Astrophotography Gallery

Unlike most spiral galaxies, which have well-defined arms, the Sunflower Galaxy is a flocculent spiral galaxy. Discovered in 1779 by Pierre Mechain, the Sunflower Galaxy is 27 million light years from us in the constellation Canes Venatici. This galaxy is about the same size as the Milky Way Galaxy and contains 400 billion stars. The Sunflower Galaxy is part of the M 51 Galaxy Group, whose most prominent member is the grand design spiral Whirlpool Galaxy (M 51).

Gemini May 21 - Jun 20. Several thousand years ago a neutron star exploded. The remnants of that supernova formed the Jellyfish Nebula. The Jellyfish Nebula is 5000 light years from Earth in the constellation Gemini. A dim nebula, it was first discovered in astrophotographs by Maximillian Wolf in 1892.