Astrocamp – Astrophotography & Deep-Sky Catalog
Markarian’s Chain is a visually striking alignment of galaxies in the Virgo constellation, showcasing a series of gravitationally interacting galaxies, such as Messier 84 and Messier 86. It reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight around mid April.
The Garland Galaxy is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, located about 12.4 million light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed mid February.
The Firework Galaxy is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cygnus, located about 17.9 million light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed late 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.
The Leo I Dwarf Galaxy is a faint dwarf galaxy in the constellation Leo, lying about 828,000 light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed mid February.
The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda, located 2.5 million light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed early 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.