Deep Sky

Pinwheel Galaxy with Light Pollution and Poor Calibration

M 101, 6-28-23 2.5 hour integration with RASA 8, ASI1600MM, 30 second exposures. Guided. Only was able to capture L, B and R, with no calibration frames. Will revisit in the future to improve data collection. I would like to get Ha data on this as well, to pick up a faint emmision nebula by M101.

IC 361, a faint cluster.

IC 361, 1-22-23 2 hour integration of IC 361 in Luminance. RASA 8 telescope, 1600MM camera with 10 second exposures, Celestron AVX mount. Unguided.

Messier 5, the Rose Cluster.

M5, Rose Cluster 5-10-22 42 minute integration of the Rose Cluster in Luminance. RASA 8 telescope, 1600MM camera. Unguided.

Orion Nebula.

Orion Nebula 1-14-22 30 minute integration of the Orion Nebula. RASA 8 telescope, 1600MM camera. Unguided.

Andromeda Galaxy.

Andromeda 11-18-21 2h of exposures in Ha, taken unguided in Bortle 7 skies. RASA 8" and ASI1600MM, mounted on a Celestron AVX.

Messier 13.

M13 4-9-22 Stacked from 3h of imaging with a Samsung S9 camera mounted to an Orion Starblast 6i Dobsonian.

M15 cluster.

M15 30 minute stack.

Helix Nebula in Black and White

Helix Nebula Stacked from 8 hours of images at OkieTex 2019 on a prototype Mach 2.

Solar System

Monochrome Moon.

Moon 12-18-21 A single exposure with a QHY5III Monochromatic camera, taken through an Orion Starblast 6i Newtonian, untracked.

Moon Close Up.

Moon 7-17-21 Shot with a Samsung Galaxy S9 through an f/6 Orion StarBlast.

Monochrome comet.

Comet 2018 W2 Africanus: Taken at OkieTex 2019 using the prototype Mach 2 mount. 50 image stack.

Asteroid with tail.

Gault 6478, 2-12-19: After a collision some time in November, Gault 6478 grew a tail. Measured here to 572,000 kilometers, this system is important to watch over time.

Star Fields

Mono Star Field.

Star Field Taken on a RASA 8 for calibration.

Eclipses

Coronal Mass Ejections and Bailey's Beads visible during totality.

Solar Eclipse 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, April 8 2024, at Calico Rock, AR. Taken with Orion Starblast 6i and Canon Rebel T3i.

Annular Eclipse composition from Oct 2023.

Lunar Eclipse with and without level balancing.

Moon 5-15-22 The lunar eclipse moments before cloud cover ruined the night, taken on an Orion Starblast f/6 on a Galaxy S9 phone. Stack of best 1000 frames over a 30 second video. Processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert!, and GIMP. Left is with normal levels, while the right image has been enhanced with extra contrast.

Solar eclipse with a bird and sunspots.

Sun and Moon 10-14-23 The Annular Eclipse, show from the Mineola Nature Preserve. A bird (possibly a falcon?) decided to join in the eclipsing fun. Taken with a Rebel T3i at prime focus with a Starblast 6" dobsonian and solar filter. Processed in Gimp.

Blood Moon

Lunar Eclipse 1-20-19