Mark McIntyre
@markmac99.bsky.social
NGC3227 and 3226 are an interacting pair of spiral and elliptical in Leo. 3227 has an active nucleus and the group are about 77 Mly away.
More technical info on Flickr
More technical info on Flickr
October 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
NGC3227 and 3226 are an interacting pair of spiral and elliptical in Leo. 3227 has an active nucleus and the group are about 77 Mly away.
More technical info on Flickr
More technical info on Flickr
ARP 286 is a small group of peculiar galaxies, NGC5560, 5566 and 5569 about 50-60 Mly away in Virgo. They're gravitationally interacting and in particular the two spirals appear distorted.
More info on my Flickr account
More info on my Flickr account
October 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
ARP 286 is a small group of peculiar galaxies, NGC5560, 5566 and 5569 about 50-60 Mly away in Virgo. They're gravitationally interacting and in particular the two spirals appear distorted.
More info on my Flickr account
More info on my Flickr account
Golly its been a while since i posted. anyway, here's a bunch of Galaxies and one Glob. Mostly taken with my own kit, except NGC1365 which is some iTelescope data.
more in part 2
more in part 2
October 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Golly its been a while since i posted. anyway, here's a bunch of Galaxies and one Glob. Mostly taken with my own kit, except NGC1365 which is some iTelescope data.
more in part 2
more in part 2
M42, the Orion nebula.
I barely processed this at all - i stretched the stack a little but otherwise its pretty much straight off the camera.
M42 is an emission nebula in Orion, lit up by new, highly luminous stars.
I barely processed this at all - i stretched the stack a little but otherwise its pretty much straight off the camera.
M42 is an emission nebula in Orion, lit up by new, highly luminous stars.
January 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
M42, the Orion nebula.
I barely processed this at all - i stretched the stack a little but otherwise its pretty much straight off the camera.
M42 is an emission nebula in Orion, lit up by new, highly luminous stars.
I barely processed this at all - i stretched the stack a little but otherwise its pretty much straight off the camera.
M42 is an emission nebula in Orion, lit up by new, highly luminous stars.
Jupiter 2025-01-02 18:42
Imaged with the RC8, H294C.
Best 10% of 2300 frames (2 mins video)
Stacked in Autostakkert 4, processed in Registax & FastStone.
Three galilean moons visible, plus the red spot.
Imaged with the RC8, H294C.
Best 10% of 2300 frames (2 mins video)
Stacked in Autostakkert 4, processed in Registax & FastStone.
Three galilean moons visible, plus the red spot.
January 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Jupiter 2025-01-02 18:42
Imaged with the RC8, H294C.
Best 10% of 2300 frames (2 mins video)
Stacked in Autostakkert 4, processed in Registax & FastStone.
Three galilean moons visible, plus the red spot.
Imaged with the RC8, H294C.
Best 10% of 2300 frames (2 mins video)
Stacked in Autostakkert 4, processed in Registax & FastStone.
Three galilean moons visible, plus the red spot.
IC434, the Horsehead. This is 40 minutes of data captured with my RC8 and Altair 294C, stacked in DSS and processed in Pixinsight.
Its interesting to note that IC434 is actually the bright nebula *behind*. The nebula is about 1200 ly away and is an HII region being ionised by Sigma Orionis.
Its interesting to note that IC434 is actually the bright nebula *behind*. The nebula is about 1200 ly away and is an HII region being ionised by Sigma Orionis.
January 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
IC434, the Horsehead. This is 40 minutes of data captured with my RC8 and Altair 294C, stacked in DSS and processed in Pixinsight.
Its interesting to note that IC434 is actually the bright nebula *behind*. The nebula is about 1200 ly away and is an HII region being ionised by Sigma Orionis.
Its interesting to note that IC434 is actually the bright nebula *behind*. The nebula is about 1200 ly away and is an HII region being ionised by Sigma Orionis.
A bright fireball was seen this morning at 0147 on 2024-03-02, unfortunately through thick cloud on many cameras. Several visual sightings too - if you saw it please do file a report via our website.
Analysis hopefully incoming!
Analysis hopefully incoming!
March 2, 2024 at 1:48 PM
A bright fireball was seen this morning at 0147 on 2024-03-02, unfortunately through thick cloud on many cameras. Several visual sightings too - if you saw it please do file a report via our website.
Analysis hopefully incoming!
Analysis hopefully incoming!