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Monday, October 31, 2022

Max Pike Has Been Very Busy Lately

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  I must have caught Max off-guard at the observatory the other day as he promised to send me some   of his latest  deep sky images... He di...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

Howard Bird is getting great results after recently starting his astroimaging adventure....

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  Howard sent me this image of the Cygnus Wall after getting 25 hours of photon collection!  He took 420 subs of 3 minutes each using an Ant...
Monday, August 1, 2022

Jupiter Is Back! (so are the other planets, but that's another story)

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 I recently received another email from member Al Ernst, saying;   Jupiter is again rising above the trees and becoming a visual and photogr...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

An excellent shot of our favorite Humpback, which also displays Mike Franzyshen's processing ability using Maxim DL and Pixinsight

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 Mike Franzyshen sent an image of the Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) taken using iTelescope.net 's 17" Planewave CDK f/6.8 scope located ...

Howard Bird's First Two AP Images

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 Wow, Howard, you're off the starting line in a FLASH!! These are really impressive and a great example of your first work in astrophoto...

Les Tilly's Amazing Work on Andromeds Galaxy and The Horsehead Nebula

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 This is the best image that I've ever seen of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). I think the extra intensity of the cooler, red stars makes a...
Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Tycho Crater On A Clear Night

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 I enjoy snapping a few shots of the moon every now and then... even if it does try to steal the show from my other fun objects. It's be...
Saturday, December 11, 2021

Member Ron Gattie's First Astro Image to the Blog Is Impressive

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 Ron took this image of the Blue Snow Ball Nebula using 24  20-second images at ISO 400 Great shot Ron, but please give us more details (equ...
Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Al Ernst Imaged The Tough Sh2-53 Nebula In The Scutum Constellation

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  Al Says, " We don't see Sh2-53 imaged very often from around here (the New Jersey area) but I thought I'd give it a try"...
Monday, August 16, 2021

A Huge Sunspot Group Was Recently Imaged As The Sun Swings Further Into the New Cycle 25

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 I've been impatiently waiting a l-o-o-ong time for large sunspots to finally reappear since the last solar minimum. As the new 25th Cyc...