Ah, you know, it’s one of the most boring targets in the world. And probably it’s also one of the hardest targets for post-processing. As…
View More Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33)IC 2177 Region – The Seagull Nebula
IC 2177 is fairly bright. It’s a great target for collecting all-channel data set. This is probably my first effort to truly blend all seven…
View More IC 2177 Region – The Seagull NebulaMessier 63 (Sunflower Galaxy) – Widefield
Started to learn a little more about how to do Galaxy processing. It is a totally different animal. Control the star size is such a…
View More Messier 63 (Sunflower Galaxy) – WidefieldLBN 923 Region, NGC 1788 and vdB33
LBN 923 region is another fantastic target right outside Orion. It shows up in pretty much most of the wide-field images of IC2118 (just a…
View More LBN 923 Region, NGC 1788 and vdB33Cygnus Loop – Color Splash!
Data for this image is from my last effort to create a mosaic of the Cygnus Loop. I don’t remember exactly how many nights were…
View More Cygnus Loop – Color Splash!“The Dive” – LDN 1235 – The Dark Shark Nebula in Cepheus
The data of this image was collected by our remote team buddy Yizhou Zhang with our dual-scope setup during the last two months of 2020. A little…
View More “The Dive” – LDN 1235 – The Dark Shark Nebula in CepheusHelmet on the Red Curtain – NGC 2359 – Thor’s Helmet
The challenge of NGC 2359 is not about the O-III – the O-III signal is surprisingly strong. The hard part is the background H-II regions.…
View More Helmet on the Red Curtain – NGC 2359 – Thor’s HelmetThe Starry Triangulum Galaxy (Messier 33)
I had the impression that the M33 is a tough subject to process. And indeed it is. The original plan was to capture the M33…
View More The Starry Triangulum Galaxy (Messier 33)Cederblad 51 & Barnard 32 Region in Lambda Orionis
In SH2-264 cloud, there are two targets sitting on my target list since the winter of 2019. The whole Lambda Orionis is a fantastic region…
View More Cederblad 51 & Barnard 32 Region in Lambda OrionisPetroglyph in Deep Space – The Warrior
I’ve always wondered the way to fully blend narrowband data into broadband data and, and the final result should have the details of the narrowband…
View More Petroglyph in Deep Space – The Warrior