Peter Morris
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NGC 4699
NGC 4699 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in Virgo. In higher resolution images, it has a dimmer outer rim which led Stephen O’Meara to call it the Vinyl LP Galaxy. May 2026.
NGC 4570
NGC 4570 is an edge-on lenticular galaxy in Virgo. May 2026.
NGC 6229
NGC 6229 is a dim globular cluster in Hercules. It is 100,000 light years away. May 2026.
Gibbous Moon
The Moon when 65% illuminated. May 2026.
M17 w/o stars
The Omega Nebula, taken in June 2025, in a starless version produced by Ian Moss, May 2026
NGC 4546
NGC 4546, a solitary lenticular galaxy in Virgo. May 2026.
NGC 5363
NGC 5363 on the upper left is a lenticular galaxy in Virgo. To the lower left is NGC 5364, a spiral galaxy and to its right (very faint) is NGC 5360, a lenticular galaxy. In the middle of the image near the top is NGC 5356 and to its lower right is NGC 5348, a barred spiral galaxy. May 2026
NGC 5566
NGC 5566, barred spiral galaxy in Virgo, with two neighbours, the intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 5569 to the left and the spiral galaxy NGC 5560 to the upper right. May 2026.
NGC 4030
NGC 4030 is a grand design spiral galaxy in Virgo. April 2026.
M13
M13, globular cluster in Hercules. May 2026
NGC 4371
NGC 4371 is a lenticular galaxy in Virgo, used by astronomers to model the evolution of barred galaxies. In the upper right-hand corner is NGC 4330, an edge-on spiral galaxy and NGC 4352, a lenticular galaxy in the lower right-hand corner. April 2026.
NGC 4442
NGC 4442 is a barred lenticular galaxy in Virgo. To the right of it is NGC 4417, a lenticular galaxy, and to the lower right is NGC 4424 which is a spiral galaxy. April 2026.
NGC 4460
NGC 4460 is a lenticular galaxy in Canes Venatici. April 2026.
NGC 4490
NGC 4490, called the Cocoon Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy (Arp 269) in Canes Venatici interacting with the irregular galaxy NGC 4485 above it. April 2026.
NGC 4618
NGC 4618 is a distorted barred dwarf galaxy in Canes Venatici which has been considered similar in structure to the Magellanic Clouds. To its left is NGC 4625, a distorted dwarf galaxy. April 2026.
NGC 4636 and NGC 4664
This image shows NGC 4665, a barred lenticular (or spiral) galaxy, in Virgo on the upper left and NGC 4636, an intermediate spiral galaxy on the lower right. NGC 4665 is also known as NGC 4664. April 2026.
NGC 4654
NGC 4654 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in Virgo. To the upper right of NGC 4654 is NGC 4639, a barred spiral galaxy and to the far right is NGC 4620, a lenticular galaxy. April 2026.
NGC 4762
NGC 4762 is an edge-on lenticular galaxy in Virgo, called the Paper Kite Galaxy. Above it is NGC 4754, a barred lenticular galaxy, and to the far right is NGC 4733, another barred lenticular galaxy. April 2026.
NGC 5033
NGC 5033, an inclined spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici, appeared on the edge of an image of NGC 5005 in May 2025. April 2026.
NGC 4656
NGC 4656 in Canes Venatici, a highly warped edge-on barred spiral galaxy, appeared on the edge of an image of NGC 4631 (called the Whale Galaxy) in May 2025. The hooked end of the galaxy (called the “fishhook”) is NGC 4657. NGC 4656/7 is known as the Crowbar or Hockey Stick Galaxy. April 2026.
NGC 4551
NGC 4551, an elliptical galaxy (upper left), in Virgo appeared here in April 2025 on the edge of an image of M89. In this new image it joined by its neighbour NGC 4450 (lower right), a slightly brighter lenticular galaxy. April 2026.
NGC 4526
NGC 4526 in Virgo is one of the brightest lenticular galaxies known. Its blurred edges are caused by its marked dust ring (similar to M104). April 2026.
NGC 4536
Intermediate spiral galaxy in Virgo with loosely wound arms, giving it the appearance of an S-shape. Above it is the faint spiral galaxy NGC 4533. April 2026.
NGC 4517
Spiral galaxy in Virgo. April 2026.
NGC 4450
Spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. April 2026.
NGC 4429
Lenticular galaxy in Virgo. April 2026.
