Tag: Telescope

  • 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-1961

    My Newest Astrophoto: NGC-1961

    Its finally time to show of my favorite shot of my most recent evening spent out in the observatory working on my astrophotography hobby.  Today I bring you the galaxy known as NGC-1961!  It might be one of my favorite galaxy photos I have ever taken! This shot featuring the galaxy NGC-1961, a field of…

  • 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 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,…