Astronomical Gallery

These images were taken with the Thornton 24" and Oxford 12" telescopes at the William Boulton Observatory at Keele. Images from my undergraduate days, can be seen at the University of St Andrews Astronomical Society. All images are from the ST7 CCD on the 24" unless otherwise stated.

= animated GIFs of moving/changing objects
= good images - the more stars the better!
= new objects (since 06/06/2008)
= updated objects (since 06/06/2008)
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Solar System

Planets & Moons
Mercury Venus
Moon
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn

Uranus Neptune
Comets, Asteroids & Dwarf Planets
17P/Holmes
 Pluto
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3
 2006 VV2
C/2006 M4 SWAN
C/2007 E1 Garradd

Deep Sky

Globular Clusters (GC) -- (what's this?)
Messier Objects
M2
M3
M13
Great Cluster
M15
M22
M28
M53
M56
M71

M72
M75
NGC Objects
5466
6760
6934
Open Clusters (OC) -- (what's this?)
Messier Objects
M45

Galaxies -- (what's this?)
Spiral Galaxies
Messier Objects
M33
Pinwheel
Galaxy
M51
Whirlpool
Galaxy
M63
Sunflower
Galaxy
M77
M81
M82
M94
M101
M102
M106
M108
NGC Objects
772
3521
3690
4435
4438
The Eyes
4458
4461
4477
HGC58
5350
5353-5
5358
5609
5613-5
5893
5895
5896
5899
5929
5930
5992
5993
6503
Elliptical Galaxies
Messier Objects
M84
M86
NGC Objects
4473
Irregular Galaxies
NGC Objects
4449

Nebulae -- (what's this?)
Emission/Absorption Nebulae
Messier Objects
M16
Eagle
Nebula
M17
Omega
Nebula
M20
Trifid
Nebula
M42
M43
Orion
Nebula

IC Objects
434
Horsehead
Nebula
Supernova Remnants (SNR) -- (what's this?)
Messier Objects
M1
Crab
Nebula
Planetary Nebulae -- (what's this?)
Messier Objects
M27
Dumbell
Nebula
M57
Ring
Nebula
M97
Owl
Nebula
NGC Objects
2346
2392
Eskimo
Nebula
6751
6905
7009
7635
Bubble
Nebula

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