Pleiades

The Pleiades, M45. An open cluster in Taurus.

Orion Returns…

Mars is back!

The Pleiades

The Pleiades is a cluster of stars in the constellation of Taurus, relatively close to Earth – and is a …

Sky Watcher

This was a thirty second snap taken during the period while I was imaging Comet 46P/Wirtanen through my SkyWatcher ED120 …

Star Clusters in Taurus

All images © R.Powell  

2012 – Deep Sky

I photographed these deep sky objects during 2012. Click an image to enlarge and go to slideshow: All images © …

2011 – Deep Sky

Star clusters M45 (Pleiades) in Taurus, M37 in Auriga and the Jewel Box NGC4555 in Crux. Emission Nebula in Eta …