M101 Again (HaLRGB)
I know I just recently did an image of M101 but there is a good reason to have done it again so soon. I was invited to participate in a […]
Manual Multisession Processing
This video gives an overview of manually preprocessing images in PixInsight using data from multiple sessions. It then gives a brief overview of the same thing using WBPP 2.0. Related […]
M101
M101 is popularly known as the Pinwheel Galaxy for obvious reasons. It is a face-on spiral galaxy that lives in Ursa Major. It has an apparent size of just under […]
M3
It’s been said that if you’ve seen one globular cluster then you have seen them all. Certainly, at first glance, this can seem true. The Milky Way and other large […]
Cone Nebula
This is my next to last image from the observatory in West Virginia. While I was working on the M45 image I acquired data on the cone when the moon […]
M45
Messier 45, also known as the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters and Subaru among many other names is perhaps the brightest open cluster in the sky, at least in the northern […]
Presentation To NOVAC, 14 February 2021
I was honored to be asked to present to my home club, the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club for the February meeting. My presentation, “Finding Light In The Dark” was an […]
M1, The Crab Nebula
The Crab Nebula (which looks nothing like a crab in photos) is one of the iconic nebulae in the night sky. It’s even the first entry in Charles Messier’s famous […]
VSP 14
The weather finally cooperated to allow for another star party and despite a computer crash for me right at the end it was a successful event! We were able to […]
2020 In Review
While 2020 was a challenging year in many respects, it was a pretty good year for astrophotography. In this video, I look back at the images I was able to […]
LBN 581 – HSO
LBN 581, like many objects in the night sky goes by many names. This one is also known as NGC 7822 and Cederblad 214. This is not one of the […]
VSP 13
This was my first virtual star party after the move to the Shenandoah Valley and amazingly all the tech cooperated as did the weather. We had four astronomers showing views […]
VSP 12
During this week’s virtual star party Molly showed off Mars and Messier 33. I was able to show views of the Pelican Nebula, Pacman Nebula, Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) and […]
Pacman Nebula
The Packman Nebula (NGC 281) is an emission nebula in Cassiopeia. It is about 4,100 light years away and is about ½ degree by ½ degree so roughly the same […]
VSP 11
The weather cooperated two weeks in a row and we were able to have another virtual star party! I was able to show views of the Crescent Nebula, Elephant Trunk […]
VSP 10
It was a pleasure to be a part of the virtual star party this week. Between the fires out west and bad weather everywhere it had been a while since […]
