hst_11643_05_wfc3_uvis_f438w (Blue)

hst_11643_05_wfc3_uvis_total (Green)

hst_11643_05_wfc3_uvis_f625w (Red)

HST_9401_08_ACS_WFC_F475W (Blue)

HST_9401_08_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9401_08_ACS_WFC_F850LP (Red)

hlsp_carina_hst_wfc3-ir_14_f126n (Blue)

hlsp_carina_hst_wfc3-ir_14_f128n (Green)

hlsp_carina_hst_wfc3-ir_14_f164n (Red)

hst_11643_04_wfc3_uvis_f438w (Blue)

hst_11643_04_wfc3_uvis_total (Green)

hst_11643_04_wfc3_uvis_f625w (Red)

hst_11832_01_wfc3_uvis_f475w (Blue)

hst_11832_01_wfc3_uvis_total (Green)

hst_11832_01_wfc3_uvis_f775w (Red)

HST_10915_1k_ACS_WFC_F475W (Blue)

HST_10915_1k_ACS_WFC_F606W (Green)

HST_10915_1k_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)

HST_10246_12_ACS_WFC_F658N (Blue)

HST_10246_12_ACS_WFC_F435W (Green)

HST_10246_12_ACS_WFC_F555W (Red)

hst_11360_39_wfc3_uvis_f336w (Blue)

hst_11360_39_wfc3_uvis_f555w (Green)

hst_11360_39_wfc3_uvis_f657n (Green)

hst_11360_39_wfc3_uvis_f814w (Red)

HST_9698_01_ACS_WFC_F658N (Blue)

HST_9698_01_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9698_01_ACS_WFC_F435W (Red)

hst_09042_06_wfpc2_f450w_wf (Blue)

hst_09042_06_wfpc2_total_wf (Green)

hst_09042_06_wfpc2_f814w_wf (Red)

HST_9689_01_ACS_WFC_F475W (Blue)

HST_9689_01_ACS_WFC_F625W (Green)

HST_9689_01_ACS_WFC_F775W (Red)

HST_9419_01_ACS_WFC_F435W (Blue)

HST_9419_01_ACS_WFC_F550M (Blue)

HST_9419_01_ACS_WFC_F658N (Green)

HST_9419_01_ACS_WFC_F660N (Green)

HST_9419_01_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)

HST_9788_15_ACS_WFC_F658N (Blue)

HST_9788_15_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9788_15_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)

hst_05375_06_wfpc2_f555w_wf (Blue)

hst_05375_06_wfpc2_f675w_wf (Green)

hst_05375_06_wfpc2_f814w_wf (Red)

hst_05375_06_wfpc2_f658n_wf (Red)

HST_10592_61_ACS_WFC_F435W (Blue)

HST_10592_61_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_10592_61_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)

hst_09042_28_wfpc2_f450w_wf (Blue)

hst_09042_28_wfpc2_total_wf (Green)

hst_09042_28_wfpc2_f814w_wf (Red)

HST_9892_03_ACS_WFC_F625W (Blue)

HST_9892_03_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9892_03_ACS_WFC_F658N (Red)

HST_10592_30_ACS_WFC_F435W (Blue)

HST_10592_30_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_10592_30_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)

January 30, 2020

Canon 5DmIV

Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer

Sky-Watcher EvoStar 72ED

81 images at 90s exposure, ISO1600

Venus next to M45 Pleiades (Seven Sisters) star cluster. Another 8 years till you'll see this happen again.

HST_9788_b4_ACS_WFC_F658N (Blue)

HST_9788_b4_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9788_b4_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)

HST_9788_e5_ACS_WFC_F658N (Blue)

HST_9788_e5_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9788_e5_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)

hst_09042_d1_wfpc2_f450w_wf (Blue)

hst_09042_d1_wfpc2_f606w_wf (Green)

hst_09042_d1_wfpc2_f814w_wf (Red)

HST_9788_b8_ACS_WFC_F658N (Blue)

HST_9788_b8_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9788_b8_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)

OK - it's been cloudy, windy, and/or snowy here for the last 3 weeks strait. No chance to get out and take astrophotos so I'm digging through my old stuff for anything amusing. This is a short, 30 second shot of the Orion nebula taken on a windy night 4 or 5 weeks ago. I like it for the dark nebula detail near the trapezium. Often this region gets overexposed and loses detail in the effort to bring out the more faint outer regions of the nebula. So this shot does the opposite. It also demonstrates how bright the nebula is that this amount of light can be captured in just 30 seconds, ISO 400. I intended to get a better shot of this to post but who knows when I'll get that chance??? Here's wishing us all some clear skies!

