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Galaxies

Galaxies are very exiting, other islands of stars out there. Some of them are relative bright and I can take photos of them from our light polluted balcony. The Andromeda Galaxy is 3 degrees wide, that is 6 times wider than our Moon. You can use a 200 mm or longer telephoto lens when photographing this galaxy, with a telescope even more details.

More to read about galaxies at Wikipedia:

Galaxies

Messier catalogue
Andromeda M31 galaxy 2015

M31
Andromeda Galaxy

 M33 Triangulur Galaxy

M33
Triangulum Galaxy

 M51 Galaxy

M51
Whirlpool Galaxy
Galaxy M63

M63
Sunflower Galaxy

 Galaxy M64

M64
Black Eye Galaxy

 Leo Triplet, M65, M66 and NGC 3628 Galaxies

M65, M66, NGC 3628
Leo Triplet Galaxies
M81 Galaxy

M81
Bodes Galaxy

 M82 Galaxy

M82
Cigar Galaxy

 M86 Galaxy

M86
M87 Galaxy

M87
Virgo A

 M94 Galaxy

M94
Cat's Eye Galaxy

 Leo I Group, M95, M96 and M105 Galaxies

M95, M96, M105
Leo I Group
M101 Galaxy

M101
Pinwheel Galaxy

 M102 Galaxy

M102

 M106 Galaxy

M106
M108 Galaxy

M108
Surfboard Galaxy

 M109 Galaxy, Sweden 2025

M109
Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy

  

New Generation Catalogue
NGC 1023 Galaxy, 2023

NGC 1023
Perseus Lenticular Galaxy
NGC 2403 Galaxy, 2023

NGC 2403
Caldwell 7

 NGC 2681 Galaxy, 2025

NGC 2681
Lenticular Galaxy
NGC 4111 Galaxy and cluster, 2020

NGC 4111 and cluster

 NGC 4236 Galaxy, 2025

NGC 4236
Caldwell 3

 NGC 4435 NGC 4438 Galaxies, 2020

NGC 4435, NGC 4438
Eyes Galaxies
NGC 4874 Galaxy and Coma Cluster, 2023

NGC 4874
Coma Cluster
NGC 5322 Galaxy, Sweden 2020

NGC 5322

 NGC 5866 Galaxy and cluster, 2025

NGC 5866
NGC 5907 Galaxy and cluster, 2024

NGC 5907
Knife Edge Galaxy
NGC 6946 Galaxy, Sweden 2024

NGC 6946
Fireworks Galaxy

    

Index Catalogue
IC 2574 galaxy 2025

IC 2574
Coddington's Nebula

 IC 432 galaxy 2022

IC 342
Caldwell Nebula

 IC 4020 spiral galaxy 2022

IC 4020

Uppsala General Catalogue
UGC 10822 Galaxy, 2019

UGC 10822
Draco Dwarf

    

Comments:

If I had taken those photographs today (2025) I would use the following of my equipment.

Camera Lens / Telescope Reducer / Barlow Mount Comment
Nikon D800 TS130, 910 mm x1 to x2 SkyWatcher EQ6 Small galaxies
Nikon D800 Pentax 300 mm x1 SkyWatcher HEQ5 M31 and M33 galaxy

Only the M31 Andromeda and M33 Triangulum galaxy is big enough for my Pentax 300 mm lens. Most galaxies need long time exposures, something like 60 x 1-4 minute to reduce the noise.
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