The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

Sunflower galaxy

By marzulloj at Wed, 05/20/2009 - 8:49pm
Sunflower galaxy

Had some clear sky overhead last night. Took a one hour exposure of the Sunflower Galaxy (M63) in Canes Venatici, sixty one minute combined exposures through the TOA 130.

Flats

Submitted by kuky
on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 7:50pm

Pretty cool
do some flats next time