HST_9857_02_ACS_WFC_F658N (Blue)

HST_9857_02_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9857_02_ACS_WFC_F660N (Red)

HST_9292_05_ACS_WFC_F775W (Blue)

HST_9292_05_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9292_05_ACS_WFC_F850LP (Red)

HST_9765_16_ACS_WFC_F606W (Blue)

HST_9765_16_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9765_16_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)

The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65 (lower right) which is about 22 million light-years away, M66 (lower left) which is about 36 million light-years away and NGC 3628 (top) which is about 35 million light-years away.

hst_09042_18_wfpc2_f450w_wf (Blue)

hst_09042_18_wfpc2_total_wf (Green)

hst_09042_18_wfpc2_f814w_wf (Red)

HST_9765_09_ACS_WFC_F606W (Blue)

HST_9765_09_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9765_09_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)

HST_9773_01_ACS_WFC_F606W (Blue)

HST_9773_02_ACS_WFC_F435W (Blue)

HST_9773_01_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9773_01_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)

Quite pleased with this. This was shot on a standard photographic tripod with a Nikon D7000 and a Nikon 18-200VRII at around 135mm. Max exposure with no trials was 2s so I shot 117 subs at 2s each at ISO6400. I added 30 darks to that and stacked the whole lot in Deep Sky Stacker, bit of a curves adjustment as this is what came out. Really surprised at how many stars were visible after the stacking.

HST_9463_80_ACS_HRC_F435W (Blue)

HST_9463_80_ACS_HRC_total (Green)

HST_9463_80_ACS_HRC_F606W (Red)

hst_09042_19_wfpc2_f450w_wf (Blue)

hst_09042_19_wfpc2_total_wf (Green)

hst_09042_19_wfpc2_f814w_wf Red)

HST_9493_01_ACS_HRC_F606W_POL0V (Blue)

HST_9493_01_ACS_HRC_F606W_POL60V (Green)

HST_9493_01_ACS_HRC_F606W_POL120V (Red)

HST_9765_22_ACS_WFC_F606W (Blue)

HST_9765_22_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9765_22_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)

My friend was more in a hurry than I was, but I couldn't always find the signs fast enough that told us what we were looking at.

That said, I know I've seen this before, on TV and in newspapers and magazines (and later the Internet), but I can't remember if this was a satellite or a deep space probe. From its look, it seems to be more of a probe than just another communications satellite. If anyone knows what this is, post a response below. Thanks in advance.

HST_9493_09_ACS_HRC_F606W_POL0V (Blue)

HST_9493_09_ACS_HRC_F606W_POL60V (Green)

HST_9493_09_ACS_HRC_F606W_POL120V (Red)

My first attempt with the new guidescope! I got a cheap Orion 110 mm guidescope which was a serious pain to attach to my 9.25" tube (I learned that the new 9.25" tubes are a slightly different length than mine so only Losmandy makes a dovetail plate that fits this tube - thanks to Kathy at S&S Optica for her help with this). The tube and rings cost about twice as much as the darn guidescope! Anyway, I manually guided a series of 5 shots about 4-6 minutes long, only 4 of which were usable due to some wind. Processing in Photoshop and with Noel Carboni's tools (also new to me).

The crab nebula was created in 1054 when a star underwent a supernova. The supernova was very bright as was recorded by Chinese and Arab astronomers. The central star has collaped into a rotating neutron star about 30 km in diameter that rotates 30 times a second! As with most astronomy stuff, the numbers are hard to fathom!

HST_9781_05_ACS_WFC_F435W (Blue)

HST_9781_05_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9781_05_ACS_WFC_F625W (Red)

hst_11637_01_wfc3_uvis_f656n (Blue)

hst_11637_01_wfc3_uvis_total (Green)

hst_11637_01_wfc3_uvis_f658n (Red)

HST_10592_20_ACS_WFC_F435W (Blue)

HST_10592_20_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_10592_20_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)

hst_06496_01_wfpc2_f439w_pc (Blue)

hst_06496_01_wfpc2_f555w_pc (Green)

hst_06496_01_wfpc2_f814w_pc (Red)

hst_06496_01_wfpc2_f658n_pc (Red)

hst_12185_05_wfc3_uvis_f438w (Blue)

hst_12185_05_wfc3_uvis_total (Green)

hst_12185_05_wfc3_uvis_f814w (Red)

Triple of North American Nebula 25-10-21 Oxon UK 1) 4x900 HA 2) 10x300 L-Exstreme 3) all combined - WO Z61ii - ASI294MCPro - SWNEQ6-R-Pro - Nina - Stellarium - PH2 - DSS - Photoshop

North America Nebula 25-10-21.

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star). The shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico.

HST_9735_32_ACS_WFC_F435W (Blue)

HST_9735_32_ACS_WFC_F555W (Blue)

HST_9735_32_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9735_32_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)

HST_9493_05_ACS_HRC_F606W_POL0V (Blue)

HST_9493_05_ACS_HRC_F606W_POL60V (Green)

HST_9493_05_ACS_HRC_F606W_POL120V (Red)

HST_9771_48_ACS_WFC_F606W (Blue)

HST_9771_48_ACS_WFC_total (Green)

HST_9771_48_ACS_WFC_F814W (Red)