Lion Nebula (modified SHO)
This is the Lion nebula (Sh2-132) or rather the “head” of the lion. The full nebula is too large to fit into the field of view on this instrument. This […]
Wizard Nebula (modified SHO)
The Wizard Nebula (NGC 7380) is another one of those nebulae where I can’t figure out how it got its name. I don’t see anything remotely wizard like about it. […]
Tulip Nebula (HOS)
The Tulip Neulba (Sh2-101) is an emission nebula in Cygnus, one of the many nebulae to be found in this constellation. This nebula is very strong in hydrogen alpha and […]
M16 (SHO)
M16, the Eagle Nebula doesn’t really need an introduction. The Hubble Space Telescope image of the “Pillars of Creation” captured the collective imagination when it was first shown to the […]
Crescent Nebula (HOO)
This is my second attempt at the Crescent Nebula, this time in HOO narrowband and with the telescope at SRO. The Crescent, also known as NGC 6888, is an emission […]
Bubble Nebula (SOH)
The Bubble Nebula, NGC7635, is an emission nebula in Cassiopeia. The bubble itself is actually a void created by the stellar wind of a hot, young star making it one […]
Ring Around The Ring
Recently, I completed an image of M57 that tried to bring out the detail in the outer ring. This video is the story of how that came about.
Cave Nebula (HOS)
The Cave Nebula, like most astronomical objects has many designations. This one goes by at least three: Caldwell 9, Sharpless 2-155 and LBN 529. It is an emission nebula with […]
M57 (SHO)
The Ring Nebula, M57, is a familiar object to most amateur astronomers. It is a compact ring in the constellation Lyra. If asked for an adjective to describe it I […]
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 […]
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 […]
Beyond The Hubble Palette
On Sunday night, September 13, 2020, I was delighted to present on The Astro Imaging Channel. My top was about looking beyond the most common narrowband data combination, the Hubble […]
Pickering’s Triangle & Western Veil – HOS
Earlier this month I did an HOO narrowband version of […]
Western Veil & Pickering’s Triangle
Back in 2018 I was incredible excited to take my first image of the veil nebula. It wasn’t very good though I was pretty excited about it at the time. […]
Soul Nebula
The Soul Nebula is an emission nebula in Cassiopeia. It almost certainly gets its name because of its proximity to the Heart Nebula in the sky and not due to […]
Rosette Nebula
The Rosette Nebula is one of the iconic deep sky objects of the deep sky. It’s also the official state astronomical object of Oklahoma. We both learned something new today! […]
