{"id":5055,"date":"2026-06-23T21:51:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adrianoalfaro.com\/?page_id=5055"},"modified":"2026-06-24T20:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:58:53","slug":"galaxies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianoalfaro.com\/en\/astrophotography\/galaxies\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row aa-bg-move aa-bg-zoom\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Astrophotography<\/h2>\n<h1>Galaxies<\/h1>\n<p>A galaxy is a vast system of stars, planetary systems, star clusters and associations, gas, and dust, all held together by gravity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\" href=\"#gallery\">Explore<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_code_0 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><style>\n.aa-bg-zoom {\n  background-size: 145% auto !important;\n}  \n  \n\/* HERO \/ RIGHE GRANDI CON SFONDO *\/\n.aa-bg-move {\n  overflow: hidden;\n  background-size: 110% !important;\n  background-position: var(--aa-bg-x, 50%) var(--aa-bg-y, 50%) !important;\n  transition: background-position 0.35s ease-out;\n  will-change: background-position;\n}\n\n\/* CARD \/ COLONNE \/ MODULI CON SFONDO *\/\n.aa-bg-move-item {\n  overflow: hidden;\n  background-size: cover !important;\n  background-position: var(--aa-bg-x, 50%) var(--aa-bg-y, 50%) !important;\n  transition: background-position 0.35s ease-out;\n  will-change: background-position;\n}\n\n\/* Se Divi usa livelli interni per background\/parallax *\/\n.aa-bg-move .et_parallax_bg,\n.aa-bg-move-item .et_parallax_bg {\n  background-size: inherit !important;\n  background-position: var(--aa-bg-x, 50%) var(--aa-bg-y, 50%) !important;\n  transition: background-position 0.35s ease-out;\n  will-change: background-position;\n}\n\n\/* Tablet e mobile: effetto disattivato *\/\n@media (max-width: 980px), (hover: none) {\n  .aa-bg-move,\n  .aa-bg-move-item,\n  .aa-bg-move .et_parallax_bg,\n  .aa-bg-move-item .et_parallax_bg {\n    background-size: cover !important;\n    background-position: center center !important;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<script>\n(function () {\n  function initAABackgroundMove() {\n    const elements = document.querySelectorAll('.aa-bg-move, .aa-bg-move-item');\n\n    elements.forEach(function (el) {\n      const isItem = el.classList.contains('aa-bg-move-item');\n      const strength = isItem ? 5 : 4;\n\n      el.addEventListener('mousemove', function (e) {\n        if (window.innerWidth <= 980) return;\n\n        const rect = el.getBoundingClientRect();\n\n        const x = ((e.clientX - rect.left) \/ rect.width - 0.5) * 2;\n        const y = ((e.clientY - rect.top) \/ rect.height - 0.5) * 2;\n\n        const bgX = 50 - x * strength;\n        const bgY = 50 - y * strength;\n\n        el.style.setProperty('--aa-bg-x', bgX + '%');\n        el.style.setProperty('--aa-bg-y', bgY + '%');\n      });\n\n      el.addEventListener('mouseleave', function () {\n        el.style.setProperty('--aa-bg-x', '50%');\n        el.style.setProperty('--aa-bg-y', '50%');\n      });\n    });\n  }\n\n  if (document.readyState === 'loading') {\n    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', initAABackgroundMove);\n  } else {\n    initAABackgroundMove();\n  }\n})();\n<\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_flex_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Adriano Alfaro<\/h4>\n<h3>Explore the astrophotography archive<\/h3>\n<p>This gallery is part of my astrophotography collection. Visit the main page to explore all categories, read insights and curiosities, and discover the equipment I use.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_1 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianoalfaro.com\/astrofotografia\/\">Main page<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\" id=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_3_5 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_code_1 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\/pictures\/view\/256747\/deep_sky\/ngc-206\/m31-andromeda-galaxy-seestar-collective\/by-adriano.alfaro\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/dso-browser.com\/astrophotography\/picture-e8611fe4bb105dd67b9eda06d00f7a8d-uhd-1215x2160.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a>\nby <a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\/profile\/adriano.alfaro\">adriano.alfaro<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\">Telescopius<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_2_5 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>M31 Andromeda galaxy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Integrazione | 116 ore e 40 minuti in IRCUT<\/li>\n<li>Seestar Collective | 2025<\/li>\n<li>Telescopio | ZWO Seestar S50<\/li>\n<li>Drizzle | No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>M31, the Andromeda Galaxy \u2014 our closest large galactic neighbor and one of the most extraordinary objects visible from Earth.<br \/>Located about 2.5 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda, it spans an immense disk of stars, dust, and gas more than 6 times wider than the Moon in our sky \u2014 so large that it can actually be seen with the naked eye under a truly dark sky.