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NGC 281
Read more: NGC 281NGC 281 is a nebula in the Cassiopeia constellation, also known as the Pacman Nebula.
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22P/Kopff
Read more: 22P/KopffComet 22P/Kopff photographed on August 24, 2022.It isn’t surely the most photogenic comet but it was not easy to find it at a distance of more than 210 millions of kilometers from Earth and a magnitude of 13.8
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Jupiter
Read more: JupiterI report the photos on Jupiter taken on July 18, 2022 between 1:55 and 3:01 UT.The small object visible from the second frame is Jupiter’s satellite Io
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Aristoteles and Eudoxus
Read more: Aristoteles and EudoxusAristoteles and Eudoxus are two craters about 88 and 68 kilometers wide.The flat area in the lower right is Lacus Mortis (Lake of Death) with the rimae Burg.
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Theophilus
Read more: TheophilusTheophilus is a crater 101 kilometres wide, 4400 meters deep and located between Sinus Asperitatis and Mare Nectaris.It is characterized by a central mountain group that rises for about 2000 meters from the bottom of the crater. You can see the same crater from an other point of view using the data from Lunar Orbiter…
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The Apollo 11 site
Read more: The Apollo 11 siteThe photo shows the southern edge of the Sea of Tranquility where the Eagle lem of the Apollo 11 mission landed on 20 July 1969 bringing astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the Moon while the Columbia module with Michael Collins on board remained in lunar orbit.In their honor some of the area’s craters…
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The Leo triplet
Read more: The Leo tripletThe Leo triplet or M 66 group consists of three spiral galaxies about 35 million light years away: the galaxy M 65 (NGC 3623) at the top right, the galaxy M 66 (NGC 3627) at the bottom right and the galaxy NGC 3628 at the bottom left.
