A Stargazers Journey into Astrophotography
When imaging M31 – the Andromeda Galaxy, M110 is always the bright small galaxy always noticeable in the image. https://modernastronomer.com/2024/09/m31-andromeda-with-hyperstar One October 21, 2024, I set out to get just this galaxy. I used my Celestron 9.25 SCT with my ZWO ASI2600 MC Pro camera. I did not use any filters, Just pointed directly to … Read More “M110 – A Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy” »
One of my favorite Deep Space Objects to view. I took the top image on October 28, 2024 and I took the bottom image on September 9, 2024. For the October 28, 2024, I started imaging at 9:30pm and stopped just before 11pm. There are 20 5 minute subs stacked and processed using Pixinsight. The … Read More “Pleiades” »
They say this star cluster is over 8 billion years old. She is a beauty This image was taken 10/22/2024 using my 9.25 telescope. The image is 20 30 second exposures and 13 1 minute exposures. I processed it in about 2 minutes in Pixinsight.
This is NGC281, a bright emission nebula in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, part of the Milky Way’s Perseus Spiral Arm. It is also called the Pacman Nebula. This is 44 separate images stacked together using Pixinsight. There are 3 5 minute exposure frames, 10 4 minute exposures, 10 3 minute exposures and 21 2 … Read More “NGC281 – Pacman Nebula” »
While waiting for Pleiades to come in view, I was bouncing around looking at different things. This little gem of a star looked nice so, I grabbed a picture. Taken September 7, 2024 about 10pm. Capella is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It has the Bayer designation α Aurigae, which is … Read More “Capella” »
This picture came out better than my last one. This image was taken on October 10, 2024 from 11:25 PM until 5:19 AM. Using my ZWO ASI2600MC Pro, the filter and my AVX mount. It is 177 2 min subs at 120 seconds at 100 gain.