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_2_5 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>M81 Bode's galaxy &amp; M82 Cigar galaxy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Integrazione | 150 ore in IRCUT<\/li>\n<li>Seestar Collective | 2026<\/li>\n<li>Telescopi | ZWO Seestar S50 e ZWO Seestar S30<\/li>\n<li>Drizzle | No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>M81 and M82 \u2014 two galaxies shaped by the same gravitational interaction, yet with completely different appearances.<br \/>M81, also known as Bode\u2019s galaxy, is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Its elegant spiral arms are filled with dust lanes and star-forming regions, giving it a calm and well-ordered structure.<br \/>Above it lies M82, the famous Cigar galaxy. Unlike M81, it appears chaotic and disturbed. The intense red outflows visible around its core are enormous streams of hydrogen gas pushed outward by extreme star formation activity. This \u201cstarburst\u201d behavior was likely triggered by a close gravitational interaction with M81 millions of years ago.<br \/>Faint integrated flux nebulae can also be seen across the field, illuminated by the combined light of the Milky Way.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_3_5 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_code_2 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\/pictures\/view\/271909\/deep_sky\/m-81\/m81-bodes-galaxy-and-m82-cigar-galaxy-seestar-coll\/by-adriano.alfaro\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/dso-browser.com\/astrophotography\/picture-40a6779a9544496f079e028176e5616d-original_jpg-1080x1920.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/a>\nby <a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\/profile\/adriano.alfaro\">adriano.alfaro<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\">Telescopius<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_code_3 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\/pictures\/view\/274093\/deep_sky\/ic-3279\/markarians-chain-seestar-collective\/by-adriano.alfaro\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/dso-browser.com\/astrophotography\/picture-2052b49214dbdbcb69ac6ce24c807682-original_jpg-3040x3552.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a>\nby <a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\/profile\/adriano.alfaro\">adriano.alfaro<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\">Telescopius<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Markarian's Chain<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Integrazione | 94 ore e 17 minuti in IRCUT<\/li>\n<li>Seestar Collective | 2026<\/li>\n<li>Telescopio | ZWO Seestar S50<\/li>\n<li>Drizzle | x1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Markarian\u2019s Chain \u2014 one of the most fascinating regions in the Virgo Cluster, where a single field of view opens a window onto an extraordinary concentration of galaxies.<br \/>This area is best known for the apparent \u201cchain\u201d formed by several bright members of the Virgo Cluster, including M84 and M86, along with many other neighboring galaxies scattered across the frame. The effect is striking: a dense gathering of island universes, each one made of billions of stars, all suspended in a seemingly quiet patch of sky that is actually overflowing with structure.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_8 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_2_5 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>M33 Triangulum galaxy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Integrazione | 8:39 ore in IRCUT<\/li>\n<li>Seestar Collective | 2025<\/li>\n<li>Telescopio | ZWO Seestar S50<\/li>\n<li>Drizzle | 1x<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_9 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_3_5 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_code_4 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\/pictures\/view\/256844\/deep_sky\/ngc-592\/m33-triangulum-galaxy\/by-adriano.alfaro\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/dso-browser.com\/astrophotography\/picture-aa709da11f903345936b14fe2fd6adbf-original_jpg-2469x4389.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a>\nby <a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\/profile\/adriano.alfaro\">adriano.alfaro<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\">Telescopius<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_6 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_10 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_3_5 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_code_5 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\/pictures\/view\/265255\/deep_sky\/m-94\/m94-crocs-eye-galaxy\/by-adriano.alfaro\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/dso-browser.com\/astrophotography\/picture-9bfc1ced5606466afec45d3c18c4fadc-original_jpg-1080x1080.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a>\nby <a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\/profile\/adriano.alfaro\">adriano.alfaro<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\">Telescopius<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_11 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_2_5 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>M94 Croc's Eye galaxy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Integrazione | 82 ore e 16 minuti in IRCUT<\/li>\n<li>Seestar Collective | 2025-2026<\/li>\n<li>Telescopio | ZWO Seestar S50<\/li>\n<li>Drizzle | x2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>M94, the Croc\u2019s Eye galaxy, is a nearby spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, about 16 million light-years away.