Astronomical Images by Wade Van Arsdale

Images were made from sites in Arkansas and New Mexico

LINKS TO ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES BELOW

Information about the objects courtesy of SEDS, Wikipedia, NASA and Nine Planets

Click on image to see larger version.  Click on link below each image to see technical information about the image. 
 

NEBULAE OF OUR GALAXY

OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

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M43

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M57

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M42

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M1


2024 Total Solar Eclipse		 Mars Opposition 2025-01-04
Mars 2025 Opposition

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 M27

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 NGC 6826

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IC 434 		 m16.jpg (1534271 bytes)
M16		 2024 Partial Lunar Eclipse Webpage
 9/2024 Partial Lunar Eclipse		 Jupiter 2025 Opposition
Jupiter Opposition 2025
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IC 5146
NGC 7635

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NGC 2392
NGC 6888
Jupiter Opposition 2021		 Saturn 2025 Opposition
Saturn 2025 Opposition

 
GALAXIES      

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NGC 7331

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M82

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M77

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 NGC 6946
Saturn Opposition 2021		  

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M104

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M66


M51

 M101
 M101
Mars Opposition 2020		  
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NGC 5907		 ngc5985.jpg (85367 bytes)
 NGC 5985

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 NGC 7479

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 NGC 7814


Saturn Opposition 2020

  

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 M33


M74

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 NGC 891

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 NGC 2903
Jupiter Opposition 2020		  
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 M109		 m63.jpg (234472 bytes)
 M63		 ngc7332.jpg (250585 bytes)
NGC 7332		 m31.jpg (256475 bytes)
 M31
2017 Total Solar Eclipse		  

M81		 ngc7640.jpg (247031 bytes)
NGC 7640		 ngc2683.jpg (88764 bytes)
NGC 2683		 m95.jpg (147723 bytes)
 M95
Our Moon		  
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 NGC 4565
Stephan's Quintet		 ngc2841.jpg (531014 bytes)
NGC 2841
NGC 3628		 Jupiter-11-1-09.jpg (40063 bytes)
 More Jupiter Images		  
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M100
NGC 2403		 ngc3184.jpg (419731 bytes)
 NGC 3184		 Markarians_Chain.jpg (989712 bytes)
Markarians Chain		 saturn_4-1-07.jpg (170414 bytes)
 More Saturn Images		  
 

GLOBULAR CLUSTERS OF OUR GALAXY

  

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M13

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M79

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M15


M71
Uranus		  

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M92

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 NGC 6760		 m56.jpg (1233278 bytes)
M56

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 NGC 6229
Comet 17/P		  
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 NGC 2419		 m12.jpg (258277 bytes)
 M12		 m53.jpg (847795 bytes)
M53
Mars Opposition 2012		  
 

OPEN CLUSTERS OF OUR GALAXY

  


M67

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NGC 1502

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M41

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M36

  

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NGC 884

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NGC 869

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 M11
M52		  
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M39 		ngc457.jpg (256106 bytes)
 NGC 457 		m50[1].jpg (827856 bytes)
 M50		 m50[1].jpg (827856 bytes)
 M38		  
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NGC 6940
Double Cluster 		NGC 7789 Open Cluster
NGC 7789 		 
 

LATEST IMAGES:
 Mars 2025 Opposition
Saturn 2025 Opposition
Jupiter 2025 Opposition
Live EAA Session 12/2024
2024 Partial Lunar Eclipse
Live EAA Session 6/2024
2024 Total Solar Eclipse
 M101-Supernova SN 2023ixf
 M51 2022 Version
NGC 7789
Messier 81 2022 Version
Messier 74 2022 Version
EAA Astronomy Observing 10-8-2021
 Saturn Opposition 2021
 Jupiter Opposition 2021
 Mars Opposition 2020
Saturn 2020 Opposition
Jupiter 2020 Opposition
 High-Resolution Moon Images
2017 Total Solar Eclipse
 NGC 6888
 Double Cluster in Perseus
NGC 6940
M38
 Markarians Chain
 M67
 NGC 2392
NGC 3184
Mars, 2012
NGC 2403
 Jupiter 12/17/2011
NGC 7635
M100
 M82

  
 

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