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The Backyard Cosmos

Photographer and Amateur Astronomer
Virginia, United States. Bortle: 4
Camera: Canon SL2 (200D)

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04/07/2026

One of my favorite targets, the Veil Nebula. Located in Cygnus, taken in June of 2024.

🔭SV503 with field flattener 448mm f5.6
📷 600D (LPF2 removed) @ ISO800 109x120s
🎨SV 220 DUO Narrowband Filter
🌗 51% Illuminated

$The Trifid and Lagoon nebulae in the galactic core.📷 Stock Canon 200D, 65x120s ISO 3200. 🔭 SV503 80mm Doublet Refractor ...$

06/01/2024

The Trifid and Lagoon nebulae in the galactic core.

📷 Stock Canon 200D, 65x120s ISO 3200.
🔭 SV503 80mm Doublet Refractor 0.8x FF/FR.
🔭 CEM25P guided.
🖥️ SIRIL and PS used for processing.
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05/28/2024

You would not believe your eyes

$The Eagle Nebula 5-13-24, 27% Moon.📷 Stock Canon 200D, 92x120s @ ISO 3200.🔭 SV503 80mm Doublet Refractor 0.8x FF/FR.🔭 CE...$

05/15/2024

The Eagle Nebula 5-13-24, 27% Moon.

📷 Stock Canon 200D, 92x120s @ ISO 3200.
🔭 SV503 80mm Doublet Refractor 0.8x FF/FR.
🔭 CEM25P (guided).
🖥️ SIRIL and PS used for processing.
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05/02/2024

The Owl Nebula and Surfboard Galaxy

This is one of my favorite pairings of objects in the night sky. The owl is a planetary nebula (dying star) within our own galaxy while the surfboard galaxy lies 32 million light years away.

📷 Canon 200D @ 3200 (tbd)x120s
🔭 SV503 Refractor @ 448mm f/5.6
🔭 CEM25P (guided)
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04/22/2024

Markarian's Chain, a group of galaxies forming part of the Virgo Supercluster.

Highly considering reshooting this target for some better signal.

📷 Canon 200D @ ISO 800 70x120s
🔭 SV503 80mm ED Doublet Refractor
🔭 iOptron CEM25P guided.
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04/19/2024

🔭The Rosette Nebula✨

One of the shots I managed to get while learning my new equipment and software. Finding the right techniques to process the stars correctly is proving challenging, something that will come with time.

I'm quite enjoying how much easier getting decent colors is going from DSS and PS to mostly just SIRIL. Moving from NINA back to APT has removed almost all of the demoralizing bugs with the iOptron CEM25P and Canon 200D. The only main issue that l'm still fighting is the constant dec backlash of over 100ms on the mount.

📷 Canon 200D (stock), 74x120s @ ISO800.
🔭 SV503 80mm ED Doublet Refractor
🔭 iOptron CEM25P (guided)
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04/15/2024

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks ☄️

Captured this a few weeks before the solar eclipse. Part of my new data library as I'm getting back into astro this year.

📷 Canon 200D @ ISO 800 8x120s
🔭 SV503 80ED @ 448mm f/5.6 with FF
🔭 iOptron CEM25P
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/Pons-Brooks

04/14/2024

Got to cross totality off my bucket list this year!

A few weeks of planning went into this. The 830 mile round trip returned 75 GB of data and plenty of lasting memories.

These are some single frames here with some light processing. Working on an HDR composite along with a few time lapses in white light and h-alpha.

📷 Canon 200D
🔭 SV503 @ 560mm f/7
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03/18/2024

Swipe for starless! Here's my latest reprocess of some data on M42 from last year. Gotta warm up for my new gear coming in this week!
Canon 200D 2hrs @ 3200
Orion 102 Mak @ 1300mm f12.7
DSS->Siril->PS
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