Blackeye Galaxy with Meteor

During my imaging last night I discovered that I had captured a meteor in one of the images. I posted it on Astronomyforum.net and one of my friends there (Thanks Eric) did a final process and re-posted it. Here's the final shot.

M64 The Blackeye Galaxy

I was attempting to capture a different area of the sky tonight but it was a little to low so I started looking for a different target. I spotted M64 and thought I would give it a shot. There weren't many bright stars in the area so didn't take the time to set up the autoguider. These are 15 second images (50 of them stacked).

From Wikipedia:
The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy; designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779, and independently by Johann Elert Bode in April of the same year, as well as by Charles Messier in 1780. It has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy. M64 is well known among amateur astronomers because of its appearance in small telescopes. It is a spiral galaxy in the Coma Berenices constellation.

Antennae Galaxy

Here's tonight's results. 25 images total exposure 50 mins.

From Wikipedia:

The Antennae Galaxies (also known as NGC 4038/NGC 4039) are a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Corvus. They were both discovered by Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in 1785.

The Ghost of Jupiter

Here's one from tonight. 18 - 1 min images. SW254N EQ5P mount, DSI IIc imager, SSAG, captured with Nebulosity, final process in PS elements.

From Wikipedia:
NGC 3242 is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Hydra.
William Herschel discovered this planetary nebula on February 7, 1785, and cataloged it as H IV.27. John Herschel observed it from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, in the 1830s, and numbered it as h 3248, and included it in the 1864 General Catalogue as GC 2102; this became NGC 3242 in J. L. E. Dreyer's New General Catalogue of 1888.
This planetary nebula is most frequently called the Ghost of Jupiter, or Jupiter's Ghost, but it is also sometimes referred to as the Eye Nebula. It can be easily observed with amateur telescopes, and appears bluish green to most observers. Larger telescopes can distinguish the outer halo as well.^[2]

M83 The Southern Pinwheel

I'm still trying to get my autoguiding under control. However here's an attempt from last night. I was only able to get 7 good images from 15 takes (2 mins each). But still happy with the results.

from Wikipedia:
Pierre Mechain discovered M83 in 1752 at the Cape of Good Hope.^[6] Charles Messier added it to his catalogue of nebulous objects (now known as the Messier Catalogue) in March 1781.^[6]
On 16 June 2008 NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer project reported finding large numbers of new stars in the outer reaches of the galaxy. It had hitherto been thought that these areas lacked the materials necessary for star formation.^[7]

M63 The Sunflower Galaxy

I was able to capture 90 second images last night after doing a "drift alignment" on the scope. Here's the results: (16 minutes, SW254N, EQ5pro, guided)

from Wikipedia:
The Sunflower Galaxy (also known as Messier 63, M63, or NGC 5055) is an Spiral galaxy in the Canes Venatici constellation. It is a Spiral galaxy, consisting of a central disc surrounded by many short spiral arm segments. The Sunflower Galaxy is part of the M51 Group, a group of galaxies that also includes the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51).
The Sunflower Galaxy was discovered by Pierre Méchain on June 14, 1779.^[3] The galaxy was then listed by Charles Messier as object 63 in the Messier Catalogue.
In the mid-1800s, Lord Rosse identified spiral structure within the galaxy, making this one of the first galaxies in which such structure was identified.^[3]

M104 Sombrero Galaxy

Last night I got to try out my new Orion Starshoot autoguider. I had been attempting to use a Meade LPI for guiding and it just wasn't working out. Keep in mind I didn't have the best conditions last night. Clouds were passing and there was considerable humidity in the air. However I was able to capture great 1 minute images. Out of 20 taken I used 18. (lost tracking twice because of clouds.) What I really like is how "round" the stars in the background area. I hadn't really been able to do that with anything longer than 30 seconds. Here's the final image. (captured with Nebulosity, processed with Photoshop elements.) Skywatcher 254N newtonian, EQ5pro mount, Vixen 70mm guide scope, Starshoot guider and Meade DSI IIc imager.

from Wikipedia:
The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as M 104 or NGC 4594 ) is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It has a bright nucleus, an unusually large central bulge, and a prominent dust lane in its inclined disk. The dark dust lane and the bulge give this galaxy the appearance of a sombrero. The galaxy has an apparent magnitude of +9.0, making it easily visible with amateur telescopes. The large bulge, the central supermassive black hole, and the dust lane all attract the attention of professional astronomers.