NGC 4216
Intermediate spiral galaxy in Virgo. To the left is NGC 4222, an edge-on spiral galaxy, on the boundary between Virgo and Coma Berenices, and to the right is the spiral galaxy NGC 4206 in Virgo. April 2026.
NGC 4147
Globular cluster in Coma Berenices with the strange name of Kick the Can. April 2026
NGC 2541
Unbarred spiral galaxy in Lynx. April 2026
NGC 2537
Blue compact dwarf galaxy (called the Bear Paw Galaxy), previously thought to interact with narrow spiral galaxy IC 2233 to the left and hence is also Arp. April 2026
NGC 2485
Spiral galaxy in Canis Minor. It is the fuzzy spot just above a 13th magnitude star in the centre of the image. April 2026
NGC 2420
Dim star cluster in Gemini. April 2026
NGC 2353
A loose star cluster in Monoceros. April 2026
NGC 2301
Open cluster in Monoceros (called the Great Bird Cluster). April 2026
NGC 2266
Dim but rich star cluster in Gemini. April 2026
NGC 2158
Dim star cluster in Gemini below M35. Two billion years old, it consists of intermediate mass stars, such as the yellow stars seen here. It was originally considered to be a globular cluster. April 2026
NGC 2129
Small but bright star cluster in Gemini, dominated by a binary pair of B stars. April 2026
NGC 4298 and NGC 4302
NGC 4298 is the flocculant spiral galaxy on the right and is interacting with the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 4302 on the left. They are both in Coma Berenices. March 2026
NGC 3521
NGC 3521 (also called the Bubble Galaxy) is a flocculant intermediate spiral galaxy in Leo. March 2026
NGC 3412
NGC 3412, a barred lenticular galaxy in Leo. March 2026
NGC 5866
NGC 5866 in Draco (often considered to be M102) is a lenticular galaxy in Draco, sometimes confusingly called the Spindle Galaxy (as there is also one in Lynx). March 2026
M101
March 2026
M101 and Companion Galaxies
Intermediate spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. In this wide image, the dwarf galaxy NGC 5477 can be seen at the lower left edge and the lenticular galaxy NGC 5473 is on the far left near the top corner. March 2026.
Almost full Moon
Moon, 83% illuminated, March 2026
NGC 6934
Caldwell 47, globular cluster in Delphinus. September 2025.
NGC 7006
Caldwell 42, globular cluster in Delphinus. September 2025.
M2
Globular cluster in Aquarius, September 2025
M15
The Great Pegasus Cluster, September 2025
NGC 6960
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.
NGC 6826
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.
M11
The Wild Duck Cluster, star cluster in Scutum. June 2025.
IC 5146
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
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.
M71
Globular cluster in Sagitta. June 2025.
M57
The Ring Nebula, a planetary nebula in Lyra. June 2025.
M56
Globular cluster in Lyra. June 2025.
M39
Star cluster in Cygnus. June 2025.
M29
Star cluster in Cygnus. June 2025.
M27
The Dumbbell Nebula, a planetary nebula in Vulpecula. June 2025.
M26
Star cluster in Scutum. June 2025.
M25
Star cluster in Sagittarius. June 2025.
M24
The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud. The cluster NGC 6603 can be seen on the left. June 2025.
M23
Star cluster in Sagittarius. June 2025.
M18
Star cluster in Sagittarius, also known as the Black Swan Cluster. June 2025.
M17
The Omega Nebula, an emission nebula and star cluster in Sagittarius. June 2025 (edited by Ian Moss, May 2026)
M16
The Eagle Nebula, an emission nebula and star cluster in Sagittarius. The “Pillars of Creation” can be seen in the centre. June 2025.
Crescent Nebula
NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, the Crescent Nebula, an emission nebula in Cygnus. June 2025.
M107
Globular cluster in Ophiuchus. June 2025.
M19
Globular cluster in Ophiuchus. June 2025.
M14
Globular cluster in Ophiuchus. June 2025.
NGC 4889 and NGC 4874
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.
NGC 6384
Intermediate barred spiral galaxy, which is one of the brightest galaxies in Ophiuchus but is only twelfth magnitude. May 2025.
NGC 5005
Inclined spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici, also known as Caldwell 29. To its far left is NGC 5033, another inclined spiral galaxy. May 2025.
NGC 4631
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.
NGC 4535
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.
NGC 4449
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.
