A gallery of wide-angle images specifically showing the Milky Way, in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Included are panoramic mosaics and also some nightscapes. There are many variations here, with slightly different framings and croppings. Some constellations are also here, ones embedded in the Milky Way. But also check the Constellations Gallery for more.

This Gallery contains deep-sky images of open and globular star clusters, as well as some asterisms. Constellations are contained in their own Galleries. Use the Search function to look for specific objects by catalog, by number or by name. There are separate Galleries for Messier and for NGC/IC objects but objects in those Galleries are also here, and vice versa.

This gallery contains images of all types of colourful gaseous nebulas in our Milky Way, including emission, reflection and dark nebulas. Included are Messier objects, NGC objects, IC objects, Barnard catalog dark nebulas, and other weird and wonderful nebulas. Use the Search function to look for specific objects by catalog, by number or by name. There are separate Galleries for Messier and for NGC/IC objects but objects in those Galleries are also here, and vice versa.

A gallery of images of other galaxies beyond the Milky Way, including the Magellanic Clouds. Because I shoot mostly with short-focal length (under 1000mm) apo refractors, the fields are wide and small objects like most galaxies are tiny on the frame, though they do better match the appearance through eyepieces.

This Gallery contains objects (nebulas, star clusters and galaxies) in the catalogue of Charles Messier, the 18th century comet hunter and pioneering deep-sky observer. The catalogue serves as a list of many of the sky's best and brightest deep-sky objects. Most of these images will also appear in the other Deep-Sky Galleries under Nebulas, Star Clusters, etc.

This Gallery contains objects (nebulas, star clusters and galaxies) in the New General and Index Catalogues of J.L.E. Dreyer in the late 1800s. The catalogues serve as a list of most of the sky's deep-sky objects accessible to the backyard astronomer. Most of these images will also appear in the other Deep-Sky Galleries under Nebulas, Star Clusters, etc. This Gallery does NOT contain any of the Messier objects. To search for specific objects, simply the catalog number, or type NGC&1499, for example, to search for NGC 1499.

This is a unique collection of my photos of popular deep sky targets processed to simulate the views of those objects through a telescope or binocular eyepiece. Colour is mostly monochrome but with colours retained on bright stars. Contrast and detail are greatly reduced. These are suitable for illustrations of what observers can realistically expect to see when looking at deep-sky objects. Unlike sketches, star placement is absolutely accurate and details are not subjective. Images labelled "Telescope view" simulate the view through a moderate aperture telescope at low power with a field of 1° to 3°. Images labelled "Binocular view" were taken with telephoto lenses and have fields of about 5° to 8°, similar to binoculars. Some of these have the stereotypical dual-field binocular outline in order to frame an even wider field. Images labelled "Naked eye" are of broad sweeps of the Milky Way as your unaided eye would see it from a dark site. However, I can supply versions without the blue border or without the circular mask if needed. Images are presented in alphabetical order by object catalog & number, i.e. Messier objects (M) before NGC objects. All images are keyworded -- you can search for objects by type of object, constellation, or catalog number.

This gallery contain a small selection of images that feature well-known bright stars and double stars as the main subject of interest. Most are narrow-field close-ups; some are wider-angle views.