Tag: Astronomy

  • My Latest Astrophoto:  M82 – The Cigar Galaxy

    My Latest Astrophoto: M82 – The Cigar Galaxy

    As I promised in my last post about the recent downtime that GGN has suffered, I do have a couple of new astrophotos to share with all of you!  I’ve decided to attempt a reprocess of one of them because I didn’t like how it turned out so its not quite ready yet but I…

  • My Newest Astrophoto:  NGC-2976

    My Newest Astrophoto: NGC-2976

    Thanks to everything falling into place like having free time and finally getting some good weather while not having to fight light pollution from the moon, I finally managed to get to spend some time in the observatory recently.  I got a few shots from my night out and one of them is this new…

  • My Latest Astrophoto: Open Cluster NGC-2281

    My Latest Astrophoto: Open Cluster NGC-2281

    Lately I have finally been feeling better and more like myself so I have managed to get some evenings out in the observatory.  Which means one thing…more astrophotography pictures to share with you guys!  I’ve got more pictures to come but for today’s new astrophoto, I have a shot of the open cluster NGC-2281. Its…

  • My Latest Astrophoto – NGC 7009, The Saturn Nebula

    My Latest Astrophoto – NGC 7009, The Saturn Nebula

    When it comes to photographing nebulas, each tends to present its own sort of challenges.  Some are really dim and require a ton of exposure time to bring out the details.  Others can be really bright which makes it hard to get much detail because the image gets blown out from the brightness.  NGC 7009,…

  • Yet Another New Astrophoto, Globular Cluster M72

    Yet Another New Astrophoto, Globular Cluster M72

    Another day, another new astrophoto from my recent evening in my observatory a few weeks ago.  In this case, I might not have the biggest or brightest or even most colorful globular cluster, but its still a cool globular cluster and help show the sort of diversity there is in globular clusters and that they…

  • Beautiful New Astrophoto – The Ring Nebula!

    Beautiful New Astrophoto – The Ring Nebula!

    With my recent and rare night out in my observatory, I decided to spend some time shooting some old favorites that I knew are easy to get so I could get as many photos as possible since I don’t get out in the observatory much these days.  Hopefully things will get better soon as far…