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I have this strange feeling like I already posted this, so apologies if that is the case... Hiking back from Laguna Capri in Los Glaciares NP the trail opens up to this scene. Given the time of day I had to shoot into the sun, and cropped a little to get rid of some clutter and a little lens...

Well we started our Patagonia adventure in Chile at Torres del Paine NP. Here is where we stayed. Really an amazing location, the most scenic lodging location I have ever stayed at... ML

So I am back from wonderful and WINDY Patagonia. It was a great trip, with time split between Torres Del Paine National Park in Chile and Los Glacieres National Park in Argentina. It was a group of 10 people with 2 guides, and I travelled with 2 of my firiends, so we were 30% of the participants...

IC 447 (also known as Dreyer’s Nebula or IC 2169) is a large, faint reflection nebula located in the constellation Monoceros (the Unicorn). It is part of the larger Monoceros R1 star-forming complex, a massive molecular cloud of gas and dust that also includes the more famous Cone Nebula and the...

So a little backstory is in order. I have never posted here, it is not normally my style or the way my mind thinks about my photography. But recently I have been readingf a thought provoking book (if you are an astrophotographer like me) and I decided to try something. The book is this one -...

So here is my first version of this target which I finished processing last night and have not yet posted elsewhere other than my own website. This nebula looks very defiiferent on a deep sky image than visually, which I think account fopr the fact that I cannot see anything resembling a skull...

Sh2-216 is one of the older planetary nebulae at an approximate age of around 600,000 years. This has contributed to its large size and faintness, as the gases continue to spread out as they interact with the interstellar medium. The left edge of the nebula exhibits a bow shock as the moving...

So firstly, if you are any sort of a serious astroimager and you do not yet have a copy of the wonderful Charles Bracken book 'The Astrophotography Sky Atlas' I submit that it is some of the best money you can spend on your hobby going forward. Here is a link to it on the USA Amazon site...

I was able to image another object that has been on my target list for a while, Sh2-308, also known as the Dolphin Head Nebula. I think one of the few nebulae with a truly representative name. This was shot in Hα and Oiii narrowband, with RGB data added for the stars. I used the newly updated...

So in addition to my gear at Starfront Remote Observatories in Texas, I still have some gear at my friend's house in Green Valley, AZ that I also control remotely. Due to my friend's availability (I cannot image from there when he is not home) I have gotten much less usage out of that setup, but...

So I have always wanted to go back and redo the California Nebula (NGC1499) since my last effort, where I neglected to take Oiii data, and therefore ended up with just Hα and Sii, which made for some mixing options I did not like. I ended up with 2 mixes on that image (which was a 2 panel...

Sorry for being late to the party. I thought it would be easy to pick 10 or less images this year, but due to a big year for my astrophotography, it was harder than I expected. That also resulted in me posting 4 scenic shots and then 6 astro shots this year. With trips coming up this year to...

The Angel Nebula, or NGC 2170, is a stunning reflection nebula in the constellation Monoceros (the Unicorn), known for its ethereal blue hues and wing-like dust structures, reflecting light from nearby hot stars within the massive Monoceros R2 star-forming region, roughly 2,400-2,700 light-years...

So this one was a new object that I was not initially familiar with. This active star forming region in Orion hosts a number of dark nebulae in addition to the blue reflection nebula (Cederblad 51) located at the rough center of the image. Dark dust lanes weave through and ionized Hα and Sii...

So it is easy in this hobby to get caught up in comparing your results to the results of others. Some of that is of course human nature, but getting obsessed with it can really be demotivating, as there is almost always going to be someone else with more experience, darker skies, more time to...

So I ended up with 2 different 'mixes' for the same data - you can chime in on which is preferred. NGC 1491, also known as the Fossil Footprint Nebula, is a bright emission nebula in the constellation Perseus, located approximately 9,8000 light years distant. It is energized by stars putting...

CTB1 is a faint supernova remnant in the constellation Cassiopeia, also known as the "Garlic Head Nebula" or Abell 85. Initially mistaken for a planetary nebula, it is the expanding shell of gas and dust from a star's explosion about 10,000 years ago. Sh2-170, commonly referred to as the Little...

IC 63, also known as the "Ghost of Cassiopeia," is a nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia, about 550 light-years from Earth. Its ghostly appearance is the result of powerful ultraviolet radiation from the nearby blue-giant star Gamma Cassiopeiae, which is ionizing and eroding the gas...

This started off as just a single frame image of the wonderfully complex NGC 1333 (also known as the Embryo Nebula), in the upper right portion of this final image. But once I saw what was also nearby, I decided to frame this as a 2 panel mosaic that included the IC 348 region as well (which...

I went shark hunting, for a target that has been on my list for a while, but that I have not tried for until now. I was able to wait until the better portion of the moon cycle to go after this very faint object and I think that paid off. I initially took LRGB data, plus short RGB data for the...