Caldwell 47, globular cluster in Delphinus. September 2025.

Caldwell 42, globular cluster in Delphinus. September 2025.

Globular cluster in Aquarius, September 2025

The Great Pegasus Cluster, September 2025

Caldwell 34, the Western Veil Nebula, also known as the Witch’s Broom, a supernova remnant in Cygnus. The bright foreground star is 52 Cygni (mag. 4.2). June 2025.

The Blinking Planetary, Caldwell 15, a planetary nebula in Cygnus. The bright central star overwhelms the nebula, but the ansae can just be made out. June 2025. 

The Wild Duck Cluster, star cluster in Scutum. June 2025.

Caldwell 19, the Cocoon Nebula, an emission nebula and star cluster in Cygnus. The emission nebula is strictly speaking Sh 2-125. Note the dramatic blotting out effect of the dark nebula Barnard 168 around the edges of the Nebula. June 2025.

Seyfert’s Sextet in Serpens Cauda. A tiny group of galaxies which is hard to make out here (it was only resolved in 1951), but you can make out the three brightest galaxies, a dimmer galaxy at the bottom and the tidal tail (mistakenly included in the sextet as a galaxy) on the left. On the upper left, sandwiched between two stars is the galaxy UGC 10127. June 2025.

Globular cluster in Sagitta. June 2025.

The Ring Nebula, a planetary nebula in Lyra. June 2025.

Globular cluster in Lyra. June 2025.

Star cluster in Cygnus. June 2025.

Star cluster in Cygnus. June 2025.

The Dumbbell Nebula, a planetary nebula in Vulpecula. June 2025.

Star cluster in Scutum. June 2025.

Star cluster in Sagittarius. June 2025.

The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud. The cluster NGC 6603 can be seen on the left. June 2025.

Star cluster in Sagittarius. June 2025.

Star cluster in Sagittarius, also known as the Black Swan Cluster. June 2025.

The Omega Nebula, an emission nebula and star cluster in Sagittarius. June 2025.

The Eagle Nebula, an emission nebula and star cluster in Sagittarius. The “Pillars of Creation” can be seen in the centre. June 2025.

NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, the Crescent Nebula, an emission nebula in Cygnus. June 2025.

Globular cluster in Ophiuchus. June 2025.

Globular cluster in Ophiuchus. June 2025.

Globular cluster in Ophiuchus. June 2025.

NGC 4889 (centre) is a dwarf elliptical galaxy in Coma Berenices, also known as Caldwell 35, and NGC 4874 (to the lower right) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy. Unfortunately this was taken in less than ideal conditions (moonlight and increasing cloud), but there are dozens of galaxies in the uncropped image. The two most prominent ones here are NGC 4921 (upper left), a barred spiral galaxy, and NGC 4911 (lower left), a warped spiral galaxy. June 2025.

Intermediate barred spiral galaxy, which is one of the brightest galaxies in Ophiuchus but is only twelfth magnitude. May 2025. 

Inclined spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici, also known as Caldwell 29. To its far left is NGC 5033, another inclined spiral galaxy. May 2025. 

Barred spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici, also known as Caldwell 32 or the Whale Galaxy. Personally, I think it looks more like a herring (the Herring Galaxy is an alternative name). To its upper right is NGC 4627, a dwarf elliptical galaxy and in the lower left-hand corner (slightly truncated) is NGC 4656, an inclined spiral galaxy also known as the Crowbar Galaxy. May 2025. 

Barred spiral galaxy in Virgo, also known as the Lost Galaxy of Copeland because American amateur astronomer Leland Copeland (not the more famous Ralph Copeland) kept losing it visually as it is a face-only galaxy. May 2025. 

Irregular Magellanic-type galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, a northern analogue to the Large Magellanic Cloud but much smaller (as it is 13 light years away). Also known as the Box Galaxy or Caldwell 21. May 2025. 

Edge-on loose galaxy in Canes Venatici, also known as the Silver Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 26. May 2025.

Star cluster in Ophiuchus, also known as the Summer Beehive Cluster.  May 2025. 

Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici, also known as the Cat’s Eye or Croc’s Eye Galaxy. May 2025

Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici, also known as the Sunflower Galaxy. The two stars to its left are HJ 1230, a pair of 13th magnitude stars with a separation of 16 arcseconds. May 2025.

Globular cluster in Ophiuchus. May 2025. 

Intermediate spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. May 2025.

Almost edge-on barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. May 2025.

Barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, To the lower left-hand edge is NGC 6923. May 2025.

M81, a spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, known as Bode’s Galaxy (upper left) and M82, a starburst galaxy in Ursa Major, known as the Cigar Galaxy (on the lower right). May 2025.

Globular cluster in Ophiuchus. May 2025.

Also Caldwell 45, an intermediate spiral galaxy in Boötes. May 2025.

