Author Archives: JosepM

Hi all, An image of Messier 102, the Spindle Galaxy, has been uploaded. An important controversy was built around M102. Messier made a mistake in its description (it happened that no object was at the position he described) and several candidates came up. Finally, NGC 5866 was considered M102. You will find the image and […]

Hi all, An image of the open cluster Messier 11, the Wild Duck Cluster, has been uploaded. It is the most populated and the most distant open cluster of the Messier Catalog. You can find the image and some more information at: Messier 11. NGC 6705. The Wild Duck Cluster Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, An image of the globular cluster Messier 3 has been uploaded. This cluster has unusually high numbers of blue stragglers as well as of variable stars. Most notably, the number of variables of the RR Lyrae type is extraordinarily high (233). You can find the image as well as more info at: Messier […]

Hi all, Within the preparation of the full Messier Catalog in High Resolution, I have reprocessed two images that were taken some time ago. One is M74 and the second one is M17. You will find them at: Messier 74. NGC 628 and: Messier 17. The Omega Nebula More reprocessed images will keep on being […]

Hi all, An image of Messier 90 has been uploaded. This spiral galaxy belongs to the Virgo Cluster and has many peculiarities. The most spectacular is the plumes of Hydrogen gas that have been stripped away from the interstellar medium by the Intra Cluster medium. These rarely seen plumes can be seen in the image […]

Hi all, An image of Messier 24 has been uploaded. Messier 40 is one of the three Messier objects that are not deep-sky objects. The other two are M40 (double star) and M73 (asterism). All three have been uploaded today. You can find the detailed image and more information at: Messier 24. IC 4715 Enjoy, […]

Hi all, An image of Messier 73 has been uploaded. Messier 40 is one of the three Messier objects that are not deep-sky objects. The other two are M40 (double star) and M24 (star cloud). All three have been uploaded today. You can find the detailed image and more information at: Messier 73. NGC 6994 […]

Hi all, An image of Messier 40 has been uploaded. Messier 40 is one of the three Messier objects that are not deep-sky objects. The other two are M73 (asterism) and M24 (star cloud). All three have been uploaded today. You can find the detailed image and more information at: Messier 40. The wrong object […]

Hi all, An image of two ellipticals, M59 and M60, has been uploaded. Located in Virgo, they are two out of the ten elliptical galaxies in the Messier catalog. You can find the image and some more information at: Messier 59 and Messier 60 Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, An image of NGC 1727 and several of its companions has been uploaded. This is a group of nebulae and open clusters showing a great deal of separated Hydrogen and Oxygen emissions, that is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. You can find it and some more information at: NGC 1727 and companions […]