A Stargazers Journey into Astrophotography
This is one of 2 images of the Butterfly Cluster (cataloged as Messier 6 or M6, and as NGC 6405) is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Scorpius. The Butterfly Cluster is 1600 light years from Earth. I took this picture June 28, 2024 just after 12am using my Celestron 8″ … Read More “M6 – Butterfly Cluster – W/ Hyperstar” »
The Eagle Nebula also known as Messier 16i or M16 is a bright nebula in Serpens. It is about 5700 light years away. I took this picture on June 27, 2024 starting at 10:30 PM using my Celestron 8″ SCT with my ZWO ASI2600 MC Pro mounted to my Hyperstar. The image is 300 15 … Read More “M16 – Eagle Nebula” »
Messier 39 / NCG 7092 is an open cluster in Cygnus. I took this picture June 27, 2024 with my 8″ Celestron SCT, ZWO ASI2600 MC Pro and my Starzona Hyperstar. I used Sharpcap and set the ROI to 3000 x 3000. This image is 20 minutes of integration; There 80 15 second subs @ … Read More “M39 – Open Cluster” »
25,0000 Lightyears away. M13 Hercules Globular Cluster is a bright cluster of over 300,000 stars. I took this picture on June 15, 2024. I used my ZWO ASI2600MC, 41 2 minute subs from 11PM through Midnight. I had the gain set at 0.
At 1360 Light year away, this dim nebula was tough. On June 15, 2024, I tried but could not get enough light to do anything with the subs. On June 16, I kicked Sharpcap off at 12:30 am and because of the transit, I stopped at 3:30 am. During that 3.5 hours, I took 56 … Read More “M27 – Dumbbell Nebula” »
Just a quick image of the nebula. I took it on June 9 around midnight. This is before the transit. It needs more integration time. It 68 2 minute subs at 100 gain.
The Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula, Checkmark Nebula, Lobster Nebula, and the Horseshoe Nebula or (M17 or NGC 6618) is an H II region in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745. Charles Messier catalogued it in 1764. It is by some of the richest starfields … Read More “M17 – Omega Nebula” »
From the day I first got my 8″ StarSense Explorer telescope, I have been intrigued by both M81 and M82 galaxies. I still remember the first time I saw them through my eye piece. Then I looked at a picture and thought, well that’s not what I saw. Now, that I do EAA and Astrophotography, … Read More “M82-Cigar Galaxy” »
Messier 3 (M3; also NGC 5272) is a globular cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. I took this on 6/8/2024 about 12:30 am. This 20 1 min subs stacked in Sharpcap and processed in PixInsight.
This picture was taken 6/1/2024 using my new ZWO ASI2600MC camera. Mounted to my Celestron 8″ telescope. The images were taken with Sharpcap. 25 3 minute subs, processed in Pixinsight.
