Galaxies from a balcony
2 of 18 captured, 6 gathering light, 10 ahead; 33 h 32 min of light over 22 nights in total.
Galaxies are the hardest class for a city balcony. They shine across the whole spectrum, so a filter does not help: light pollution and signal arrive together. Most have very low surface brightness, and what a dark sky shows in an hour takes five or eight here.
So this page has many honest "ahead" entries and a few frames where the galaxy is barely more than a hint. That is deliberate: to show what a small telescope and a city really give, not only the lucky exceptions.





C 23frame in processingGathering light · 39%C 23Galaxy

M 106frame in processingGathering light · 33%Galaxy M106M 106 · Galaxy · Canes Venatici
M 74still aheadAheadM 74Galaxy · Pisces
NGC 2683still aheadAheadNGC 2683Galaxy · Lynx
M 95still aheadAheadM 95Galaxy · Leo
M 109still aheadAheadM 109Galaxy · Ursa Major
M 81still aheadAheadM 81Galaxy · Ursa Major
NGC 2903still aheadAheadGalaxy NGC 2903NGC 2903 · Galaxy · Leo
M 51still aheadAheadWhirlpool GalaxyM 51 · Galaxy · Canes Venatici
M 63still aheadAheadSunflower GalaxyM 63 · Galaxy · Canes Venatici
M 65still aheadAheadGalaxy M65 (Leo Triplet)M 65 · Galaxy · Leo
M 101still aheadAheadPinwheel GalaxyM 101 · Galaxy · Ursa Major