Above:
M-31 (NGC 224) Andromeda Galaxy, 1.5 hour exposure taken by
Bill Benton (University of Southern California) on the SRO
0.76m reflector using 103aD film in 1973.
NGC
3887 Located in the constellation Crater (the
Cup), this galaxy is of a type called a "barred-spiral."
A central bar appears to stretch across the center of the
galaxy, with two predominent spiral arms attached to each
end. Numerous bright areas in the spiral arms are clouds
of hydrogen gas where new stars are formed.
This image was made from 9 1-minute exposures using the
Stony Ridge 0.76-m f/6 telescope and Apogee AP8 camera during
the Faint Object Follow Up program.
NGC
1055
Located in the constellation Cetus the Whale.
0.76-m f/6, ST6, 20 minutes (combination of four 5-minute
integrations, V filter)
