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Indian Head Madness 🌌⛰️I think this is my 7th time at Indian Head since my first time a year and a half ago. Been here w...
09/08/2026

Indian Head Madness 🌌⛰️

I think this is my 7th time at Indian Head since my first time a year and a half ago. Been here way too many times to count, but something about this place always pulls me back for more.

It was Labor Day weekend, the start of a new semester, nothing too busy yet, and it was clear skies. I just had to come back for more. Set out with my friends for the wrecked 6-hour drive from Buffalo to the Adirondacks for a sunset/Milky Way hike to Indian Head, and planned to meet my other friends coming up from Albany. Great to see everyone one last time before the semester really started.

Because the alignment this time of year at Indian Head was around 11 PM, I planned to shoot the foreground first, and then right after, the H-alpha (Hα) shots, which is the flaming red you see in the sky. The foreground went pretty smoothly, but I started seeing clouds creeping in from the northern side, which was pretty accurate. I checked 4 weather models beforehand. ¾ of them were clear, but the 4th one projected clouds near the north, slowly coming down during the night. Unfortunately, we got unlucky, and that model was the most accurate that night. I tried shooting the Hα shots, but clouds and mainly the wind made it difficult to even get 1-minute-long exposures, much less 4-minute exposures. I gave up on the Hα shots and planned to use past data to make up for it. Not ideal, but it works. I started the RGB frames at 11:08 PM that night and had to use my body to create a makeshift shield to block the gusts coming from the north. Did it work? Probably not, but I’d like to think it did. For most of the frames, the stars came out perfect.

Had lots of fun and met a great group of friends on the top of the vista that night as well.

📸 Shot on my Astro-modified Canon USA R+ EF 24-70mm f/2.8 II

Sky: 2x10 panels | f/2.8 | 60s | ISO 1600
Hα: 4 frames stacked | f/2.8 | 240s | ISO 3200

Processed using Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Pixinsight, Auriga Registar, and ASTAP

Check out prints on my website! Link in the bio.

Remember to Leave No Trace :)

*Hα data was from Lac Blanc, Nominingue, QC (Bortle 3)

Stargazing at Le Chaleureux du Lac Blanc 🏠🌌One last trip with the boys before a new semester. Coincidentally enough, the...
08/29/2026

Stargazing at Le Chaleureux du Lac Blanc 🏠🌌

One last trip with the boys before a new semester. Coincidentally enough, the Airbnb we chose was in a pretty dark area by the lake, and we had clear skies all 3 nights, which is just unheard of in the Northeast. Haven’t had the chance to get out as much this summer, so this was a nice ending to this summer’s astro adventures.

Because this wasn’t another long night in the mountains, I ended up using my Hα filter down by the lake. I try to use this awesome little guy more often, but the wind usually ruins these long 4-minute exposures. Thankfully this time, I was treated to a beautifully calm night by the lake.

I started my Hα exposures around 12:45 AM and ended up shooting two frames: one for the Cygnus region and one for the Heart and Soul area. A stack of five 4-minute exposures for the Cygnus region and a stack of four 4-minute exposures for the Heart and Soul area. I actually ended up going back to the house to get ready for night-night while my camera ran. I started my RGB and foreground shots around 1:55 AM and ended up going way overboard until 3:30 AM because I couldn’t figure out a composition to do, so I played it safe and shot a 360° sky panorama for extra data. Didn’t end up going to bed until very late, but well worth the peacefulness by the lake and seeing a couple of meteors from the Perseids.

📸 Shot on my Astro-modified Canon USA R+ EF 24-70mm f/2.8 II

Sky: 8 panels | f/2.8 | 60s | ISO 1600
Hα: 4-5 frames stacked | f/2.8 | 240s | ISO 3200

Processed using Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Pixinsight, Auriga Registar, and ASTAP

Check out prints on my website! Link in the bio.

Stargazing at Le Chaleureux du Lac Blanc One last trip with the boys before a new semester. Coincidentally enough, the A...
08/29/2026

Stargazing at Le Chaleureux du Lac Blanc

One last trip with the boys before a new semester. Coincidentally enough, the Airbnb we chose was in a pretty dark area by the lake, and we had clear skies all 3 nights, which is just unheard of in the Northeast. Haven’t had the chance to get out as much this summer, so this was a nice ending to this summer’s astro adventures.

