NGC 6946

M51 through nebulosity

NGC5084, NGC5068 and "galactic cirrus" in Virgo

Scope: AstroPhysics Riccardi-Honders 305 f/3.8 Camera: FLI PL29050 Mount: AP 1200 Exposures: L: 20 x 600s R,G,B: 9 x 600s each Data acquired from Hacienda Los Andes, Rio Hurtado, Chile in April 2016

NGC5101, NGC5078 and other galaxies in Hydra

Scope: AstroPhysics Riccardi-Honders 305 f/3.8 Camera: FLI PL29050 Mount: AP 1200 Exposures: L: 20 x 600s R,G,B: 9 x 600s each Data acquired from Hacienda Los Andes, Rio Hurtado, Chile in April 2016

Galaxies in Hydra (tight crop)

Scope: AstroPhysics Riccardi-Honders 305 f/3.8 Camera: FLI PL29050 Mount: AP 1200 Exposures: L: 20 x 600s R,G,B: 9 x 600s each Data acquired from Hacienda Los Andes, Rio Hurtado, Chile in April 2016

Centaurus A

Data acquired from Hacienda Los Andes, Rio Hurtado, Chile in April 2016 Scope: AstroPhysics Riccardi-Honders 305 f/3.8 Camera: FLI PL29050 Mount: AP 1200 Exposures: L: 33 x 600s R,G,B: 9 x 600s each

NGC4945

Scope: TEC 500 RC (20" f/9 Ritchey-Chretien, FL: 4500mm) Camera: FLI PL16803 Mount: AP1600GTO/AE Exposures: L: 21 x 600s R,G,B: 9 x 600s each Data acquired from Hacienda Los Andes, Rio Hurtado, Chile in April 2016

NGC4038 and NGC4039 (The Antennae galaxies)

Scope: TEC 500 RC (20" f/9 Ritchey-Chretien, FL: 4500mm) Camera: FLI PL16803 Mount: AP1600GTO/AE Exposures: L: 24 x 600s R,G,B: 9 x 600s each Data acquired from Hacienda Los Andes, Rio Hurtado, Chile in April 2016

NGC3169 and NGC3166

Scope: TEC 500 RC (20" f/9 Ritchey-Chretien, FL: 4500mm) Camera: FLI PL16803 Mount: AP1600GTO/AE Exposures: L: 11 x 600s R,G,B: 6 x 600s each Data acquired from Hacienda Los Andes, Rio Hurtado, Chile in April 2016

Large Magellanic Cloud

Nikon D7000 + Sigma ART 50mm stopped at f/4. 20 x 180s subs Imaged from Hacienda Los Andes, Chile in April 2016.

NGC672 and Collinder 21

NGC660

Over 20 million light-years away and swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces, NGC 660's peculiar appearance marks it as a polar ring galaxy. A polar-ring galaxy is a type of galaxy in which an outer ring of gas and stars rotates over the poles of the galaxy. These polar rings are thought to form when two galaxies gravitationally interact with each other. One possibility is that a material is tidally stripped from a passing galaxy to produce the polar ring seen in the polar-ring galaxy. The other possibility is that a smaller galaxy collides orthogonally with the plane of rotation of the larger galaxy, with the smaller galaxy effectively forming the polar-ring structure. The first polar-ring elliptical galaxies were identified in 1978.

M33

M33 close up on core

M33 - closeup on spiral arms

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

NGC7331 and Stephen's quintet

Stephen's quintet