After a year of preparation for the portable system, I finally put it into field use. The Rho Ophiuchi region is every widefield imager’s dream…
View More ~ Rho Ophiuchi ~Markarian’s Chain
It’s been a long time since my last effort on an LRGB target. The Markarian’s Chain was a quick test (only 3.75 hours LRGB) at…
View More Markarian’s ChainFierce Clouds in Milky Way
… Back to how it all started … It was a nice trip to West Texas over the new moon weekend. I brought along the…
View More Fierce Clouds in Milky WayThe Boogie Man in Orion
LDN1622 is always an interesting object to me. The most interesting part for me is the Parsamian 3 (HBC515, HD288313) area. Anyhow, it looks like…
View More The Boogie Man in OrionBackyard – IC 2177 – The Flying Seagull
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 Nebula