MICHAEL W. DEAN

4 hours, 1000 mm, F/4, Bortle 2.   

My recent Deer Lick Galaxy Group photo, but with added annotation showing all visible galaxy names. All PGC and NGC designations are distant galaxies. “Spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is a foreground galaxy in the same field as the collection, which is also called the Deer Lick Group. It contains four other members, affectionately referred to…

  By the way, these nifty 10-second shots of the comet I took the other night in our back yard were not taken with a fancy or expensive lens. It’s a Canon “kit lens” (general-purpose low-end zoom lens that comes with a camera). It’s the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Here it is on Amazon, renewed…