The Seagull Nebula is my “cross-decade” project. ? To me, this target is hard – it’s right above mega Dallas downtown light pollution dome and…
View More Backyard – IC 2177 – The Flying SeagullBackyard – IC 443 – A Galactic Supernova Remnant
RASA8 project hit a pause. The Chroma 5nm filters do not suit for F2.0 system at all. Now going back to the Astronomik 12nm filters…
View More Backyard – IC 443 – A Galactic Supernova RemnantBackyard – IC405 – Flaming Star Nebula
First all-backyarder into the winter of 2019. Good thing is that -20C sensor temperature is back. It’s also my first IC405 attempt. Plan changed couple…
View More Backyard – IC405 – Flaming Star NebulaThe Flying Bat, the Giant Squid & the Little Friend
… The plan was to go to TAS-Atoka dark site one more time for the Ou4 … Looking at the weather over the new moon…
View More The Flying Bat, the Giant Squid & the Little FriendThe 1st APOD! – Western Veil, Pickering’s Triangle & The “Funnel”
APOD (2019/09/19): https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190919.html
View More The 1st APOD! – Western Veil, Pickering’s Triangle & The “Funnel”Western Veil, Pickering’s Triangle & The “Funnel”
This is the third and probably the last summer “All-Backyard” project for 2019 – all data, Ha, S-II, O-III and R/G/B are imaged from my…
View More Western Veil, Pickering’s Triangle & The “Funnel”Elephant’s Trunk Nebula in Hubble Palette
This is the second “All-Backyard” project – all the data captured at home, including narrowband channels and RGB channels. By far this is the largest…
View More Elephant’s Trunk Nebula in Hubble PaletteDark Molecular Cloud in NGC 7000
This is an “All-Backyard” project – all data from my bortle class 9 backyard under the moon, including Ha, S-II, O-III and R/G/B star layers.…
View More Dark Molecular Cloud in NGC 7000M42 – Orion Nebula (Revisit with Nikon D500)
First time giving Astro-Modified Nikon D500 a “decent” treatment 🙂 – this time, with FSQ-85EDP and riding a real astrophotography mount. Thought that I owe…
View More M42 – Orion Nebula (Revisit with Nikon D500)