
telescopes. It is a planetary nebula formed from the
explosion of a star. It is about 1360 LY away in the
constellation Vulpecula. |
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The Swan Nebula,
also known as the Omega Nebula lies in Sagittarius.
It can be seen as a small object with the naked eye.
It was discovered by
Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745.
Charles Messier catalogued it in 1764. It is
about 15K to 16K LY away. |
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M76 is also known
as the Little Dumbell. It is a smaller version of
M27. It is located in Perseus. |
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Two different image of NGC
891 are below. NGC 891 is an edge on galaxy
located in Andromeda. It is much farther than M31 at nearly 30
Million LY away. The dust lane cutting through the edge makes
this galaxy a nice object to see.
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Bodes Galaxy
From Doug's backyard
observatory. |
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Cigar Galaxy (M82)
From Doug's backyard
observatory. The above Bodes Nebula, M81 can be seen
with M82 in a low power eyepiece. |
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Milky Way
From one of Doug's
avcations. |
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