The Garland Galaxy, also known as UGC 5398, is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major, approximately 12 million light-years away from Earth. It reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight mid February.
Category: Galaxy
The Fireworks Galaxy (Caldwell 12 or NGC 6946) is a face-on galaxy in Cygnus, 21.000.000LJ away and reaches its culmination at astronomical midnight at the end of July.
The Fireworks Galaxy and the Open Cluster NGC6939. The result of 4 awesome evenings of integration time.
Reprocessed 2024: Now … this reprocessing was really worth it. This one brought more galaxies to light than the one before.
My 2023 photo of the 21.000.000 LJ away Pinwheel Galaxy. Significantly sharper structures and rounder stars. These are the improvements of the new workflow.
Leo I is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy located in the constellation Leo, approximately 820,000 light-years away from Earth. This galaxy reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight in late February.
The Andromeda Galaxy, located in the constellation Andromeda approximately 2.5 million light-years away, is the closest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight in early October. Around the 5th of October.
Even this very special astrophoto looks better with the new workflow in 2024.
The 2024 workflow on the nicely framed Bodes-, Cigar- and Garland-Galaxy picture from 2022. The details are much clearer, especially on the Cigar Galaxy.
Rarely has the new workflow made such a difference. The small companion of the Milky Way, the dwarf galaxy Leo I. Barely visible next to the star Regulus, also known by the beautiful designation BD +12° 2149, according to the Bonner Durchmusterung.