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iPhone shot of the Crescent moon showing some earthshine with Venus. NGC 4490, the Cocoon Galaxy. An interacting dwarf galaxy pair at a “close” 25M light years from earth. An interesting one to photograph and even more interesting to learn about recent science surrounding it. Link in comments. The moon from the evening of 26 April. Enjoyed photographing M3. Globular clusters are one of my favorite objects, but can be challenging to photograph well. This is my second attempt to capture one. NGC 5907, an edge on spiral galaxy in constellation Draco. About 40 million light years from earth, a supernova was spotted by Yasuo Sano on 22 April 2026. This image was captured on 27 April. Typically supernovae will brighten for around 2 weeks then fade away over the course of 2-3 months. Hickson Compact Group 61, or the Box Galaxy Group. NGC 4725 is an interacting barred spiral galaxy approximately 40 million light years from earth. It is interacting with NGC 4747, which appears to have a highly disturbed shape from the interaction. The other prominent spiral galaxy in the image, NGC 4712 is over 200 million light years away and is not part of the interacting system. First light on my new ZWO FF 80 Astrograph. M63, the Sunflower Galaxy. A galaxy rich in dust and star formation. Got a few minutes of clear sunshine today. A few prominent active regions. Taken with SeeStar S50.