Great Lakes Astrophotography

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The Fireworks Galaxy - approximately 25 million light years from earth! Captured using a Celestron EdgeHD11 telescope an...
07/05/2022

The Fireworks Galaxy - approximately 25 million light years from earth! Captured using a Celestron EdgeHD11 telescope and monochrome astronomy camera with RGB filters.

After months of cloudy nights, last night offered it's spoils. M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, resides 31 million light yea...
04/11/2022

After months of cloudy nights, last night offered it's spoils. M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, resides 31 million light years from Earth, and is gravitationally interacting with a smaller neighboring galaxy. Enjoy another astrophoto from a backyard in Michigan!

It's been a hard winter so far with cloudy nights, rain, snow, and just generally bad shooting conditions. The past few...
01/16/2022

It's been a hard winter so far with cloudy nights, rain, snow, and just generally bad shooting conditions. The past few weeks have afforded 2 decent nights of imaging. Please enjoy the Horsehead Nebula and Orion Nebula...shot from the backyard!

Rainy day reprocessing.... Used some new PixInsight techniques to try my hand again at M31 - Andromeda Galaxy. Enjoy!
11/22/2021

Rainy day reprocessing.... Used some new PixInsight techniques to try my hand again at M31 - Andromeda Galaxy. Enjoy!

It’s been a frustrating couple of weeks, but finally after a few weeks of work, weather, troubleshooting, tweaking, and ...
09/08/2021

It’s been a frustrating couple of weeks, but finally after a few weeks of work, weather, troubleshooting, tweaking, and more troubleshooting…I think I have an image worth sharing.

This is M33, The Triangulum Galaxy. It is the third largest galaxy in our local group, behind the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies. It resides around 2.7 million light years from earth and contains an estimated 50 billion stars.

This was shot with my recently-purchased, used Celestron EdgeHD 11” Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope and a ZWO ASI294MM-Pro (monochrome) dedicated astronomy camera. It is the result of approximately 5 hours of exposures.

Been trying to work a bit on the processing side of things. Here is IC5070, The Pelican Nebula in the Hubble Palette (S...
07/19/2021

Been trying to work a bit on the processing side of things. Here is IC5070, The Pelican Nebula in the Hubble Palette (SHO). It resides around 1,800 light years away in the constellation Cygnus in close proximity to the North America Nebula and the star Deneb. Enjoy!

Rework of the Rosette Nebula in Hubble Palette while shooting a new target.
06/02/2021

Rework of the Rosette Nebula in Hubble Palette while shooting a new target.

A start to my summer goal: M16 - The Eagle Nebula.I've determined that this is my main object of focus this summer. Thi...
05/26/2021

A start to my summer goal: M16 - The Eagle Nebula.

I've determined that this is my main object of focus this summer. This will be a continual focus of my efforts in the coming months.

The fruits of the first nights' worth of data: 6 subexposures of 5 mins each in Hydrogen-alpha (Ha)

First crack at the Western Veil Nebula with narrowband filters (HOO).1.7 hours H-alpha2.5 hours Oxygen IIIASI 294MM-Pro,...
05/15/2021

First crack at the Western Veil Nebula with narrowband filters (HOO).

1.7 hours H-alpha
2.5 hours Oxygen III

ASI 294MM-Pro, EQ6-R Pro, WO ZS81APO

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