Astrophotography Gallery

The Andromeda Galaxy is named for its location within the Andromeda Constellation. The galaxy was known to Persian astronomers as early as 905 AD. It is one of our closest neighbors, at 2.5 million light years from Earth. The Andromeda Galaxy is estimated to have 1 trillion stars all rotating together. It’s a spiral galaxy with a central bulge of stars and arms of stars, dust and gases. There are more than 30 satellite galaxies that cluster around the much larger Andromeda Galaxy. Galaxy M 32 can be seen in the lower left of the photograph, while M 110 is just above and to the right of the center of the Andromeda Galaxy.

Libra Sep 23 - Oct 22. The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy is a grand design spiral galaxy 15 million light years from us near the constellation Libra. This brilliant galaxy with its dramatic spiral arms is difficult to view in the northern hemisphere as it doesn’t get far above the horizon. It gets its name because it is easily visible in the southern hemisphere. The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy was one of the first galaxies to be discovered. The French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille observed it in 1752 at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.