Springtime is Galaxy Season

 

M82             M81

M81 (right) Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy


M82 (left)  Messier 82 (also known as NGC 3034, Cigar Galaxy or M82) is a starburst galaxy

Both  Galaxies are about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. Its distance is estimated to be between 15 and 35 million light-years.

A Late Winter Target.

M78

 

The nebula Messier 78 (also known as M 78 or NGC 2068) is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion.and is about 1,600 light years distant from Earth.  This was captured in March from my backyard observatory in Sherkston.  I used a Canon T3i on my Tele Vue NP101 @ f5.4 All processing was done using Digital Photo Pro4, Deep Sky Stacker, and PhotoShop CC