The Crescent Nebula and the Soap Bubble Nebula
This is one of my favorites. The objective was to get the smaller Soap Bubble on the left.
The Blue color in this photo are Oxygen iii while the Red is Hydrogen Alpha.
These Nebulae lie in the heart of our Milky Way Galaxy in the constellation of Cygnus the Swan.
The Grand Spiral, Messier 101
M101 lies just off the bottom of the pan of the Big Dipper, in Ursa Major.
Three hours each of RGB filters and 10 hours with Luminance filter.
Scope: ES 127mm Refractor
Camera: ZWO ASI 294mm Pro
Mount: Losmandy G811G mount
M101 with Ha
I added 3.5 hours of Hydrogen Alpha the picture above
Globular Cluster M13
This amazing cluster containing about 400K stars
is one of great wonders visually!
Interacting Galaxies
Messier 51 is one of the more stunning galaxies to photograph in the Northern Hemisphere!
This photo contains a combined 9 hours of LRGB.
There are four galaxies in this picture (see annotated version) M51 or NGC 5194, the obvious interacting companion, NGC 5195 as well as two distant galaxies, IC 4278 and IC 4277.
DISTANCE away:
M51: ~23M ly
NGC 5195: ~25M ly
IC 4227: ~320 M ly
The Western Veil
This is only 1/2 of a Supernova Remnant that is the same apparent width of 5 full moons.
20 hours of capture time in Sulfur ii, Oxygen iii, and Hydrogen Alpha.
Telescope: Explore Scientific FCD100 ED127 @ 952mm Focal Length
Focal Reducer: .65 Starizona | 618mm FL
Camera: ZWO ASI 294MM PRO Cool
Filters: Antlia 36mm 3nm, Sii, Ha, Oiii
Guide Scope: Agena 60mm
Guide Camera: Zwo ASI120MM-S
Capture Software: NIGHTTIME IMAGING 'N' ASTRONOMY
The Squid and the Bat
This was my most difficult capture from my home in the bright light pollution.
This was an experiment to see how much Oiii I could get on this faint target in light polluted skies. This is 20 hours of Oiii.
At 619mm focal length, I could only get on wing of the bat :-)
The Lobster, Bubble, and Northern Lagoon Nebulae
The Elephant Trunk Nebula in SHO
