UGC 9749 – Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy

The Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy is a faint dwarf galaxy in the constellation Ursa Minor, lying roughly 326,000 light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed early May.

Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy v2, May’26

My second attempt at the same object in May 2026. This time at a focal length of just 590 mm.

Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy, May’26

Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy in the 1800mm version, photographed with the Vixen VC200L.

Pinwheel Galaxy, Apr’26

Across 5 sessions during an unusually long stretch of good weather, the new cooled system (UHC filter plus first light of the ultra-narrowband H-alpha filter) produced my deepest and highest-quality image of Messier 101 to date.

M101 Widefield, Apr’26

On the edge of the final adjustments to my camera, this image was created.

Needle Galaxy, Mar’26

StellaVita and SkyEye24AC First Light/Night part 2.

Messier 96, Mar’26

First light for my Touptek SkyEye24AC and initial functionality test of the Touptek StellaVita.

Caldwell 5 – Hidden Galaxy

The Hidden Galaxy is a spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis, located 13.4 million light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed mid November.

Caldwell 5, Mar’26

The last color astrophotograph taken with my Canon EOS R?

Caldwell 3

C 3 is a galaxy located in the constellation Draco at a distance of 14.4 million light-years, reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed late March.