<br \/>It\u2019s often classified as a starburst galaxy because of the intense star formation in its inner region, which appears as a very bright and compact core. Around it, there\u2019s a large and faint outer halo \u2014 but this isn\u2019t dust: it\u2019s made of stars. A huge extended stellar structure that makes M94 quite unusual compared to typical spirals.<br \/>The small \u201cspots\u201d visible across the image are not noise or artifacts, but distant background galaxies, far beyond M94.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_7 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_12 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_2_5 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_7 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>NGC 6946 Fireworks galaxy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Integrazione | 24 ore e 59 minuti in IRCUT<\/li>\n<li>Adriano Alfaro &amp; Vineet | 2025<\/li>\n<li>Telescopio | ZWO Seestar S50<\/li>\n<li>Drizzle | x2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NGC 6946, also known as the Fireworks galaxy, is a fascinating spiral galaxy located on the border between the constellations Cepheus and Cygnus, about 25 million light-years from Earth.<br \/>Its nickname comes from the unusually high number of supernovae observed within it over the past century: as many as 10 stellar explosions, making this galaxy a natural laboratory for studying stellar death.<br \/>Its surface brightness is very low: invisible to the naked eye, but remarkable when revealed through long-exposure imaging.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_13 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_3_5 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_code_6 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\/pictures\/view\/256839\/deep_sky\/ngc-6946\/ngc-6946-fireworks-galaxy-seestar-collective\/by-adriano.alfaro\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/dso-browser.com\/astrophotography\/picture-16e0e3f3427ad776ef36ab922e748e44-original_jpg-1080x1920.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a>\nby <a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\/profile\/adriano.alfaro\">adriano.alfaro<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/telescopius.com\">Telescopius<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\" id=\"esplora\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_9 et_pb_row et_flex_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_16 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_9 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Galleries<\/h4>\n<h3>Explore the astrophotography categories<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_10 et_pb_row et_grid_row aa-bg-move-grid\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_17 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_clickable aa-bg-move-item\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_10 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_clickable et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Nebulae<\/h3>\n<p>HII regions, emission and reflection nebulae, and supernova remnants.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_18 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_clickable aa-bg-move-item\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_11 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_clickable et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Galaxies<\/h3>\n<p>Spiral, elliptical, irregular, and interacting galaxies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_19 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_clickable aa-bg-move-item\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_12 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_clickable et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Planetary nebulae<\/h3>\n<p>Shells of gas expelled by dying stars.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_20 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough aa-bg-move-item\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_13 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_clickable et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Open clusters<\/h3>\n<p>Groups of stars formed from the same molecular cloud.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_21 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_clickable aa-bg-move-item\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_14 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_clickable et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Solar system<\/h3>\n<p>The Moon, Sun, planets, and comets.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_22 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough aa-bg-move-item\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_15 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Milky Way<\/h3>\n<p>The Milky Way, constellations, and wide regions of the sky.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div 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