orion nebula

This image was supposed to be impossible. :) Of course it's awesome that my Astro Lucky streak continues as I was lucky to be able to capture this one. I had gone out last Tuesday to Joshua Tree for a 2nd test on my new iOptron Gem28 Astro mount. I had a few things I needed to iron out, so that...

I captured this the other day out in Joshua Tree National Park on the night I went for the Leonard Comet. I didn't do anything different in my workflow, but Orion had a mind of it's own it seems. Normally Orion turns a blue cast with a red core. But this time it turn those several shades of...

This is from last week. One of my main goals driving back to California from Colorado was to be able to do some Deep Space Astro. I had hoped for 2 nights, but I got 1 night when I was at Joshua Tree shooting the Perseids Meteors. It was a bit hectic running out into the desert to place 2 of my...

I went out a few weeks ago to capture some Deep Space photography. It was a night I have already mentioned that was very windy, and it was a bit hard at first to get shots without the wind blowing the tripod and camera around and turning every star into a squiggle. As I was checking my polar...

Nikon D850 Tamron 150-600mm at 500mm SkyGuider Pro - Tracker 41 x 30 Sec images at ISO 6400 17 X Dark Frames

I am finally having some time to process photos again, so I dug into my Astro backlog and working on the Orion Nebula from February that I had taken. This also includes the Running Man Nebula above Orion. One of the tips I have picked up is after stacking the multiple images needed to do...

After shooting the Flame Nebula last week, I switched to Orion which is just next door to it. :) When I did this one, I was able to shoot it at ISO 1600 instead of ISO 6400, not totally sure why, but it's what I was able to do so I went with it. :) This also is a single image as the stacked...