Calvin KlattOct 23, 20222 minWhat Light Through Yonder Telescope Breaks? Part 1: Composition of the Milky WayMessier 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 KlattAug 10, 20221 minRecent Observations: The Wizard NebulaImage 1: Wizard Nebula, July 31, 2022, Lac Teeples I have imaged the Wizard Nebula several times, but I've not been terribly satisfied...
Calvin KlattAug 10, 20222 minRecent Observations: The Cocoon NebulaImage 1: The Cocoon Nebula by Calvin Klatt. Apologies, dear reader: Few new images have appeared in recent weeks. There are two reasons...
Calvin KlattMay 8, 20222 minRecent Observations: Owl Nebula & Surfboard GalaxyThis is my first good image (May 2022) of two spectacular objects in the Northern sky. The Owl Nebula (Messier 97) is relatively near to...
Calvin KlattDec 27, 20212 minRecent Observations: The Crab Nebula, a Supernova RemnantThe Crab Nebula is the first entry in Charles Messier’s famous catalog of objects that look like comets but are not comets. Messier...
Calvin KlattNov 20, 20212 minRecent Observations: NGC6914A colorful nebula in Cygnus. The entire Cygnus (the Swan) region seems to glow red in a large telescope. The constellation forms a...
Calvin KlattNov 14, 20213 minCatch the wave: Spiral GalaxiesWhat are those spiral patterns we observe in galaxies and what causes them? Do they represent a stable pattern of differing star/nebula...
Calvin KlattNov 10, 20212 minRecent Observations: IC342The galaxy named IC342 is located along the plane of the Milky Way galaxy as viewed from Earth. It is located vastly beyond our galaxy,...
Calvin KlattNov 8, 20211 minRecent Observations: Bubble NebulaI think this is a really spectacular image of NGC7635, the Bubble Nebula. It was captured on October 6, 2021 at the Lac Teeples Deep Sky...
Calvin KlattOct 31, 20211 minHallowe'en 2021: Ghostly NebulaeWitches flying on their brooms are not the only thing we expect on Halloween. Perhaps more common are ghosts (or at least children...
Calvin KlattOct 31, 20211 minHallowe'en 2021: the Witch's BroomWe are nearly at Halloween and I have some Astro-images to share… Halloween is one of the “cross-quarter points” in the calendar, six...