This terrific Wikipedia image by Hunter Wilson from March 28, 2008 shows the Leo Triplet of Galaxies, which is located south-southeast of the bright star Chertan in Leo. The photograph, with celestial north up and East toward left, covers a pinky-finger-width (or 0.6 degrees) of the sky left-to-right. The Hamburger Galaxy is at the top…
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The glorious face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, is located near the bright star Alkaid, at the tip of the Big Dipper’s handle. Visible even in binoculars, it is nearly overhead on April evenings. (Deep Sky Survey image from Stellarium) Hello, mid-April Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the…
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This image of the Whale Galaxy (top left) and the Hockey Stick Galaxy (lower right) was captured by AstroDoc Ron Brecher of Guelph on March 16, 2019. The image spans about 1 degree of sky. Ron’s galleries of images are at www.astrodoc.ca Hello, Galaxy-season Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of April…
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