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Mighty spiral galaxy M31, in Andromeda. Diameter ~ 250,000 LY, distance ~ 2.5 million LY, total stars ~ 1 trillion.
Red arrow – elliptical (spheroidal) galaxy M110. Blue arrow – elliptical galaxy M32. Nov 19 2014, 1811 UT.
Below – widefield M31
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Prototype planetary nebula M57, the Ring Nebula (red arrow), and globular cluster M56 (blue arrow), both in Lyra. With Sulafat (a), gamma Lyrae. Nov 19 2014, 1830UT.
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Globular cluster M15 in Pegasus (arrowed). With Enif, epsilon Pegasi (a) and delta Equulei (b). Nov 19 2014, 1835 UT.
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Open cluster M34 in Perseus. With (1) 14 Per. Jan 13 2015, 0120UT. Open cluster M48 in Hydra. With (2) HIP 40057. Jan 13 2015, 0116UT.
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Spiral galaxies M65 (blue line) and M66 (red line), which together with non-Messier NGC 3628 (a), comprise the celebrated ‘Leo Triplet’ galaxy group. With (1) 73 Leo. Jan 19 2015, 0041 UT.
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The The Coma-Virgo Cluster
A vast galactic assembly which exerts a physical influence on the Local Group from a distance of ~60M LY; contains 16 Messier objects
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Globular cluster M3 in Canes Venatici, against a background of 15-day moonlight. With (a) HIP 67782. Feb 5 2015, 0113 UT
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Open cluster M67 in Cancer. With (a) Acubens, alpha Cancri. Feb 16 2015, 0305 UT.
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Spiral galaxies M95 (blue arrow) and M96 (red arrow), and elliptical galaxy M105 (green arrow) in Leo. With (a) 53 Leonis. Feb 16 2015, 0308UT
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