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Here is my 2022 version of the Rosette Nebula. I like to go back to this object. It helps me measure my imaging skills and tells me if my post-processing has improved at all. I will include my 2021 version and my 2022 version. Although the comparison is not totally direct, I can see progress...

Here I have my first M78 image. It is the result of 5 sessions in January. Some sessions were short because fog rolled in. But I did manage two sessions that were long enough and dark enough to get some decent data. Along the way I encountered a challenge with my AsiAir pro. The "GOTO"...

It's fun to be imaging again - at least for a couple of nights. Here I have my January 31, 2022 version of IC443 The Jellyfish Nebula. I used a modified SHO process using the OSC data. Takahashi FSQ106n @ 530mm 6.7 hours integration Filter = L-extreme Mount - iOptron CEM40EC AsiAir Pro Camera...

Hi, My archive hard drives are burning up during this rainy season!! This version of the North American Nebula NGC 7000 data acquisition goes back to my first few weeks of trying astrophotography - August 2020. Seems like a long time ago now. One thing is for sure, my post-processing skills...

We have had almost 2 months of clouds and rain. Now it looks like I will entirely miss the upcoming new moon shooting opportunity. November 30 there was a small clear night sky opening and sadly it is the last actual single-night imaging session I managed in 2021. I managed only 4 hours of...

My last real project this fall before the rain and clouds, is the Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635 in Cassiopeia. The seething star forming this nebula is 45 times more massive than our sun. Gas on the star gets so hot that it escapes away into space as a "stellar wind" moving at over 4 million miles...

HI All, Where I live in Oregon we have had about 8 hours of clear night skies in the last 2 months. Aaarrrggghh! So I have very little to post about. In my 2021 version of the Orion Nebula, I decided to really try to preserve the core. This image results from about 16 minutes of 10-second...

I'm working on my IC1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula project. I worked through some SHO derivative processing and came up with two results. Now I can't decide which to finalize and post around social media. What do you think? Blue tones or Gold tones? Thanks for your help. Andy

Maybe I am dreaming of spring already. I enjoy the SH2-101 Tulip Nebula. I think the capture includes the shockwave showing above and just to the right of the tulip. The black hole in the Cygnus X-1 system began life as a star approximately 60 times the mass of the sun and collapsed tens...

Last week I spent a couple of nights on this very dim object. It was a mostly enjoyable challenge. I just wanted to make it happen before the full moon killed my opportunities this month. SH2-173 can be found in Cassiopeia close to NGC103 open cluster (at the frame bottom right)...

This is my first capture of the Crescent Nebula. Actually undertaken on the one year anniversary of starting into the astrophotography hobby. What a ride. I captured this image using two rigs as follows: Mount 1 Takahashi FSQ 106n @ 530mm Asi533mcpro Optolong L-extreme filter Ioptron CEM40EC...

Here is my version of SH2-132. This is only my second mosaic. Panel A to the left and Panel B to the right. After cropping the image is 5000px wide. The Lion Nebula is located in the Cepheus constellation. Here some see a lion in this celestial cloud with the head to the upper left and the...

Officially known as IC 63, this nebula is located 550 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia the Queen. Captured over 2 nights, Aug 30, 31, 2021. Exposures included 180, 240, and 300 seconds subframes and yielded about 11 hours of integration. I found that trying to control the...

This is my first go at imaging the Wizard Nebula. August 29,30,31 2021 - Driveway observatory :>) It certainly took hours and hours for my desktop computer to work through this one! I like how the colors turned out and reveal the inner details. Techie-ness Asi533mc pro (2) Tak FSQ106n Ioptron...

This image was begun during 3 nights in June 2021. Then the rest of the data was added during 3 nights in August 2021 from my driveway 'observatory.' Astropixel processor was used to do the stacks. After a variety of attempts, I finally had to stack the individual sessions of each scope...

Time finally allowed for some processing. This is my June M8 Lagoon nebula. As often as possible I go to the coast range mountains about 75 minutes from home to elevation 1514'. More than 1,000 feet higher than home. Every foot seems to help when coming from less than 500 feet in the valley...

Since I am new and had some time due to clouds and smoke I thought I would share one of my winter targets - the familiar Orion nebula. I once heard it being called the "Hunters Rose" and I liked that, especially in this orientation. This is a combination of 40 10 second exposures at zero gain...

This is my version of the Cave Nebula in the constellation Cephus. I observe the extensive presence of the dark clouds and bok globules that make the shape what it is. The violent strength of the star formation areas central to the image really contrast and catch my eye. I imaged this...

I call this the Cygnus Rift but it is more often known as the Cygnus Wall. I like "Rift" because this activity in the heavens seems far more active than a wall. This rift is in the Cygnus (Swan) constellation, one of the 48 Constellations described by the astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century...