The Large Magellanic Cloud

The Large Magellanic Cloud

Large Magelenic Cloud (LMC) In the Fall of 2020 I decided to join as a member of Telescope Live a telescope-as-a-service offering that allows you to schedule time on their various locations across the world from Spain to Chile to Australia with a wide variety of...
Messier 106

Messier 106

Messier 106 Messier 106 is a spiral-ish galaxy located roughly 22-25 million light years from us. It has some pretty active hydrogen alpha regions which you can see pulled up by the Ha data in there and in general is a pretty active galaxy with its super massive black...
The Whirlpool Galaxy

The Whirlpool Galaxy

The Whirlpool Galaxy (Messier 51) The Whirlpool Galaxy (M 51) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is actually a galaxy colliding with another, smaller galaxy called NGC 5195 and are roughly 23 million light years away. It is roughly 43% the size...