The Fish Head Nebula
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2020-11-12 17:03:40 +0000 UTC View Post
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This morning's shot. See if you can spot the space station :)
Added a straight out of cqamera shot- the ISS just slicing right through!
2020-11-09 19:37:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Tadpoles in Space
This is an emission nebula, captured in specific narrowband emission lines designed to simulate true color, versus some of my other nebulas which are false color. Most emission nebulas are predomin...
2020-11-07 00:06:13 +0000 UTC View PostA Celestial Bubble
One of my favorite images so far. I just can't stop staring at this little planetary nebula nestled in a vast cloud of cosmic gas.
Data for this has been shared with select patrons. As ...
2020-11-04 22:50:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe helix nebula, final image and without edits.
Yes, before editing the image just looked like blackness with a couple stars. The one I attached is a jpg, but from the raw 32 bit stacks you can resolve a nebula by editing the image. Sometimes th...
2020-11-03 18:43:37 +0000 UTC View PostCelestial Events in November
Hello Patrons, Hope every had a good Halloween!
It will be a relatively quite month for celestial events, but still a couple to look out for!
November 10th - Mercury at g...
2020-11-01 23:11:37 +0000 UTC View PostA spooky Blue Moon in 60 megapixels
Try to look outside tonight, this moon will look incredible as it rises!
2020-10-31 16:46:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Our sun 2 days ago, never shared this image
You can see how the prominences have changes even after just 1 day, since the most recent shot was actually taken the day after this.
2020-10-21 18:49:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Capturing the Impossible- ISS Transit shots
Hey Patrons,
My ISS transit shots tend to get the most questions, so I thought I would write up exactly how I get them.
First- I check transit-finder.com.
2020-10-15 18:19:56 +0000 UTC
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The Space Station transiting the 4% illuminated moon this morning.
Mars is at opposition tonight. The brightest it will be for years.
Opposition means directly opposite the sun. That means Mars is as close to perfectly "full" as it will be for this approach. The next time this happens is in roughly two years, but it will be a bit...
2020-10-13 19:03:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Melotte 15- this area looks like a whimsical painting to me
This is the heart of the heart- the star forming cluster in the middle of the heart nebula. It's one of my favorite places in the galaxy.
2020-10-08 21:00:32 +0000 UTC View PostHere's a lunar composite from 2 weeks ago I never shared anywhere
I thought it was a lot like some of my older work so I held of sharing it on social- but I might end up doing it anyway. Either way, hope you enjoy!
2020-10-07 01:41:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Early look at tomorrow's post: The Elephant Trunk
Smoke has been really cramping my style these last few months, making getting a regular cadence of images practically impossible. Luckily a couple weeks ago I had a streak of clear skies, allowing ...
2020-10-04 00:05:37 +0000 UTC View PostLast night's Harvest Moon in 81 megapixels
This was shot through the smokefrom the wildfires here in California. The moon itself was a dull red color as it rose, but was bright and clear when directly overhead. There is a hint of a yellow t...
2020-10-02 16:18:00 +0000 UTC View PostFull Moon tonight, Mars opposition, and other Celestial events in October.
Hey Patrons,
Another harvest moon is upon us tonight, so watch for a bright full moon rising in the Eastern sky at sunset. The moon's orbit does not bring it high into the sky (from the...
2020-10-01 22:14:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe Moon Transiting Sagittarius, pic and video
On Wednesday night the first quarter moon transited Sagittarius, passing closely to two nebulaes in the core of our milky way. One of the most technically complex shots I've ever done, It incorpora...
2020-09-26 00:23:08 +0000 UTC View PostHere's a 200 megapixel shot of the Moon Wednesday night. Enjoy!
Download this one and zoom around all over it :)
2020-09-24 09:19:50 +0000 UTC View PostA 60 megapixel image of the Cygnus region
This was taken with 15 hours of exposures in SHORGB. Data available for aspiring astrophotographer patrons.
This area is filled with star-forming regions, and has a gorgeous pinkish red...
2020-09-23 18:35:36 +0000 UTC View PostAn Early look at my next post- A reprocess of NEOWISE
We'll probabably not see another of these for decades, so I was out shooting this comet ever morning for weeks. My sleep schedule suffered, but I captured a once-in a lifetime image.
2020-09-21 23:52:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe moon setting through the smokey Sacramento sunset
The smokey sunset makes for some gorgeous colors. Some birds added to the peacefulness of the scene. This is a pretty high resolution image- I went deeper into the lunar details than I ever have fo...
2020-09-21 01:01:58 +0000 UTC View PostI caught a spaceship flying overhead tonight
This is the ISS, zipping over my house at 17,000 MPH. To capture this, I left a camera running while manually tracking the bright point of light from the station with my telescope, Hoping I caught ...
2020-09-20 06:24:45 +0000 UTC View Post