Category: Cool pictures
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My Telescope Setup for Astrophotography
With my astrophotography posts on here as well as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Discord, Reddit and other places, I always get questions about my telescope setup that I use for my astrophotos. So, I decided to write a post that I will hopefully keep updated with any new changes to my setup that I can point…
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My Latest Astrophotography Shots: the Moon!
I always dislike this part of the lunar cycle because the amount of light reflected off of the moon makes it much more difficult to shoot a lot of the deep space objects I typically like to try to image like galaxies and nebulas. If I do any astrophotography near the full moon, I usually…
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The Ultimate Millennium Falcon Bedroom
I’m trying to get better at posting on GGN more regular again and it definitely helps motivate me when I see amazing things like this Millennium Falcon bedroom that belongs to one very lucky Star Wars loving kid. Seriously, every Star Wars fan will envy this kid! When I was a kid, I can’t say…
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A Galaxy Far Far Away – NGC 2403
Over the weekend we had some nice, clear skies so like usual, I was out taking full advantage of them and pointing my telescope out into the cosmos. In this particular case, I was pointing them at the galaxy NGC 2403. The picture above is my my photo (click here for the full size image)…
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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…
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Incredible Two-Face Gun Powder Art
Just when I thought I had heard of everything, I recently discovered that there was such a thing as gun powder art. From what I can tell, you basically create your work of art out of gun powder, light it and then the image is burned into the canvas. It is a pretty cool effect…