Because this wasn’t another long night in the mountains, I ended up using my Hα filter down by the lake. I try to use this awesome little guy more often, but the wind usually ruins these long 4-minute exposures. Thankfully this time, I was treated to a beautifully calm night by the lake.

I started my Hα exposures around 12:45 AM and ended up shooting two frames: one for the Cygnus region and one for the Heart and Soul area. A stack of five 4-minute exposures for the Cygnus region and a stack of four 4-minute exposures for the Heart and Soul area. I actually ended up going back to the house to get ready for night-night while my camera ran. I started my RGB and foreground shots around 1:55 AM and ended up going way overboard until 3:30 AM because I couldn’t figure out a composition to do, so I played it safe and shot a 360° sky panorama for extra data. Didn’t end up going to bed until very late, but well worth the peacefulness by the lake and seeing a couple of meteors from the Perseids.

📸 Shot on my Astro-modified Canon USA R+ EF 24-70mm f/2.8 II

Sky: 8 panels | f/2.8 | 60s | ISO 1600
Hα: 4-5 frames stacked | f/2.8 | 240s | ISO 3200

Processed using Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Pixinsight, Auriga Registar, and ASTAP

Check out prints on my website! Link in the bio.

Partial Lunar Eclipse 12:14 AM 8/28/26
08/28/2026

Partial Lunar Eclipse 12:14 AM 8/28/26

Little Tupper Lake @ 7:53 AMidentical edits, but different conditionsLittle Tupper Lake @ 7:49 AMidentical edits, but di...
08/16/2026

Little Tupper Lake @ 7:53 AM

identical edits, but different conditions

Little Tupper Lake @ 7:49 AM

identical edits, but different conditions

Little Tupper Lake @ 7:04 AM

identical edits, but different conditions

magnifique! Fish Hawk Cliffs & Indian Head
08/03/2026

magnifique!

Fish Hawk Cliffs & Indian Head

Sunset on Mount Skylight ☀️⛰️
07/15/2026

Sunset on Mount Skylight ☀️⛰️

Galactic Ripples Above Pharaoh Lake Wilderness 🟥🟩🌌WOW, did Christmas come early? This has to be one of the greatest airg...
06/19/2026

Galactic Ripples Above Pharaoh Lake Wilderness 🟥🟩🌌

WOW, did Christmas come early? This has to be one of the greatest airglows I’ve seen to date. You can see the literal ripples of colors in the sky, similar to how you drop a piece of stone in water, and you can see the water rippling.

Monday night, my friends and I went camping to Pharaoh Lake, well, at least that was the plan. 1 mile into the hike, we see a sign saying the bridge ahead was down, and conveniently enough, it was completely destroyed across the marsh. Since everyone else didn’t have waterproofing gear, it was just not viable to cross the shin-deep water, so we just switched to camping near the bridge area to stargaze and build a fire. That area actually had a pretty nice view of the sky, which was a huge bonus. I originally was aiming to shoot a panorama of the Milky Way that overlooked the whole lake, but switched to a 360° shot of the sky with a landscape silhouette. Maybe next time during the Perseids 👀

While you may think we had a huge aurora storm that night, the red and green you see in the sky is actually a natural phenomenon that happens every night. Air particles like Nitrogen, Oxygen, etc. shift to a higher energy state during the day and release energy in the form of light at night, to a lower energy state. Some nights this is especially strong, like the night I took this photo. These airglow ripples you see are caused by gravitational waves from extreme weather systems like a thunderstorm, where there is a violent shift in pressure that forces the air to oscillate up and down in the high atmosphere. At the same time, the air particles are releasing light, causing the airglow ripple effect.

📸 Shot on my Astro-modified Canon USA R+ EF 24-70mm f/2.8 II

Sky: 27 panels | f/2.8 | 60s | ISO 1600

Processed using Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and PTGui

Check out prints on my website! Link in the bio.

Remember to Leave No Trace :)

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