AstroBilly's Solid Angle

The Open Cluster known as C10 or NGC 663 is about 2100 parsecs from us towards the constellation Cassiopeia.  Its estimated age is around ...

M 81 Bode's Galaxy as seen by VAO Messier 81 also known as Bode's Galaxy is 11.8 million light years away from Earth. On the ...

VAO (Vazquez Astronomical Observatory) - 06/03/13 Sky conditions: CLEAR and DARK Telescope: Meade 12" Focal Reducer: f/6.3 Cam...

M 74 5x2 min expousres binned 2x2 @ f/10 12" SCT © Billy Vazquez M74 is a beautiful galaxy on the constellation Pisces.  The ima...

The main camera of the VAO is an Orion Parsec that has a KAF8300 CCD.  One of the issues with this camera is the possibility of non-lin...

M 52 3x5 minute exposure, Stromgren y © Billy Vazquez M 52 discovered by Messier in 1774 is shown here in an unguided co-added 3x5 mi...

Maia in Pleiades 5 min unguided exposure © Billy Vazquez The Pleiades Cluster also known as the Seven Sisters will always make one of ...