Snapshot of 2026-10-12
The sky, frame by frame
Each dot is a target or sky field with frames in my catalog: my own nights, community-shared nights and uploads. Each value measured, labeled approximate, or absent.
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125 targets629,387 frames3,404 hours of exposure
Counts as of 2026-10-12 , the catalog build the map shows.
Galactic plane Ecliptic 0h 6h 12h 18h M 81: 50,546 frames, 279 h, captured LBN 576: 25,929 frames, 196 h, captured NGC 6888: 33,763 frames, 164 h, captured M 27: 33,320 frames, 156 h, captured IC 342: 27,746 frames, 153 h, captured M 63: 25,885 frames, 147 h, captured LBN 550: 11,591 frames, 143 h, captured M 100: 22,460 frames, 121 h, captured M 106: 22,260 frames, 108 h, captured NGC 2264: 18,005 frames, 104 h, captured Unnamed field: 17,394 frames, 79 h, captured M 16: 15,045 frames, 68 h, captured Unnamed field: 10,481 frames, 66 h, captured NGC 3310: 10,659 frames, 55 h, captured NGC 2182: 7,614 frames, 42 h, captured LDN 1235: 7,395 frames, 41 h, captured NGC 2170: 5,885 frames, 33 h, captured M 82: 8,881 frames, 30 h, captured M 51: 7,702 frames, 28 h, captured Unnamed field: 7,839 frames, 28 h, captured NGC 6946: 7,152 frames, 25 h, captured NGC 5128: 4,021 frames, 22 h, captured NGC 2070: 3,697 frames, 21 h, captured HIP 106890: 3,571 frames, 20 h, captured NGC 4151: 2,866 frames, 16 h, captured M 20: 2,720 frames, 15 h, captured Sh2-157: 2,648 frames, 15 h, captured Unnamed field: 3,181 frames, 15 h, captured NGC 6193: 4,607 frames, 14 h, captured NGC 4945: 2,504 frames, 14 h, captured IC 1396: 2,458 frames, 14 h, captured NGC 7293: 2,430 frames, 14 h, captured NGC 281: 2,155 frames, 13 h, captured NGC 253: 2,182 frames, 12 h, captured IC 2631: 2,127 frames, 12 h, captured IC 1397B: 1,696 frames, 11 h, captured NGC 7635: 1,977 frames, 11 h, captured Unnamed field: 1,898 frames, 11 h, captured Unnamed field: 2,192 frames, 10 h, captured IC 1396B: 1,182 frames, 9.9 h, captured Unnamed field: 2,480 frames, 9.2 h, captured NGC 2736: 1,597 frames, 8.9 h, captured C 7: 2,944 frames, 8.2 h, captured IC 5146: 2,112 frames, 8.2 h, captured LDN 1228: 482 frames, 8.0 h, captured Unnamed field: 648 frames, 7.9 h, captured NGC 2175: 1,747 frames, 7.7 h, captured NGC 104: 1,341 frames, 7.5 h, captured NGC 7510: 1,282 frames, 7.1 h, captured Unnamed field: 4,393 frames, 6.8 h, captured Unnamed field: 1,913 frames, 6.1 h, captured NGC 206: 1,060 frames, 5.9 h, captured Gaia 2192287033139966848: 2,019 frames, 5.6 h, captured Unnamed field: 311 frames, 5.2 h, captured Unnamed field: 1,744 frames, 4.8 h, captured Unnamed field: 270 frames, 4.5 h, captured IC 63: 265 frames, 4.2 h, captured Unnamed field: 772 frames, 4.1 h, captured Unnamed field: 494 frames, 4.1 h, captured Unnamed field: 647 frames, 3.6 h, captured LDN 1646: 558 frames, 3.1 h, captured LDN 576: 187 frames, 3.1 h, captured Unnamed field: 458 frames, 3.0 h, captured NGC 7331: 649 frames, 2.8 h, captured Unnamed field: 317 frames, 2.6 h, captured C 80: 563 frames, 2.3 h, captured IC 1396A: 389 frames, 2.2 h, captured Unnamed field: 106 frames, 1.8 h, captured Unnamed field: 100 frames, 1.7 h, captured M 57: 621 frames, 1.7 h, captured Delta Sagittae: 507 frames, 1.6 h, captured Unnamed field: 285 frames, 1.5 h, captured NGC 4217: 269 frames, 1.5 h, captured TOI-5305 b: 175 frames, 1.5 h, captured Unnamed field: 507 frames, 1.4 h, captured Unnamed field: 462 frames, 1.3 h, captured Unnamed field: 376 frames, 1.0 h, captured Unnamed field: 258 frames, 0.7 h, captured Unnamed field: 256 frames, 0.7 h, captured Gaia 3216231558906817664: 42 frames, 0.7 h, captured Unnamed field: 114 frames, 0.6 h, captured M 1: 115 frames, 0.6 h, captured NGC 7790: 35 frames, 0.6 h, captured Alnitak: 32 frames, 0.5 h, captured Unnamed field: 113 frames, 0.3 h, captured HIP 114096: 39 frames, 0.3 h, captured Unnamed field: 41 frames, 0.2 h, captured Unnamed field: 19 frames, 0.1 h, captured Unnamed field: 32 frames, 0.1 h, captured Unnamed field: 37 frames, 0.1 h, captured Unnamed field: 21 frames, 0.1 h, captured LBN 567: 21 frames, 0.1 h, captured M 15: 31 frames, 0.1 h, captured C 9: 1 frames, 0.0 h, captured Unnamed field: 4 frames, 0.0 h, captured Ghost Nebula: 5 frames, 0.0 h, captured LDN 386: 15 frames, 0.0 h, captured Sh2-101: 1 frames, 0.0 h, captured NGC 7023: 24,916 frames, 140 h, processed IC 434: 29,924 frames, 128 h, processed NGC 6960: 1,586 frames, 19 h, processed Unnamed field: 3,066 frames, 8.6 h, processed M 101: 818 frames, 8.6 h, processed Unnamed field: 15 frames, 0.8 h, processed Unnamed field: 1 frames, 0.1 h, processed Unnamed field: 1 frames, 0.1 h, processed Unnamed field: 1 frames, 0.1 h, processed Unnamed field: 1 frames, 0.0 h, processed Unnamed field: 1 frames, 0.0 h, processed Unnamed field: 1 frames, 0.0 h, processed Unnamed field: 1 frames, 0.0 h, processed Unnamed field: 1 frames, 0.0 h, processed Unnamed field: 3 frames, 0.0 h, processed Unnamed field: 1 frames, 0.0 h, processed Unnamed field: 1 frames, 0.0 h, processed Unnamed field: 1 frames, 0.0 h, processed Unnamed field: 1 frames, 0.0 h, processed Unnamed field: 1 frames, 0.0 h, processed M 33: 52,552 frames, 318 h, published M 31: 40,398 frames, 186 h, published IC 1805: 5,833 frames, 62 h, published Sh2-129: 2,442 frames, 20 h, published NGC 7000: 2,603 frames, 9.3 h, published NGC 6992: 1,038 frames, 3.1 h, published M 35: 234 frames, 1.3 h, published 98 targets20 targets7 targetsthe Milky Way's midline the Sun's yearly path; planets stay near it Captured: frames are in the catalog. Processed: they have run receipts (the record a processing run writes for each frame) from the old engine or my newer workbench pipeline. Published: an Experiment or Results page exists; click its diamond. Hover a dot for its name, frames and hours; on a phone, tap the map to list what is near.
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