Essays and information about 140 of the most popular northern and southern objects

all text is copyright Robert Gendler 2005

 

Beginner's Primer on Basic Astronomy

30 Doradus

47 Tucanae

Bubble Nebula

Cave Nebula

Cocoon Nebula

Cone Nebula Region

Crab Nebula

Double Cluster

Eta Carinae

Hercules Galaxy Cluster

Hickson Compact Group 44

Horsehead Nebula

IC 59/63

IC 342

IC405

IC443

IC1318

IC1396

IC1396A (vdB142)

IC1805/1848

IC2118

IC2177

IC2220

IC2944

Leo Triplet

Large Magellanic Cloud

Local Group

Medusa Nebula

M1

M3

M5

M7

M8

M11

M13

M14

M15

M16

M17

M20

M22

M27

M31

M31 Nucleus

M33

M34

M35

M39

M42

M44

M45

M46

M51

M57

M58

M61

M63

M64

M67

M74

M76

M77

M78

M81

M82

M83

M87

M94

M95/M96

M97

M100

M101

M104

M106

M109

Milky Way

NGC 55

NGC247

NGC253

NGC 281

NGC289

NGC 300

NGC 891

NGC1232

NGC 1313

NGC 1333

NGC 1365

NGC 1499

NGC 1672

NGC 1977

NGC 1999

NGC 2024

NGC 2170

NGC 2244

NGC 2261

NGC 2264

NGC 2359

NGC 2392

NGC 2403

NGC 2442

NGC 2841

NGC 2903

NGC 3079 (and Lensed Quasar Q0957+561)

NGC 3190

NGC 3521

NGC 3576

NGC3621

NGC 3718

NGC 4038

NGC 4038 and SN 2007SR

NGC 4449

NGC 4565

NGC 4631

NGC 4725

NGC 4945

NGC 5033

NGC 5128

NGC 5189

NGC 6164

NGC 6188

NGC 6302

NGC 6334

NGC 6357

NGC 6543

NGC 6559

NGC 6726

NGC 6744

NGC 6822

NGC 6823

NGC 6888

NGC 6914

NGC 6946

NGC 7000

NGC 7023

NGC 7129

NGC 7293

NGC 7331

NGC 7380

NGC 7822

Omega Centauri

Orion Molecular Cloud and OB1 Association

Perseus Galaxy Cluster

Pismis 24

Pleiades

Rho Ophiuchus

Rosette Nebula

Sagittarius Dwarf

Simeis 147

Small Magellanic Cloud

Stephan's Quintet

Veil Nebula

Vela Supernova Remnant

Virgo Galaxy Cluster