NGC 4244
Edge-on loose galaxy in Canes Venatici, also known as the Silver Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 26. May 2025.
IC 4665
Star cluster in Ophiuchus, also known as the Summer Beehive Cluster. May 2025.
M106
M106, an intermediate spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici. To its lower right is NGC 4248, a barred spiral galaxy. In the lower right-hand corner is a pair of galaxies: NGC 4232, a spiral galaxy, to the left and the lenticular galaxy NGC 4231. They are both dim (14th magnitude) and about 340 million light years away. By contrast M106 is only 23.7 million light years from us. May 2025.
M94
Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici, also known as the Cat’s Eye or Croc’s Eye Galaxy. May 2025
M63
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.
M10
Globular cluster in Ophiuchus. May 2025.
M108
Almost edge-on barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. May 2025.
M109
Barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, To the lower left-hand edge is NGC 6923. May 2025.
M81 and M82
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.
M12
Globular cluster in Ophiuchus. May 2025.
NGC 5248
Also Caldwell 45, an intermediate spiral galaxy in Boötes. May 2025.
NGC 5634
Globular cluster in Virgo which was originally in the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy. May 2025.
NGC 4365
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 left 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.
NGC 4753
Lenticular galaxy in Virgo. May 2025.
NGC 5846
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.
NGC 4568 and NGC 4567
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
NGC 4697, also known as Caldwell 52, is an elliptical galaxy in Virgo. April 2025.
M104 and the 'arrow' to M104
The arrow is the multiple star STF 1664, but it is actually an asterism. April 2025.
M104
The Sombrero Galaxy, in Virgo, is described as a “peculiar galaxy”. April 2025.
M92
Globular cluster in Hercules. April 2025.
M90
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.
NGC 4414
NGC 4414 is a spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. April 2025.
M89
Elliptical galaxy in Virgo. At the bottom of the image is the elliptical galaxy NGC 4551. April 2025.
M61
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 & M60
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.
M58
Intermediate barred spiral galaxy in Virgo. The galaxy in the lower right-hand corner is NGC 4564, an elliptical galaxy. April 2025.
M51
The Whirlpool Galaxy and its companion NGC 5195, in Canes Venatici. The two galaxies are classified as Arp 85. April 2025.
M49
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.
M5
Globular cluster in Serpens Caput (known as the Rose Cluster). April 2025.
M99
Spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. April 2025 (edited by Ian Moss, May 2026)
M91
Barred spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. April 2025.
M88
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.
M87
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.
M3
Globular cluster in Canes Venatici. April 2025
Markarian’s Chain
Composite image with NGC 4473, M86 and M84. See NGC 4473 and M86 for details of the other galaxies. April 2025.
M86
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
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.
NGC 5053
Loose globular cluster in Coma Berenices. April 2025.
NGC 4725
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.
NGC 4565
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.
NGC 4494
Elliptical galaxy in Coma Berenices. April 2025.
Moon
60% illuminated. April 2025.
M103
Star cluster in Cassiopeia. April 2025.
M100 and companions
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.
NGC 3489
Lenticular galaxy in Leo. April 2025.
NGC 3486
Intermediate barred spiral galaxy in Leo Minor. April 2025.
NGC 3169
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.
NGC 2419
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.
M3
Globular cluster in Canes Venatici. April 2025.
NGC 5466
Loose globular cluster in Boötes. March 2025.
NGC 4559
Caldwell 36, an intermediate galaxy in Coma Berenices. There are two faint galaxy just below it, to the lower left. March 2025.
NGC 3344
Barred spiral galaxy in Leo Minor. There is a radio galaxy to the right above a bright star. March 2025.
NGC 3227 and NGC 3226
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.
NGC 2539
Star cluster in Puppis. 19 Puppis to the lower left is a foreground star. March 2025.
NGC 2232
Star cluster in Monoceros. March 2025.
M98
Galaxy in Coma Berenices. NGC 4186 is directly below it. March 2025.
M64
The Black Eye Galaxy, in Coma Berenices. March 2025.
Leo Triplet
Composite image of the Leo Triplet spliced from two images. March 2025.
NGC 3377 and NGC 3367
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.
M53
Globular cluster in Coma Berenices. March 2025.
NGC 2392 (Eskimo Nebula)
Caldwell 39, planetary nebula in Gemini. March 2025.
NGC 2607 group
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.
