Fireworks Galaxy (HaLRGB)
The Fireworks Galaxy, NGC 6949, gets its name because ten supernovae have been observed there in the last 100 years. That is a rate far in excess of what most […]
M51 (HaLRGB)
M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, is another of the best known deep sky objects in the northern hemisphere. It’s one of the best places in the sky to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Leo Triplet
This was an image that was posted before its time. My original intent was to get eight hours each of red, green and blue and then try some hydrogen alpha […]
M81 & M82
Near the start of my astrophotography journey I did an image of M81 & M82 using a DSLR and a 200mm lens. It wasn’t very good though I was quite […]
M33 HaRGB
A few weeks ago I posted an image of M33. Then the hydrogen alpha filter I had ordered finally came in and I was curious to see what adding in […]
M33
Messier 33, also known as the Triangulum Galaxy is the third largest galaxy in our local group of galaxies (behind the Andromeda galaxy and our own Milky Way). It is […]
M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
M51 is also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy because of the look of the spiral shape when viewed through a telescope. It’s a fairly small target for my modest telescope […]
Markarian’s Chain & M87
The universe is vast. It’s hard to comprehend just how big it is. For me, this image helps make that visceral. Without any effort, more than a dozen galaxies are […]
M31: The Reprocessing
Although I had already gone through three attempts to process the M31 data I collected in December, I wasn’t happy with any of them. During this extended period of bad […]
M31 – The Andromeda Galaxy
it’s been a couple of months since work and weather have cooperated to allow me to attempt any imaging. When a night finally showed clear, even though the moon was […]
Islands In the Night
At NEAF I bought the small refractor I’m planning to use for astrophotography but all the associated parts I need haven’t arrived yet so when a couple fo clear nights […]
