Open Cluster NGc1807 (Taurus)

Open Cluster NGC 1807 in Taurus. Taken with QHY533C and Takahashi 85mm.

Moon (SELECT)

The Moon. Taken with QHY533C and Takahashi 85mm, about 50 frames stacked.

M81 (Ursa Major)

Galaxy M81. About 4 hours LRGB with QHY1600A. The processing could be better but need to take flats first.

Crab Nebula

Narrow band photo (HOS=RGB) of the Crab Nebula

Virgo Cluster

A wide field section of the Virgo Cluster

IC410

The Tadpole Nebula - a region of star formation in Auriga.

My Astronomy Journey

PDF of slides for a recent presentation about my amateur astronomy experiences.

C2023A3_Tsuchinshan_ATLAS

About 20 degrees above western horizon after sunsiet

2024 Solar Eclipse

April 8 2024 Solar Eclipse

Galaxy M81

OGC 1559

A very faint galaxy in Leo, 1.2 billion ly away. Also known as PGC 27924 and CGCG 122-67.

NGC 4321

A beautiful face on spiral, 55 million light years away in the Virgo cluster.

M42 Nebula

NGC4565

A favorite edge on spiral NGC 4565.

Cocoon Nebula

Photo of cocoon taken 7/1/2010

Sombrero

Probably taken with an SBIG STXME CCD.

The Ring Nebula

NGC 4565

Actual photo date, Feb, 2011. Probably with an SBIG ST10XME.

Pleiades

Pleiades cluster with Takahashi 85mm.

Galaxy M82

March, 2021, QSI 690 - Reprocessed Feb 2023 in Pix Insight

Galxy M31

Taken in 2015 with Orion EOS 80, QSI 683

My Rig

Paramount MX+, ATRC-14, TAK 85, QHY16200A CFW7, QSI 683