The Universe from my backyard

Imaging the wonders of the Universe from light-polluted suburbia by Matthias Steinmetz

Recent images

M85, NGC4394 and friends

Galaxy · Coma Berenices

NGC5832 – a rare guest on astrobin

Galaxy · Ursa Minor

Veil nebula in HOO with Planck stars

Nebula · Supernova Remnant · Cygnus

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Browse the image archive by catalog, object type, constellation, image type, equipment or year. Discover galaxies, nebulae, star clusters and widefield scenes.

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From Suburbia to Deep Space

Most images on this site are captured from a suburban backyard observatory under light-polluted skies and are created using amateur equipment. Modern digital cameras and imaging techniques make it possible to reveal surprisingly faint structures of galaxies and nebulae that would have been impossible to capture from such a location only a few decades ago. All my astro images can be found on astrobin, which provides different versions of an image, details of the data collection, and the astrometry of the environment.