Whirlpool Galaxy

Whirlpool Galaxy

I would like to share with you some of the photos of Whirlpool Galaxy. I had to process the raw FITS image, but it did not have enough pixels. So I made my best.

Moon and Sigma Leonis

Moon and Sigma Leonis

Tonight I have taken a photo of of the star Sigma Leonis. This star is beyond the visibility of naked eye, because its magnitude is 10.25.

Moon, 16 July 2017

Moon, 16 July 2017

I have set one of the telescopes of Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics to take a single shoot of Moon. The settings I have used are following:

Before we land on Mars

Before we land on Mars

A few days ago we have started one long email discussion with my colleagues and friends from various institutions – some private space companies, NASA, etc.