This is a composite photo of the Venus transit that occurred on June 5 2012. It was taken from our front yard with an Astrotech 111m with an Astrozap mylar solar filter. We were plagued with clouds quite often, but managed to capture few good shots at regular interval. We was also viewed the transit […]
Triangulum Galaxy is about 3 million light years away (compared to Andromeda which is 2 million light years away). Triangulum Galaxy is part of our local group of galaxy. While visually it is not as bright as Andromeda, the image captures details of spiral arms as well as dark lanes. The processing of this image […]
Leo Triplets – M65, M66 and NGC 3628 (missing in the photo) Leo Triplets are cluster of galaxies about 35 million light years away. This group is also known as M66 group. In the image, M65 is near the top left corner while the second galaxy M66 is towards bottom right. The triplet (NGC3628) is […]
Veil Nebula This image was taken during Santa Margarita star party on July 27, 2011. We had a clear night and no sky glow except few camping lights around KOA campground. The image is a result of number of sub-images stacked using DeepSkyStacker and further processed to bring out the details. The actions of […]
Andromeda Galaxy – Our neighbor Image 2 – Taken during GSSP 2012 (Adin, CA). Image 1 – Previous attempt of Andromeda.prices for cialis This medication does cause certain side effects and the high costs. What treatment options are there available for prostate cancer can damage nerves best viagra for women and tissues required for an erection. […]
There was a recent supernova called SN 2011Fe in a spiral galaxy (like the Milky Way) called M 101. Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)is so called because of its resemblance to a pinwheel. It about 27 million light years away. About 27 million years ago, a star in this galaxy violently exploded. This explosion is called a supernova (the final stage […]
Update: This is now confirmed (as of 03/23/2012) that it is a Type IIp supernova in M95. A few days ago (March 18-19) there were reports of Supernova in M95 a bar-spiral galaxy which is 38 million light years away. The type of the supernova is yet to be determined. If confirmed, this will be […]
