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Welcome to my astrophotography and astronomy website. Here you’ll see images I have taken of the night sky and deep space objects, using a variety of equipment. My story began more than four decades ago looking up at the Moon with a small telescope my Father had. Today I do astrophotography from my home in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and also with remote telescopes located in New Mexico, USA and Australia. I also have a Youtube channel where I discuss Pixinsight processing as well as look at astro products. Thank you for visiting and clear skies!
Raptor 61 triplet telescope, electronic focuser and back focus
The Radian Raptor 61 refractor is a very portable, widefield f/4.5 apochromatic triplet. This is the first telescope offering from Radian Telescopes which is a new company founded by OPT [...]
IC405 The Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga
IC405 the Flaming Star Nebula is an emission and reflection nebula surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae. Ic405 the Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga. IC405 is located in the constellation [...]
Jupiter and Saturn Great Conjunction
Look to the south-west sky on the evening of December 21st, 2020 to see the Jupiter and Saturn great conjunction. These are the largest planets in our solar system. A [...]
The Seven Sisters M45 star cluster
M45, the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters. A splendid open star cluster with nebulosity. This cluster is visible with the naked eye high overhead during Winter months. It also harolds the [...]
Return to the Fighting Dragons
The November cloudy season seems to have made an early arrival here in 2020. With the nights being cloudy and no foreseeable imaging to be had, I thought I’d revisit [...]
NGC 7822 Nebula in Cepheus
I pointed the telescope at Cepheus and captured 8 hours of data of NGC 7822. A star forming complex, where hot, young stars and cosmic pillars of gas and dust [...]
IC1871 with the QHY268C and L-eXtreme
On two cool crisp clear nights in October 2020 I pointed the Esprit 100 triplet refractor at the Soul Nebula in Cassiopeia. I don’t have a rotator on my telescope [...]
M31 with the QHY268C
I’m continuing to image with the QHY268C cooled cmos camera. It’s been working quite well. M31 is rising again in the Fall night sky here so it makes a perfect [...]
More with the QHY268C camera and Optolong L-eXtreme
I’ve been continuing to image with the QHY268C camera and Optolong L-eXtreme filter. This combination has proven to be very good for astrophotography. The results I am getting are really [...]
The Crescent Nebula NGC 6888
The Crescent nebula NGC 6888 is a faint, diffuse nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. A beautiful star field of the summer night sky. This shell of gas (resembling a [...]
The Wizard Nebula NGC 7380
The Wizard Nebula NGC 7380 is shown in this image comprised of 15 hours of data. The Wizard Nebula NGC 7380 is located in the constellation of Cepheus. It gets [...]
Comet NEOWISE C/2020 F3
A photo of Comet NEOWISE C/2020 F3 high in the evening sky during July 2020. It’s been 4500 years since Comet NEOWISE C/2020 F3 last passed by the Earth on [...]
