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12/04/2021

Taken thursday night. M45 (The Pleiades)
The Pleiades also known as The Seven Sisters, Messier 45, and other names by different cultures, is an asterism and an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the north-west of the constellation Ta**us. It is among the star clusters nearest to Earth, it is the nearest Messier object to Earth, and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky.

The cluster is dominated by hot blue and luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years. Reflection nebulae around the brightest stars were once thought to be left over material from their formation, but are now considered likely to be an unrelated dust cloud in the interstellar medium through which the stars are currently passing.

Computer simulations have shown that the Pleiades were probably formed from a compact configuration that resembled the Orion Nebula. Astronomers estimate that the cluster will survive for about another 250 million years, after which it will disperse due to gravitational interactions with its galactic neighborhood.

Together with the open star cluster of the Hyades, the Pleiades form the Golden Gate of the Ecliptic.

11/17/2021

what does one do when the moon is too bright to image deep sky nebula and galaxies? well you image the moon of course! taken tonight with my big scope. enjoy :)

09/12/2021

The Crescent Nebula. taken over 2 nights with 10 hours of integration time.

Redcat 51
EQ6R-Pro
ZWO533MC-pro
10 min subs
5 min subs
2 and 3 min subs
104 light frames total
L-xtream filter

08/30/2021

taken last night with the help of my lovely fience Amber Holly Allen. the Andromeda galaxy. ive done this galaxy before with low grade equipment and wanted to compare results using my new higher end telescope and camera. i would say the difference is outstanding! hope yall enjoy it!

The Andromeda Galaxy , also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula , is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years (770 kiloparsecs) from Earth and the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way. The galaxy's name stems from the area of Earth's sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda, which itself is named after the Ethiopian (or Phoenician) princess who was the wife of Perseus in Greek mythology.

08/01/2021

Taken last night with my new telescope and the help of my lovely fiance Amber Holly Allen. i think the quality has dramatically increased.
The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star). The shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico.

06/15/2021

NGC 7635, also known as the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is an H II region[1] emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close to the direction of the open cluster Messier 52. The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, 8.7[1] magnitude young central star, SAO 20575 (BD+60°2522).[7] The nebula is near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble nebula while itself being excited by the hot central star, causing it to glow.[7] It was discovered in 1787 by William Herschel.[5] The star BD+60°2522 is thought to have a mass of about 44 M☉.

05/31/2021

All set up for the night! Crystal clear skies! Lets get it!

05/17/2021

Finally making progress with my new equipment. This picture is by far better than anything i have captured before, yet could be so much better. less than an hour of integration time. Hoping quality improves and i become more familiar with my equipment. Nonetheless i am beyond happy with this picture! i present The Eagle nebula!
The Eagle Nebula is part of a diffuse emission nebula, or H II region, which is cataloged as IC 4703. This region of active current star formation is about 5700 light-years distant. A spire of gas that can be seen coming off the nebula in the northeastern part is approximately 9.5 light-years or about 90 trillion kilometers long.

The cluster associated with the nebula has approximately 8100 stars, which are mostly concentrated in a gap in the molecular cloud to the north-west of the Pillars. The brightest star (HD 168076) has an apparent magnitude of +8.24, easily visible with good binoculars. It is actually a binary star formed of an O3.5V star plus an O7.5V companion. This star has a mass of roughly 80 solar masses, and a luminosity up to 1 million times that of the Sun. The cluster's age has been estimated to be 1–2 million years.

The descriptive names reflect impressions of the shape of the central pillar rising from the southeast into the central luminous area. The name "Star Queen Nebula" was introduced by Robert Burnham, Jr., reflecting his characterization of the central pillar as the Star Queen shown in silhouette.

05/16/2021

FINALLY something is going right! Finally figured this out. Im getting what i can tonight as i spent most of the night working out kinks in the system. And now my power supply for my camera died so no cooling for the camera. But we are up and imaging with a hot sensor lol. Hopefully this turns out well.

05/08/2021

I think it's important to show the frustrations that come with this hobby. this was the best I could manage tonight with the new equipment. I'm still trying to learn how to use all of it, and at times it's like ramming my head into a brick wall and calling it fun. the simple things I had down with my last rig, are the things giving me troubles with this new rig. guiding, operating software, and a mount that refuses to realize it's in the northern hemisphere. This is not my best work, but I will keep at it until I get this right.

05/06/2021

And we are back up and running! This new equipment comes with a steep learning curve. But the results will be worth all the headache i hope lol.

04/27/2021

Expected delivery date is thursday. Will finally have a complete rig to get some more pics up for yall! Stay tuned and clear skies!

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