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The universe contains countless galaxies. Galaxies are huge systems of stars: they contain hundreds of millions of stars. Opposed to nebulae and star clusters, which are part of our milky way, galaxies are extra-galactic and lie many millions of lightyears away from us. They usually are very faint and are hard to observe visually.

Andromeda galaxy M31. 8mm/f4.8 refractor + Atik 383L + autoguider. 20x300s.
Fireworks galaxy NGC6946. 8RC/f6 + Atik 383L + autoguider. 12x300s 2x2 binning.
Andromeda galaxy (M31) and M32. 8RC/f6 + Atik 383L + autoguider. 15x60s.
Bode's galaxy (M81). First light with the new 8RC/f8 + Atik 383L + autoguider combination. 8x600s, 2x2 binning.
Andromeda galaxy (M31) and companion (M110). Canon EOS 350D, 250mm telelens piggyback on LX200.
Three galaxies in Leo, WO Z80 refractor.
April 10, 2010. M109 in Ursa Major, 10" LX200 f/6.7, ATIk 16HRC, 20x60sec.
December 14, 2009. A cold winter night, with very good seeing. Galaxy NGC891 in andromeda (17x1 min), 10" LX200/ATIk 16HRC.
December 14, 2009. Pinwheel galaxy M33 in Triangulum (30x1 min). 10" LX200/ATIk 16HRC.
June 13, 2009. Two galaxies M81 (right) and M82 (left) in Ursa Major. stack of 21 60s exposures, William Optics Z80 (piggyback on LX200) and ATK 16HRC.
april 1, 2009. Galaxy M51 in Ursa Major. Stack of 24 30s exposures. 10" LX200GPS @ f/6.7, ATK 16HRC.
This image of M106 was taken on January 28, 2006. 10" LX200 @f/6.3, EOS350D and 2 minutes exposure.
October 12, 2009. Image of core of M31 ("andromeda nebula") in Andromeda, William Optics Z80 with ATIK 16HRC, stack of 8 images, total 32 minutes exposure. In the right bottom corner, another galaxy (M110) is visible.