NGC 3626
Caldwell 40, unbarred lenticular galaxy in Leo. NGC 2639, a spiral galaxy, is to the left. March 2025.
NGC 2360
Caldwell 58, Caroline’s Cluster. Star cluster in Canis Major. March 2025.
NGC 2335
Star cluster in Monoceros. March 2025.
NGC 2355
Star cluster in Gemini. March 2025.
IC 405
Caldwell 31, Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga (processing by Ian Moss). March 2025.
M36
Star cluster in Auriga. March 2025.
M38
Star cluster in Auriga. March 2025.
NGC 2506
Caldwell 54, star cluster in Monoceros, March 2025.
NGC 2281
Star cluster in Auriga. March 2025.
Moon just past full
March 2025
M37
Star cluster in Auriga. March 2025
M35
Star cluster in Gemini. March 2025
M50
Star cluster in Monoceros. March 2025
M78
A reflection nebula in Orion. The two spots are star clusters, not stars. March 2025.
M42 and M43
Orion Nebula (M42) and M43 in Orion. March 2025
Horsehead Nebula
Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) in Orion seen against the bright background of the emission nebula IC 434. It was discovered by Williamina Fleming in 1888. The bright star (lower left) is Alnitak. March 2025
Sun
Sun with two sunspot groups. March 2025
Moon 30% illuminated
March 2025
Moon 40% illuminated
March 2025
Moon 80% illuminated
March 2025
NGC 2775
NGC 2775, Caldwell 48, is a spiral galaxy in Cancer. NGC 2777 is barely visible at top left. March 2025
NGC 2683
Edge-on spiral AGN galaxy in Lynx. 2MASX J08524061+3321516 can just be made out as a blue spot underneath NGC 2683 at the right-hand end. March 2025
M66 and M65
M66 (left) and M65 (right) in Leo. M65 is an intermediate galaxy and M66 is also intermediate. M65 is about 41m light-years away and M66 is 31m light-years distant. March 2025
NGC 3628 and M65
Hamburger Galaxy (NGC 3628) and M65, in Leo. They are two members of the Leo Triplet, but NGC 3628, an edge-on spiral galaxy is 35 million light-years away whereas M65 (an intermediate spiral galaxy) is 41 million light-years distant. March 2025.
NGC 3115
Spindle Galaxy (NGC 3115) and dwarf galaxy UGCA 200 (lower centre) in Sextans. Caldwell 53. NGC 3115 is a lenticular galaxy. NGC 3115 DW1 can be seen underneath it at the very bottom of the image. March 2025
M85 and NGC 4394
M85 (centre) and NGC 4394 (left). IC 3292 barely visible on the right edge. M85 is a lenticular galaxy in Coma Berenices. It interacts with the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4394 on the left. The other interacting galaxy MCG+03-32-028 can just be made out underneath M85. The small lenticular galaxy IC 3292 can be seen on the right. March 2025
M48
Star cluster in Hydra. March 2025
NGC 2903
Barred spiral galaxy in Leo. March 2025 (edited by Ian Moss, May 2026)
M46 and NGC 2348
M46 star cluster in Puppis with the (probably unconnected) planetary nebula NGC 2438 at the top centre. February 2025.
M47
Star cluster in Puppis. March 2025
Hickson Group 44
Also known as the NGC 3190 group, in Leo. The main galaxies left to right are: the elliptical galaxy NGC 3193; the spiral galaxy NGC 3190 and the spiral galaxy NGC 3185. The bizarre S-shaped barred spiral galaxy NGC 3187 can just be made out above NGC 3190. They are all roughly 90m light-years distant, except NGC 3185 which is 75m light-years away. There is an odd-looking object (probably an artefact) between NGC 3815 and a nearby star TYC 1425-1043-1. March 2025.. March 2025
M41
Star cluster in Canis Major. March 2025.
M95 (right) and M96
In Leo. Members of the M105 galaxy group. M95 is a barred spiral galaxy and M96 is an intermediate galaxy. The three members of the group are all the same distance, 32m light-years. March 2025
M105 and companions
In Leo. The elliptical galaxy M105 in Leo has two companions on the left, lenticular NGC 3384 at the top and NGC 3389. They are a purely line of sight grouping as M105 is 32m light-years away, NGC 2283 is 26.4m light years distant and NGC 3389 is 80m light-years from us. March 2025
M67
Star cluster in Cancer. March 2025