Author Archives: jdrudis0903

Hi all, One of the top astrophotographers, Rolf Olsen, has taken a deeper image of IC 2220, which contains the new bubble-like nebula discovered by my daughter Anna and myself about two years ago. His image is great and shows a great deal of detail. He has, generously, allowed me to include it in this […]

Hi all, This time, the image is a two panel mosaic of the Grus Quartet. This group of four spiral galaxies has two Seyfert galaxies each one with a supermassive (20 Million solar masses) black hole in its center. You can find it at: The Grus Quartet. NGC 7582 and friends Enjoy, Josep  

Hi all, Another globular cluster, M80, has been uploaded. This cluster sits in the middle of a beautiful foreground field of colorful stars. You will find it at: Messier 80. NGC 6093 Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, Continuing with the project to capture all Messier objects with high resolution telescopes, today, an image of a globular cluster, M68, has been uploaded. The image has also captures a faint and distant spiral galaxy. You can find it at: Messier 68. NGC 4590 Enjoy! Best regards, Josep  

Hi all, An image of the Heart Nebula (IC 1805) has been uploaded. This image has meant over 99 hours of exposures (a three panel mosaic) through narrowband filters and short RGB exposures to give the stars a more natural color. This area is creating stars at a high rate and, actually, nearly all bright […]

Hi all, An image of the Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977) has been uploaded. This is a spectacular area where emission as well as reflection and dark nebulae can be seen. You will find this one at: NGC 1977, the Running Man Nebula Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, Another image of a Northern object has been uploaded. This time, it is a fragment of the Veil Nebula, NGC 6995. Some people call it “the Bat Nebula” and this is how I called it too. You will find it at: NGC 6995. The Bat Nebula Enjoy! Josep

Hi all, It seems that, today, is the day when we will have several new images… This time is Messier 55, a globular cluster. This pretty globular also receives the name of “Summer Rose Star”, but it is not a totally popular name… This image is part of the project to get the Messier Objects […]

Hi all, A new image has been uploaded. This time it is a remake. My previous image of NGC 6188 (the Dragons of Ara) had a limited view of both Fighting Dragons. This suggested me to repeat the field, but with a 2 panel mosaic. This way, we can see both Dragons in their full […]

Hi all, An image of the tiny but beautiful Planetary Nebula Messier 76 has been uploaded. This image was taken only with narrowband filters (Ha, OIII and NII). The over 26 hours of exposure has allowed for a great deal of detail to be extracted. Please, enjoy it at: Messier 76. NGC 650 and NGC […]