Thursday, March 24, 2022

If it is SPRING then it's GALAXY time!



 Why?

In summer and early fall (in the northern hemisphere of Earth) when we look south at night we are looking in the direction of the center of our own galaxy which is packed with stars, nebula and dust clouds which blocks our view of far away galaxies in our region of the universe.

So I am working on capturing a lot of galaxies this spring!

M 51  The Whirlpool Galaxy

































M 64  The Blackeye Galaxy


M 101  The Pinwheel Galaxy




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