Street Light Astro

Street Light Astro Amateur astrophotography done from my driveway in the suburbs of Ontario, Canada!

A couple of the latest and greatest from the Cygnus constellation!My second attempt at NGC6888 - The Crescent Nebula. 6 ...
05/21/2022

A couple of the latest and greatest from the Cygnus constellation!

My second attempt at NGC6888 - The Crescent Nebula. 6 hours worth of total exposure data, which allowed me to bring out more doubly-ionized oxygen (blue) within the nebula.

As a bonus, I was able to capture 3 hours on SH2-108 - The Gamma Cygni Nebula. The central star located in the middle of the photo is Sadr, which is approximately 12 times more massive than our own Sun. To the slight upper left of Sadr, you can also observe NGC6910, which is a small open cluster of stars!

NGC 6888, the Crescent Nebula is an emission nebula located in the Cygnus constellation. The nebula is located approxima...
05/01/2022

NGC 6888, the Crescent Nebula is an emission nebula located in the Cygnus constellation. The nebula is located approximately 5000 light-years away and was created by the collision of solar winds being generated by 2 separate stars.

Fun-fact: The "NGC" in NGC 6888 stands for "New General Catalogue" and references the group of deep space objects that the Crescent Nebula is classified under.

A full resolution version can be seen here:

https://www.astrobin.com/g7c5be/

Sometimes it feels good to look back at what you've done to see how far you've come!The following photos showcase all of...
02/04/2022

Sometimes it feels good to look back at what you've done to see how far you've come!

The following photos showcase all of my attempts at photographing the Rosette Nebula since the beginning of my deep space astrophotgraphy journey, just a little over 1 year ago. The last photo was taken this week during a small break in what seems like endlessly cloudy weather.

The Rosette Nebula is located approximately 5000 light years from Earth in the constellation Monoceros. It is mostly composed of ionized hydrogen gas and has an approximate solar mass that is 10,000 times greater than our Sun. The nebula is also a star nursery and is home to roughly 2500 newly formed stars!

M42 - The Orion NebulaIC410 - The Tadpoles Nebula (aka The intro scene to "Look Who's Talking" Nebula)Even though I'm pa...
01/18/2022

M42 - The Orion Nebula
IC410 - The Tadpoles Nebula (aka The intro scene to "Look Who's Talking" Nebula)

Even though I'm paying for it now with a full blown chest cold, I was finally able to get the latest upgrade out for a quick test drive in -25°C over the weekend. I had about a 3 hour window from start to finish before the clouds came rolling in. All things considered, it was COMPLETELY worth it.

Just before Christmas time, I came across a pretty crazy deal on a scope that would let me collect the same amount of data in 1 hour that was previously taking me 8 to 10 hours on the old scope. I'm a pretty sentimental guy, so it was a little tough trading in my first ever imaging scope. But, it definitely paid off.

Each one of these images is made up of 1 hour of data, and has only gone through absolutely basic post-processing.

This is a 4-panel mosaic of NGC 1499, commonly known as the California Nebula due to its sharing the same approximate sh...
11/13/2021

This is a 4-panel mosaic of NGC 1499, commonly known as the California Nebula due to its sharing the same approximate shape as the US State.

Each panel is made up of 3 hours worth of stacked photos, for a combined total of 12 hours of exposure data. The entire project took 3 separate evenings to capture the exposures, and another 2-3 days to fully process.

The California Nebula is located roughly 1000 light years from Earth and would take approximately 100 years to travel from end-to-end if you were moving at the speed of light. NGC 1499 is mainly composed of hydrogen gas that has been ionized by Xi Persei, the bright blue star located just to the upper left of the nebula.

Messier 33, commonly known as the Triangulum Galaxy is located roughly 2.8 million light years from Earth. With a diamet...
10/20/2021

Messier 33, commonly known as the Triangulum Galaxy is located roughly 2.8 million light years from Earth. With a diameter of approximately 60,000 light years (1 light year = 9.5 TRILLION kilometres!), M33 is the 3rd largest galaxy in our immediate galactic neighborhood behind the Andromeda Galaxy and our very own Milky Way Galaxy.

The Triangulum is home to an estimated 40 billion stars, and is the currently thought to be the furthest known observable object with the naked eye (under appropriate observing conditions, of course.)

Like all of the photos that will be showcased on this account, this shot was taken from my driveway, approximately 30ft from an LED street light. Captured on October 18th, 2021 and is made up of 2 hours total exposure data.

Messier 13, also known as the Hercules Globular Cluster, is a cluster of hundreds of thousands of stars located in the H...
06/09/2021

Messier 13, also known as the Hercules Globular Cluster, is a cluster of hundreds of thousands of stars located in the Hercules constellation. The stars that make up the cluster are so tightly bound together by gravity that they will live out their entire life cycles in this formation.
In 1974, Frank Drake (creator of the Drake equation), Carl Sagan, and a number of other notable scientific minds authored a pictogram message containing the basic chemical makeup of life on Earth, the formula for our DNA, and a rough diagram of our solar system. It was then transmitted as a binary signal to Messier 13 using the Arecibo Radio Telescope and aptly dubbed "The Arecibo Message". This was the first ever attempt by humanity to send a message of our existence into outer space.

Latest upgrade arrived after a 4 month backorder! Looks like the clouds may clear away just in time to grab a couple sho...
05/26/2021

Latest upgrade arrived after a 4 month backorder! Looks like the clouds may clear away just in time to grab a couple shots tonight! (3 year old pictured for scale)

IC1805 - The Heart NebulaThe Heart Nebula is an emission nebula located 7500 light years from Earth. The red glow is mad...
05/22/2021

IC1805 - The Heart Nebula

The Heart Nebula is an emission nebula located 7500 light years from Earth. The red glow is made up of ionized hydrogen gas that is being emitted and excited by a cluster of stars located at the "heart" of the nebula. IC1805 was first discovered in November of 1787 by British astronomer and musical composer William Herschel!

Hey everyone! Welcome to Street Light Astro! For now, this page will act as the online portfolio for my continued journe...
05/22/2021

Hey everyone! Welcome to Street Light Astro!

For now, this page will act as the online portfolio for my continued journey into astrophotography. In the future, I plan to expand the content to include video tutorials on astrophotography and post-processing techniques, as well as product reviews on assorted astrophotography gear.

Thanks for checking out my work, and I'm excited to share this journey with all of you!

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