I think I enjoy imaging galaxies more than nebulas. There are lots of them and all are different. But, mostly it is because they are so awesome and fascinating; entire galaxies, thousands of light years in diameter, millions of light years away, with billions of stars, all captured in my images. Most are too small for the 500 f4 lens but with the C8, many more are now within my range. And it is galaxy season now, with many of the nebulas now shifting to the south and west.
This is the Tiger’s Eye Galaxy, NGC 2841, in Ursa Major. Several other smaller galaxies are visible too. NGC 2841 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. It was discovered in 1788 by William Herschel. Known as a flocculent spiral galaxy, a type of spiral galaxy whose spirals are blotchy and discontinuous. M63, the Sunflower Galaxy is similar to the Tiger’s Eye Galaxy. NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy, is about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. It is one of three galaxies known as the Leo Triplets.
3 replies on “More Galaxies”
NGC 3628 looks more like a flaming scepter than a hamburger, haha.
Is the milky way galaxy a large, medium or small galaxy?
3 replies on “More Galaxies”
NGC 3628 looks more like a flaming scepter than a hamburger, haha.
Is the milky way galaxy a large, medium or small galaxy?
This link http://www.rhysy.net/galaxy-sizes.html
can show the size differences better than I can in words.
Yes that’s a very helpful and interesting graphic. Thank you.