Casper the Friendly Ghost Nebula: Messier 78
My first attempt at astrophotography with the “Casper the Friendly Ghost Nebula” turned out mediocre. Lots of noise in this image, and I’m missing the fine detail that I was hoping to get out of the companion nebula NGC 2071. The target is beautiful regardless of the quality of the image. With dust obscuring the […]
Orion Complex
Tonight I had two telescopes out to capture the night sky, primarily focusing my astrophotography efforts on the constellation Orion. December is early for me to photography Orion. Although it’s been rising earlier and earlier each night, I tend to get around to Orion later in it’s season. But tonight I was excited as it […]
Messier 45
Messier 77
Capture Details Capture was done over 2 nights, November 29 & November 30 Frames: 9×240″ & 9×180″Integration: 1.1 hoursDarks: ~20Flats: ~25Bias: ~27Avg. Moon age: 3.44 daysAvg. Moon phase: 12.97%Temperature: -10.00 Astrometry.net job: 3090292RA center: 2h 42′ 42″DEC center: +0° 0′ 25″Pixel scale: 0.989 arcsec/pixelOrientation: 215.898 degreesField radius: 0.236 degrees Full capture details on Astrobin Past photos of M77
M42: The Orion Nebula
Messier 106
I love the wide & faint spiral arms for Messier 106, also labeled as NGC 4258. I took a few attempts at processing this photo in order to try to bring out the reds and yellows of the core without losing the blues of the arms. Very happy with this end result! Astrophotography Capture & […]
