Tag: space

  • My Latest Astrophoto: NGC 6543, The Cats Eye Nebula

    My Latest Astrophoto: NGC 6543, The Cats Eye Nebula

    We have finally reached the end of my recent batch of new astrophotos from my night in the observatory a few weeks ago.  I have no idea when conditions will be favorable again for spending another night out in the observatory but hopefully it won’t be too long from now!  But to wrap up this…

  • 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…

  • Globular Cluster M55, My Newest Astrophoto!  Maybe…

    Globular Cluster M55, My Newest Astrophoto! Maybe…

    It doesn’t happen very often but once in a while I take an astrophoto thinking I’m shooting one object but then when I go back and look at it later, I’m not sure at all if I shot the object I was trying to shoot or if I accidentally shot something else by mistake.  This…

  • Another New Astrophoto!  The Dumbbell Nebula!

    Another New Astrophoto! The Dumbbell Nebula!

    When it comes to astrophotography, there are hard to shoot nebulas and easy to shoot nebulas and today’s post features on of the easy ones.  Thanks to an incredibly rare night of perfect conditions, I spent a night in my observatory shooting whatever I could and as part of that sprint, I shot Messier 27…