Stellar Hues - Night Sky Photography

Stellar Hues - Night Sky Photography An astrophotography site showcasing images of nebulae, galaxies, clusters, and the solar system, as

This is the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) - A star wasn't born here, unlike in other nebulae. It's instead the expanding remnant...
06/23/2025

This is the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) - A star wasn't born here, unlike in other nebulae. It's instead the expanding remnants of a star that went supernova about 10,000 years ago.

This is the Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396). The distinguishing feature of the image gives it the name, but as this wide...
06/19/2025

This is the Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396). The distinguishing feature of the image gives it the name, but as this wide-field image shows, there's more to it than that! Stars are born here, and their fierce stellar winds carve out small dark regions. The larger dark areas are galactic dust that feeds star formation.

This is the Triangulum Galaxy. At only 2.7 million light years away, it's our galactic next door neighbor. The pink blot...
10/27/2023

This is the Triangulum Galaxy. At only 2.7 million light years away, it's our galactic next door neighbor. The pink blotches are star-forming nebulae, which I imaged with a different camera and special filter.

This is the Soul Nebula, a cloud of gas where new stars are born. Why the name? Perhaps because it's right next to the H...
10/21/2023

This is the Soul Nebula, a cloud of gas where new stars are born. Why the name? Perhaps because it's right next to the Heart Nebula, which I imaged several years ago.

This is the Iris Nebula, a prime example of a reflection nebula in which sunlight strikes off interstellar dust to produ...
01/23/2019

This is the Iris Nebula, a prime example of a reflection nebula in which sunlight strikes off interstellar dust to produce unusual blues and almost-lavender hues. The dust lanes here are extensive and thick enough to completely eclipse the background stars.

This is the Pacman Nebula imaged in hydrogen alpha. So many cool little details in it that don't often show up in color...
04/10/2018

This is the Pacman Nebula imaged in hydrogen alpha. So many cool little details in it that don't often show up in color representations. Stars are born in nebulae like this, primarily in the dark globular regions (if you look closely, you can see a few of them there).

My completed image of the Great American Eclipse! This is a composite of 12 discrete shots, each one taken at a progres...
10/08/2017

My completed image of the Great American Eclipse! This is a composite of 12 discrete shots, each one taken at a progressively slower shutter speed in order to capture the corona's high dynamic range. Not the best image of this fantastic event, but a pretty good first-time result.

This is the Eastern Veil Nebula, partial remnant of a star that went supernova thousands of years ago.
09/15/2017

This is the Eastern Veil Nebula, partial remnant of a star that went supernova thousands of years ago.

Just witnessed the great Eclipse of 2017 down here in Tennessee and what a breathtaking, mind-blowing experience! I was ...
08/21/2017

Just witnessed the great Eclipse of 2017 down here in Tennessee and what a breathtaking, mind-blowing experience! I was able to image all throughout the 2 minutes of totality. Here are a couple quick, unprocessed images, along with yours truly.

A portion of the North American Nebula "Wall". This is my first-ever image in the Hubble palette, which maps narrowband ...
04/21/2016

A portion of the North American Nebula "Wall". This is my first-ever image in the Hubble palette, which maps narrowband spectral lines (Ha, OIII, and SII) to the green, blue, and red channels, respectively, in order to highlight and enhance particular features of a nebula.

M20/M8 - Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae
10/10/2015

M20/M8 - Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae

NGC 6888 - Crescent Nebula
10/10/2015

NGC 6888 - Crescent Nebula

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