Comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) and M42 Orion Nebula
Comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) passes close by the bright M42 Orion Nebula. Due to only having one hour to get the shots in, noise is still pretty evident in the image (always the conflict...
Category: Deep Sky Astrophotography
Astrophotography of deep sky objects such as nebulas and galaxies. These are predominantly conducted through a telescope.
Comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)
Been a long time since I last went out to take images of a comet – maybe even a decade. More time taking photos of comets meant less time taking photos of deep sky...
The Koy in the Infinite Pond
Alone in dark, mirky waters whose surface reflects the stars from the heavens above- the koy turns abruptly. What startling revelations does it see in the infinite darkness? This is the supernova remnant ESO...
De Mairan’s Nebula and the Orion Trapezium Cluster
A close up of the Orion nebula showing M43 (De Mairan’s Nebula) and the Trapezium (cluster of stars at the “core” of the Orion nebula). This was a quick one to fill in time,...
Homunculus Nebula, Pixellated Edition
Another fill in time image from last weekend. Two hours of integration with varying length exposures in the Carina Nebula centered on the Keyhole Nebula. I was curious to see if I could resolve...
The Red Horror
Out of the red mist, a great cosmic horror, jaws wide open, reaches out to a hapless galaxy to devour! Reminiscent of the giant sand worms from the fictional novel “Dune”, the cometary globual...
Sphere of Flame
Amongst the red, misty nebulas that burn brightly throughout the Carina constellation – an almost perfect sphere erupts from a distant past. Near its center is WR16 – a Wolf-Rayet star that formed the...
Icarus Ascending
Often called the Angel Nebula, the framing and orientation I chose for the reflection nebula NGC 2170 in the constellation Monoceros reminds me of the ancient Greek myth of Icarus. With alot of imagination,...
IC434 Horsehead Nebula
This image of IC434 – The Horsehead Nebula is part of a larger mosaic which is still a work in progress, but I couldn’t help but try and process this old favourite. I run...
Orion Region 2×2 Mosaic
A work in progress. I’m partway through doing a large mosaic of the Orion region and just wanted to check to make sure I was collecting enough data, so I processed this 2 x...
