Member, Dave Wilkins, assembled this fantastic image of the Andromeda Nebula (M31, NGC 224) from 55 images of 1-minute duration. Images were taken near Kinzua Point, close to Warren, PA in July, 2020. The nebula is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. The galaxy’s name stems from the area of Earth’s sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda
NGC 4501 is a spiral galaxy of type Sb.
NGC 7479, also known as Caldwell 44 is a barred spiral galaxy about 105 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.
NGC 891, Caldwell 23, is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.
Had a great turnout for International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday! Well over 100 people attended. We had a program that discussed real and
This Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 7PM - clear skies or cloudy! What is a Super Moon? What are the names for the Moon’s phases
WHAT? A clear night on Sunday? Our AllSky Camera captured a meteor about 11:30pm - as well as the Milky Way. Live camera: martzobservatory.org/allsky/
Member, Andy Felong, had his haiku about the Total Solar Eclipse published. Combined images by Andy Felong & Dave Wilkins
The Perseids meteor shower will peak August. 11-12, 2024. The meteors should be easy to spot because the moon will set below the horizon as
