Hi all,

A new image of NGC 346 and NGC 371 has been uploaded. This image is the first result (out of many more to come) of a new joint set of projects that Christian Sasse and I have started. The images will be taken with a 24 inch telescope, located in Obstech, Chile, under what is, probably, the best dark sky for astrophotography. Moreover, this sky allows the use of cameras with a small pixel size without getting any oversampling. The resolution of this equipment is just below 0.2 arcsec/pixel.

This image was taken with narrowband filters (Halpha and OIII). You can find the image at:

NGC 346 and NGC 371

We hope you enjoy it.
Josep

Hi all,

Finally, I have completed the only remaining image of the complete Messier Collection: a mosaic including all objects without any repetition. All images have been taken only with large aperture (but still amateur) telescopes. To my knowledge, this is the only such collection made by amateurs. Instead of preparing a simple mosaic depicting all objects in order in a 10×11 grid, in this mosaic, the objects gather by color and shape to form one of the objects: M16, the Eagle Nebula. You can find it (the link to the detailed images of the complete collection can be found at the bottom of the introduction) at:

Messier Collection Intro

Hi all,

An image of Messier 88, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, has been uploaded.

This image marks the final point in the taking, processing and uploading ALL Messier objects but all of them taken only with large amateur telescopes. Please, stay tuned, because in the coming days I will upload two important pages. First, I will upload a specific page with images and links to all Messier objects, ordered by number. Second, I will upload an introduction to this whole work, with some statistics, and third, I will prepare and upload a poster displaying all 110 Messier objects (most probably not ordered by number).

Now, Messier88 is located at:

Messier 88. NGC 4501

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

An image of the elliptical galaxy Messier 89 has been uploaded. This elliptical is not at all boring (like some of them are…). It has a complex structure of shells and wisps in its halo that is due to several mergers in the past. You can see this deep image at:

Messier 89. NGC 4552

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

An image of the unusual spiral galaxy Messier 94 has been uploaded. M94 has three distinct rings, the very bright inner one, the central one (with fine structure given by the dust lanes) and the outer one that looks like not having any structure, but this is only in the optical region. In images taken with UV filters of in the mid-IR region, this outer ring shows a complex structure with spiral arms. You can see the image as well as some more info at

Messier 94. NGC 4736

Enjoy,
Josep