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Calvin Klatt
May 10, 20241 min read
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...
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Calvin Klatt
May 10, 20242 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...
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Calvin Klatt
Oct 17, 20233 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:...
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Calvin Klatt
Sep 16, 20231 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...
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Calvin Klatt
Sep 16, 20232 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...
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Calvin Klatt
Aug 20, 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...
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Calvin Klatt
Jul 21, 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...
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Calvin Klatt
Jul 21, 20233 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...
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Calvin Klatt
Jul 19, 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...
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Calvin Klatt
Jul 18, 20235 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...
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Calvin Klatt
Jan 24, 20231 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...
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Calvin Klatt
Nov 5, 20223 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...
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Calvin Klatt
Oct 23, 20222 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)....
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Calvin Klatt
Oct 23, 20225 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...
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Calvin Klatt
Oct 23, 20222 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...
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Calvin Klatt
Oct 16, 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...
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Calvin Klatt
May 20, 20221 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...
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Calvin Klatt
May 20, 20222 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...
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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),...
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Calvin Klatt
May 19, 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...
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