Adding even more images to the catalog of objects, focusing on smaller-but-not-too-small and not-too-dim galaxies. These were taken on different clear nights over the past week or so.
All of these will be added to the galaxy page, linked in the header above.
IC 2574 / Coddington’s Nebula
31m
2026-10-11
A faint, blobby dwarf galaxy that’s vaguely spiral-like, but tough to make out with this telescope. It’s a member of the M81 group, and oddly, it’s apparently mostly dark matter (some estimates have it around 90% dark matter).
M81 / Bode’s Galaxy
24m
2026-10-05
Ok, not so faint, and I’ve gotten this one before, but what’s not to like?
NGC 147 / Caldwell 17
19m
2026-10-03
A faint dwarf galaxy that’s not a spiral, but a spherical / elliptical galaxy that’s a satellite of the Andromeda galaxy.
NGC 185 / Caldwell 18
17m
2026-10-03
Another small elliptical dwarf galaxy that’s a satellite of the Andromeda galaxy.
NGC 891 / Caldwell 23
37m
2026-10-11
This will always be one of my favorites to capture with the eVscope. Such a beautiful galaxy, perfectly sized and with great definition.
NGC 925
18m
2026-10-03
A small barred spiral galaxy, it’s a member of the NGC 1023 group.
NGC 1023
20m
2026-10-05
A barred lenticular galaxy, this is the brightest member of the NGC 1023 group of galaxies. It’s about 33-36 million light-years away.
NGC 1023
41m
2026-10-11
I think I forgot that I took a picture of this one a week before. The longer dwell time didn’t seem to help much – in some ways, I like the shorter exposure better.
NGC 6822
38m
2026-10-04
This is a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way, and only about 1.6 million light-years away. It’s an irregular dwarf galaxy, and on the eVscope, it’s quite blobby.
NGC 7331 / Caldwell 30
21m
2026-10-03
A tight spiral galaxy, of a similar size, mass, and structure to our own Milky Way. Oddly, and unlike most spiral galaxies, its central bulge rotates opposite to the direction of its arms. Not that you can see that in this picture, of course.
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