Globular cluster in Virgo which was originally in the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy. May 2025.

Lenticular galaxy in Virgo, at the centre of the Virgo W cloud of galaxies. To the immediate upper left of NGC 4365 is the elliptical galaxy NGC 4366 and further to the upper left is NGC 4370, a barred spiral galaxy. To the far right of NGC 4365 is UGC 7513, an edge-on spiral galaxy. Above UGC 7513 and near the top of the image is  an edge-on intermediate spiral galaxy, IC 3322, To the right of NGC 4365 (and partly obscured by a 12th magnitude star) is the spiral galaxy NGC 4334. To the lower right of NGC 4365 is a line of three galaxies which are from bottom to top: spiral galaxy IC 3267, suspected lenticular galaxy NGC 4341 (it forms a pair with NGC 4342 barely visible to its lower right) and the spiral galaxy IC 3259. May 2025.

Lenticular galaxy in Virgo. May 2025.

Elliptical galaxy in Virgo. The bright spot in front of it is another galaxy, NGC 5846A (MCG+00-38-026) which has been tidally stripped. To the lower left of NGC 5846 is NGC 5850, a barred spiral galaxy (but the faint outer ring is not obvious here). To the far upper right of NGC 5846 is the elliptical galaxy NGC 5845. May 2025.

Pair of spiral galaxies in Virgo which are in the process of colliding. Also known as the Butterfly Galaxies. At the top of the image is NGC 4564, an elliptical galaxy. May 2025.

NGC 4697, also known as Caldwell 52, is an elliptical galaxy in Virgo. April 2025.

The arrow is the multiple star STF 1664, but it is actually an asterism. April 2025. 

The Sombrero Galaxy, in Virgo, is described as a “peculiar galaxy”. April 2025. 

Globular cluster in Hercules. April 2025.

M90, an intermediate spiral galaxy in Virgo. The haze between the two stars above M90 is IC 3583, an irregular galaxy. The galaxy on the right-hand edge of the image is NGC 4531, a spiral galaxy (although it looks elliptical even in larger images). April 2025.

Elliptical galaxy in Virgo. At the bottom of the image is the elliptical galaxy NGC 4551. April 2025.

Intermediate barred spiral galaxy in Virgo. To the upper left of M61 is the spiral galaxy NGC 4301 and to the upper right (just below a star) is the lenticular galaxy, NGC 4292. April 2025.

M59 is in the centre of the image and M60 is at the lower left. They are both elliptical galaxies in Virgo. To the upper left of M60 is NGC 4647, an intermediate spiral galaxy which forms Arp 116 with M60. To the right of M60 is NGC 4638, a lenticular galaxy with a faint companion lenticular galaxy to its lower left, NGC 4637. At the top edge on the right, there are two spiral galaxies, NGC 4607 (on the left) and NGC 4606. April 2025.

Intermediate barred spiral galaxy in Virgo. The galaxy in the lower right-hand corner is NGC 4564, an elliptical galaxy. April 2025.

The Whirlpool Galaxy and its companion NGC 5195, in Canes Venatici. The two galaxies are classified as Arp 85. April 2025. 

Elliptical galaxy in Virgo. The bright spot to the left of M49 is apparently a globular cluster. To the right of M49 is NGC 4467, a small elliptical galaxy to the left of a star (a suspected globular cluster). Below M49 is the spiral galaxy NGC 4470. To the upper right of M49 is NGC 4464, an elliptical galaxy. At the upper right-hand edge of the image is another elliptical galaxy, NGC 4434. In the top left-hand corner is the spiral galaxy NGC 4492. April 2025.

Globular cluster in Serpens Caput (known as the Rose Cluster). April 2025. 

Spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. April 2025.

Barred spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. April 2025.

Spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. NGC 4516, a barred spiral galaxy, is to the upper left and in the lower right-hand corner are NGC 4474 (on the left), an edge-on lenticular galaxy, and NGC 4468, a dwarf elliptical galaxy. April 2025. 

Elliptical galaxy in Virgo, showing the jet from the supermassive black hole. To the immediate lower right of M87 are NGC 4478 (on the left), an elliptical galaxy and NGC 4476, a lenticular galaxy. April 2025.

The great globular cluster in Hercules. April 2025

Composite image with NGC 4473, M86 and M84. See NGC 4473 and M86 for details of the other galaxies. April 2025. 

M86, an elliptical galaxy in Virgo. It forms the western half of the Markarian Chain. To the right of M86 is M84, another elliptical galaxy in Virgo. To the lower left of M84 is NGC 4387, also an elliptical galaxy. Below NGC 4387 is a spiral galaxy, NGC 4388. M86 and M84 form the eyes of the Great Galactic Face, NGC 4387 is the nose and NGC 4388 is the mouth. Immediately below M84 is the small galaxy IC 3303, an elliptical galaxy. To the lower left of M86 is NGC 4425, a lenticular galaxy. Above M86 is NGC 4402, a spiral galaxy. To the left of M86 are the Eyes Galaxies, NGC 4435 and NGC 4438. April 2025.

