Herb Holder Photography

Herb Holder Photography Here is my temp Bio I'm an IT virtualization consultant by day / photographer by night.

Several years ago, I've found that capturing photons from space is incredibly pleasing.

Here is the 2024 Jupiter opposition (when it's closest to earth) through my 10" Meade LX90 ACF SCT (2x Barlow) telescope...
08/09/2025

Here is the 2024 Jupiter opposition (when it's closest to earth) through my 10" Meade LX90 ACF SCT (2x Barlow) telescope! With special guest, Jupiter's moon Ganymede.

Summertime Milky Way!
07/25/2025

Summertime Milky Way!

...and here's a high key image the of same bird earlier in the morning before the fog had lifted.
06/18/2024

...and here's a high key image the of same bird earlier in the morning before the fog had lifted.

Taking picture of a bird is difficult. A picture of a bird in flight is a much more difficult. A picture of a bird in f...
06/15/2024

Taking picture of a bird is difficult. A picture of a bird in flight is a much more difficult. A picture of a bird in flight who's basking in the soft morning light of the rising sun at 5:00AM - even harder.

So, here I sit swiping huge carpenter ants off me and trying to hold up an 8Lbs lens all morning. The lens is pointing at nothing as I patiently await the bird's entry into my composition and into the light. Then only after my oatmeal & coffee while sitting at the ocean and smelling the fantastic California coast all morning, I am able to get lucky enough to capture these images. Priceless to me.

Bolsa Chica Bird Preserve, Huntington Beach, CA

Canon RA (astrophotography camera actually)
Canon 400mm F/2.8
1/1400 sec
ISO 640
F/2.8

Lightroom / Photoshop

AZ sunset in February.
03/09/2024

AZ sunset in February.

M106 and many other galaxies done in LRGB.Scope: Explorer Scientific 127 ED Triplet (954mm)Mount: Ioptron CEM70Main Came...
02/26/2023

M106 and many other galaxies done in LRGB.

Scope: Explorer Scientific 127 ED Triplet (954mm)
Mount: Ioptron CEM70
Main Camera: ZWO ASI1600 monochrome
Guide Camera: Starlight Express monochrome
Guider: Celestron Off Axis

Luminance - 1.5 hours
Red - 1 hour
Green - 1 hour
Blue - 1 hour
Dark Skies

M81 (Bode's Galaxy) and M82 (Cigar Galaxy). In the northern sky, in the constellation of Ursa Major, in late winter /ea...
02/15/2023

M81 (Bode's Galaxy) and M82 (Cigar Galaxy). In the northern sky, in the constellation of Ursa Major, in late winter /early spring we can see some impressive close by galaxies (10 million light years or so). They are so close to each other that they are gravitational effected by each other. Bode's Galaxy is the one on the top that we can see face-on. M82 is the one with red stuff coming out of it. Kinda looks like a cigar too I guess. The Cigar Galaxy is an edge-on view of a spiral galaxy - but is classified as an "irregular" galaxy due to the huge plums of red ionized hydrogen gas that are expelled from the middle of the galaxy.

Over 80% of the known universe is hydrogen. All the previous images of hydrogen nebula on my page are blobs of hydrogen alpha somewhere in our own Milkyway Galaxy. Usually around 5-10 light years in diameter or so(ish). That's a very small size compared to the size of our Milkyway galaxy.

In contrast, in this image of M82 the Cigar Galaxy, we see hydrogen bursting out of it's galactic core at an insane speed and the size of these plums of gas are as large and larger than other neighboring galaxies. It's not huge, it's enormous!

954mm field view on a micro 4/3 sensor
Explorer scientific 127 ED Triplet Refractor
ASI1600 MM Camera

Don't try this at home!! At least not in 90 minutes. This was done under the very, very dark skies of Utah in LRGB.

R - 10 minutes
G - 10 minutes
B - 10 minutes
L (Luminance / clear) - 60 minutes
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AstroPixleProcessor
PixInsight
Blur Exterminator
Photoshop 2023

The Andromeda GalaxyCanon RA cameraCANON EF 400MM F/2.8L IS II USM LENS52 * 90sec imagesArizona dark site
01/09/2023

The Andromeda Galaxy

Canon RA camera
CANON EF 400MM F/2.8L IS II USM LENS
52 * 90sec images
Arizona dark site

The Trifid NebulaRed = HydrogenBlue = OxygenExplore Scientific ED 127 scopeIoptron GEM70 mountASI1600 Monochrome cooled ...
01/09/2023

The Trifid Nebula

Red = Hydrogen
Blue = Oxygen
Explore Scientific ED 127 scope
Ioptron GEM70 mount
ASI1600 Monochrome cooled camera
PixInsight & Photoshop

Mars Opposition 2022
01/07/2023

Mars Opposition 2022

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