Nighttime Skies Above Upper Pottsgrove Pennsylvania
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.
This has been a long time coming. I took my first Andromeda image with my Cannon DSLR. Ever since I got the Hyperstar, I have wanted to get this again. The differences is amazing between they Hyperstar & my ASI2600MC Pro. This version is from October 27 & 28th 2024; Over 9 hours of integration. … Read More “M31 – Andromeda with Hyperstar” »
I am happy with this image. I started with the Bubble nebula, then I realized how close M52 was so I changed the ROI to 2896×2302 and got a nice shot of both. At full frame I had 2 clusters but the Bubble nebula would have been much smaller. This image is 131 30 second … Read More “Bubble Nebula with M52” »
While waiting for Pleiades to come in view, I was bouncing around looking at different things. I love star clusters and this looked nice so, I grabbed a picture. Taken September 7,
