Photos by Pete
The Whirlpool Galaxy
NGC 2024 - the Flame Nebula
Messier Object 13 - the Great Cluster in Hercules
Messier Object 27 - the Dumbbell Nebula
M27 is an example of a star that has collapsed and shed its outer shell, creating a mass of ionized particles. Click the thumbnail for a larger view.
Messier Object 57 - the Ring Nebula
M57 is another collapsed star with an ionized and illuminated shell being propelled into space.
Uranus, with 3 moons visible
Luna - Mare Imbrium area
Globular cluster M56 in Cygnus
Asteroids
Caldwel 15 - the Blinking Nebula
Neptune and Triton
M11 - The Wild Duck cluster
This is an "open cluster"
Planetary Nebula NGC 7048
Pluto
Luna - Tycho crater area
M42 - the Great Orion Nebula
IC 434 - the Horsehead Nebula
Venus
Comet P/17 Holmes
Mars
Galaxy M74
Galaxy M81
Comet 46P-Wirtanen
Open cluster M67
The Sombrero Galaxy
Messier
Object 33 - the Pinwheel Galaxy
Nebula M78 in Orion
Galaxy M 109
Open cluster M37
Open cluster M38
The Cigar Galaxy
Globular Cluster M 92
A star goes Nova in the constellation Cygnus
The Pillars of Creation, at
the heart of M 16, the Eagle Nebula