NGC 4473, an elliptical galaxy in Coma Berenices. It forms the eastern end of the Markarian Chain, exactly half of which can be seen here. To the upper left of NGC 4473 is NGC 4477, a barred lenticular galaxy, and just below it is NGC 4479, also a barred lenticular galaxy. In the lower left-hand corner is NGC 4506, a spiral galaxy. To the right of NGC 4473 and over the border in Virgo are NGC 4458, an elliptical galaxy, and NGC 4461, a lenticular galaxy. On the right-hand edge of the image are the Eyes Galaxies (Arp 120): NGC 4435 is a barred lenticular galaxy and NGC 4438, which is highly distorted by its interaction with NGC 4435. The haziness, visible even in this image, probably lies in the Milky Way and not a result of their interaction. April 2025.

Loose globular cluster in Coma Berenices. April 2025.

Intermediate barred spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices, the brightest member of the Coma I group. To the left is the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4747 and to the upper right of NGC 4725 is the spiral galaxy NGC 4712. April 2025.

Called the Needle Galaxy; also Caldwell 38. It is an edge-on spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. To the right is the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4562. April 2025.

Elliptical galaxy in Coma Berenices. April 2025.

60% illuminated. April 2025.

Star cluster in Cassiopeia. April 2025.

M100, an intermediate spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. NGC 4323 (upper left) and brighter NGC 4328 (lower left) are satellite galaxies materially linked to M100. To the  right of M100 is a triangle of faint galaxies with a star in the middle. They are (clockwise from top right) are UGC 783, UGC 7425 (mag. 16.1) and UGC 783A. To the lower right of M100 is the edge-on spiral galaxy, NGC 4312. April 2025.

Lenticular galaxy in Leo. April 2025.

Intermediate barred spiral galaxy in Leo Minor. April 2025.

Spiral galaxy in Sextans, which is interacting with its neighbouring lenticular galaxy NGC 3166. NGC 3165, a faint member of this group, can be seen as a small blue oval between two stars to the lower right of NGC 3166. April 2025.

Globular cluster in Lynx, estimated to be 270,000 light-years away. It is Caldwell 25 and was called the Intergalactic Tramp by Harlow Shapley on the mistaken assumption it was merely a visitor to the Milky Way. April 2025. 

Globular cluster in Canes Venatici. April 2025.

Loose globular cluster in Boötes. March 2025.

Caldwell 36, an intermediate galaxy in Coma Berenices. There are two faint galaxy just below it, to the lower left. March 2025.

Barred spiral galaxy in Leo Minor. There is a radio galaxy to the right above a bright star. March 2025.

Two interacting galaxies in Leo, also known as Arp 94. The galaxy NGC 3222 is to the right and below it is a triangle of faint galaxies. March 2025.

Star cluster in Puppis. 19 Puppis to the lower left is a foreground star. March 2025.

Star cluster in Monoceros. March 2025.

Galaxy in Coma Berenices. NGC 4186 is directly below it. March 2025.

The Black Eye Galaxy, in Coma Berenices. March 2025.

Composite image of the Leo Triplet spliced from two images. March 2025.

NGC 3377 (upper left) is an elliptical galaxy in Leo and NGC 3367 (lower right) is a barred spiral galaxy. Between NGC 3377 and the bright star 52 Leonis (on the right) there is a barely visible blue smudge which is NGC 3377A/UGC 5889. March 2025.

Globular cluster in Coma Berenices. March 2025.

Caldwell 39, planetary nebula in Gemini. March 2025.

This galaxy group in Leo contains NGC 3626 (C40) in addition to the galaxies seen here. From top to bottom in the centre are the elliptical galaxy NGC 3608, the lenticular galaxy and quasar NGC 3607, the elliptical galaxy NGC 3605 and the very faint UGC 6296. To the right of NGC 3608 is NGC 3599, a lenticular galaxy. The blue spot to the left of UGC 6296 is MCG+03-29-024 and the blue smudge between NGC 2608 and NGC 3599 is MCG+03-29-018. March 2025.

Caldwell 40, unbarred lenticular galaxy in Leo. NGC 2639, a spiral galaxy, is to the left. March 2025.

Caldwell 58, Caroline’s Cluster. Star cluster in Canis Major. March 2025.

Star cluster in Monoceros. March 2025.

Star cluster in Gemini. March 2025.

Caldwell 31, Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga (processing by Ian Moss). March 2025.

Star cluster in Auriga. March 2025.

Star cluster in Auriga. March 2025.