Tag: amateur astronomy

  • My Latest Astrophoto:  Galaxy M109

    My Latest Astrophoto: Galaxy M109

    I have to admit, I feel kind of ashamed posting such a garbage looking image for all of you to see.  Its certainly not my best astrophotography image although perhaps not my worst either.  A few nights ago I got out and shot this image of the spiral galaxy M109. I’m not 100% sure why…

  • My Latest Astrophoto:  The Orion Nebula (M42)

    My Latest Astrophoto: The Orion Nebula (M42)

    It seems to be somewhat rare these days that I get to spend evenings out in my observatory shooting cool objects in the night sky.  Between the chaos that is my life and less than ideal weather conditions, I recently got the first night out in the observatory in months.  Last week I posted one…

  • Galaxy NGC 2841 – My latest Astrophoto

    Galaxy NGC 2841 – My latest Astrophoto

    Thanks to the full moon, it will be a few days before I am able to get back out with my telescope and start imaging again but I did get a pretty good shot on Sunday night of the distant galaxy NGC 2841. I’m starting to notice that I have reached the limit of what…

  • My Shots of the Cigar Galaxy and Bode’s Galaxy

    My Shots of the Cigar Galaxy and Bode’s Galaxy

    Its been quite a while since I have shared any of my astrophotography shots (or posted anything for that matter) and today I just felt like sharing some of my recent astrophotography pictures with you guys.  Below are my shots of the Cigar Galaxy and Bode’s Galaxy as well as information about the images themselves…

  • Jupiter, The Whirlpool Galaxy and Globular Cluster M3

    Jupiter, The Whirlpool Galaxy and Globular Cluster M3

    Its been a while since I have posted any of my astrophotography shots (which judging by the reactions I get on Facebook, you guys seem to love) so I thought I would share my latest images since I was lucky enough to have a clear night last Tuesday which allowed me to get out with…

  • Galaxy NGC 1637 – My Latest Astrophotography Shot

    Galaxy NGC 1637 – My Latest Astrophotography Shot

    If you have been around GGN for the past 8 months or so or have followed my various social media posts, you know that my main hobby these days is astrophotography.  Well, due to some cold and generally crappy winter weather, I haven’t been able to out and shoot any galactic wonders lately.  However, I…