Saturn
Saturn, observed through a telescope, is an incredible and beautiful sight that fires imagination, evoking a sense of space and time and giving an...
Pluto
Pluto has a radius of about 1,200 kilometres and Charon about 630 kilometres. Pluto`s surface temperature is estimated to be about -233ºC with an...
Neptune
Neptune Neptune is the fourth largest planet in the Solar System and, for most of the time, is the eighth planet from the Sun.
The...
Mercury
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and, with a diameter of 4,880 kilometres (40% smaller than Earth and 40% greater than the...
Mars
Mars At its closest approach to Earth, Mars is the fourth brightest object in the sky after the Sun, the Moon and Venus. At...
Jupiter
Jupiter's magnitude varies from about –2.8 to –1.8 between opposition and conjunction, which usually makes it the fourth brightest object in the sky after...
M17
Messier Number: M17
NGC Number: NGC 6618
Common Name: Omega, Horseshoe or Lobster Nebula
Object Type: Open cluster in a diffuse nebula
Distance in...
M16
Messier Number: M16
NGC Number: NGC 6611
Common Name: Eagle Nebula
Object Type: Open Cluster in Nebula
Distance in Light Years: 7,000
Constellation: Serpens...
M8, Lagoon Nebula
Messier Number: M8
NGC Number: NGC 6523
Common Name: Lagoon Nebula
Object Type: Diffuse Nebula
Distance in Light Years: 6,500
Constellation: Sagittarius
Apparent Magnitude:...
M5
Messier Number: M5
NGC Number: NGC 5904
Object Type: Globular Cluster
Distance in Light Years: 23,000
Constellation: Serpens
Apparent Magnitude: 5.6
With good viewing conditions,...






























