Orion Nebula

Some photos of the Orion Nebula taken with the Harvard NASA telescope

Here are a series of photographs taken recently of the Orion nebula using different filters on the camera. This is … More

Whirlpool Galaxy

The Whirlpool Galaxy (aka M51 or NGC 5194) is a spiral galaxy 23 +/- 4 million light years from Earth. … More

M14 (NGC6402) is a globular cluster in the constellation Opiuchus. It is about 30000 light years from Earth but is … More

Some pictures of the Andromeda Galaxy, one of my favourite photo targets. Wishing you all a happy and joyous Christmas

Messier 19 (NGC6273) is a globular cluster in the constellation Opiuchus. Although it is a similar distance from Earth to … More

Messier 4 (NGC6121) is a globular cluster in the constellation Scorpius close by the bright star Antares. The cluster numbers … More

Photo by Paul Russell (http://www.flickr.com/photos/11481133@N04/) I had never really given a lot of thought to the term ‘Blood Moon’ until … More

Some filtered shots from the Harvard NASA telescope showing the Red hues at the outside of the ring and the … More

The Ring nebula (aka Messier 57 or NGC6720) is a planetary nebula found in the constellation Lyra. It is caused … More