A Stargazers Journey into Astrophotography
Now I have 2 telescopes, I am trying to take 2 pictures of the same Deep Space Objects. The close up was taken with my Celestron 9.25″ telescope which has a focal length of 2350mm. The distant picture was take with my Celestron 8″ telescope with a Hyperstar which changes the focal length from 2032 … Read More “Orion-B The Flame Nebula and Horsehead Nebula” »
There are actually two Bubble Nebula’s. The other one is in the Barnard’s Galaxy. This one is located in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close to the open cluster Messier 52. The picture from my Celestron 8″ with my Hyperstar actually gets both the nebula and the open cluster. And if I moved my telescope … Read More “The Bubble Nebula – NGC 7635” »
What do you do on cloudy nights? I process images. This is NGC 253 The Sculptor Galaxy. Took it on 11/3/2024. This is with my Celestron 9.25″ telescope and my Celestron CGE II Mount. I have struggled with 5 minute long exposures. The new mount, did it! To make this, I took 20 5 min … Read More “NGC 253 The Sculptor Galaxy” »
This image was taken 11/2/2024. It is 609 30 second subs using a Celestron 8″ SCT with a Hyperstar. Using a ZWO ASI 2600 MC Pro. No filters, Here is a video of the making of this image:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcBXlDIXNGc
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” »
