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Recent Observations: NGC3184, the “Little Pinwheel” Galaxy
Image 1: NGC3184, the “Little Pinwheel” Galaxy On the evening of May 6/7 the intention was to image galaxy clusters or fields of many...
Calvin Klatt
May 10, 20241 min read


Recent Observations: NGC5371 and Hickson 68 galaxy grouping
Image 1: NGC5371 and Hickson 68 galaxy grouping (full image 3 by 4.5 degrees). NGC5371 is just above centre. Image 2: NGC5371 and Hickson...
Calvin Klatt
May 10, 20242 min read


Recent Observations: The Pinwheel Galaxy, M101
Image 1: M101 the Pinwheel Galaxy with companion NGC5474, imaged in April 2023 from Lac Teeples. This is my blended version. Image 2:...
Calvin Klatt
Oct 17, 20233 min read


Recent Observations: Galaxy NGC-7640
Image 1: Galaxy NGC-7640 Imaged at Lac Teeples on September 16, 2023 Just after midnight on September 16 I realized that the object I was...
Calvin Klatt
Sep 16, 20231 min read


Recent Observations: “Lord of the Galaxy”
I’ve been thinking about imaging the Milky Way with a person in the foreground in some dramatic pose. Well, here it is. Not the...
Calvin Klatt
Sep 16, 20232 min read


Recent Observations: Southern Milky Way from Cottage shoreline
Figure 1: Southern Milky Way, imaged August 19, 2023 at Lac Teeples. This image is of the Milky Way, captured from the waterfront on my...
Calvin Klatt
Aug 20, 20232 min read


Recent Observations: Markarian’s Chain and the “Eyes”
Figure 1: Markarian’s Chain, centred on Markarian’s Eyes. Image from Lac Teeples, May 21, 2023. Figure 2: Markarian’s Chain, centred on...
Calvin Klatt
Jul 21, 20232 min read


Recent Observations: The Hercules Globular Cluster and our Galaxy
Figure 1: The Hercules Globular Cluster (M13) imaged at Lac Teeples on May 22, 2023. I have a fondness for Globular Clusters because...
Calvin Klatt
Jul 21, 20233 min read


Recent Observations: The Northern Milky Way centred on Deneb
Figure 1: Milky Way as seen in the northern sky from Lac Teeples on May 14, 2023. This is a wide-field image of the Milky Way. This is...
Calvin Klatt
Jul 19, 20233 min read


Recent Observations: The Southern Milky Way towards the Galactic Centre
Image 1: Milky Way from the north shoreline of Lac Teeples looking South, July 14, 2023. This version based on combining/stacking a...
Calvin Klatt
Jul 18, 20235 min read


Suggested Images for Printing 2023-01
This year at Christmas a number of people received gift images printed on metal at PosterJack in Toronto. Some others were offered prints...
Calvin Klatt
Jan 24, 20231 min read


Recent Observations: The Great Andromeda Galaxy
Figure 1: Andromeda Galaxy, imaged in October 2022 at Lac Teeples. The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and...
Calvin Klatt
Nov 5, 20223 min read


Recent Observations: The Fireworks Galaxy, NGC6946
Figure 1: NGC6946, the Fireworks Galaxy (imaged October 22, 2022) Figure 2: NGC6946, the Fireworks Galaxy (imaged October 22, 2022)....
Calvin Klatt
Oct 23, 20222 min read


What Light Through Yonder Telescope Breaks? Part 2: Stars
In a number of posts I will be studying the composition of the Milky Way, with the goal of better understanding the sources of the light...
Calvin Klatt
Oct 23, 20225 min read


What Light Through Yonder Telescope Breaks? Part 1: Composition of the Milky Way
Messier 33 or the Triangulum Galaxy, a galaxy similar to our home Milky Way, composed of stars, gas and dust. In a series of posts I will...
Calvin Klatt
Oct 23, 20222 min read


Recent Observations: M33 Triangulum Galaxy
Messier’s 33’rd object is the Triangulum Galaxy, one of our local group of Galaxies. It is a separate galaxy, outside the Milky Way and...
Calvin Klatt
Oct 16, 20222 min read


Recent Observations: The Splinter Galaxy and a Spiral neighbor
This is an image of NGC5907, also known as the Splinter Galaxy or the Knife-Edge Galaxy, with a nice spiral galaxy up in the corner of...
Calvin Klatt
May 20, 20221 min read


Recent Observations: NGC3718, a Warped Spiral
NGC3718 is a warped galaxy in the Ursa Major (big dipper) constellation. It is located approximately 50 million light-years from Earth...
Calvin Klatt
May 20, 20222 min read


Recent Observations: Messier 95 and 96 - galactic twins
Messier 96 (M96) on the left and Messier 95 (M95) on the right. The two galaxies shown here are Messier 95 (M95) and Messier 96 (M96),...
Calvin Klatt
May 20, 20222 min read


Recent Observations: Messier 94 - Is that a halo?
This very odd galaxy is M94, or Messier 94, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici (hunting dogs). Messier 94 (M94) was...
Calvin Klatt
May 19, 20222 min read
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