M31 90min LRGB test image with ASI1600mm-cooled
M31 90min LRGB test using ASI1600mm-cooled CMOS camera

I performed some more test imaging with the ASI1600mm-cooled camera. This time I centered the [...]

Featured astrophotography article in SkyNews magazine by Shawn Nielsen
My Article and Images in Skynews Magazine Nov-Dec Issue 2016

Shawn NielsenMy story began more than 40 years ago looking up at the Moon with [...]

ZWO ASI1600MM-Cooled astronomy camera
First image tests with ASI1600MM-Cooled astro camera

Shawn NielsenMy story began more than 40 years ago looking up at the Moon with [...]

M20 the Trifid Nebula
Return to M20 the Trifid Nebula

Featured Astronomy Magazine online Picture of the Day, Sept 8th, 2016.  Also featured in Amateur [...]

Tarantula Nebula
Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070 remote telescope astrophotography

A giant stellar nursery region and more than a 1000 light years wide, the Tarantula [...]

World map of artificial sky brightness. Image from the new “World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness.
New Study finds 80% of World Population Lives Under Skyglow

World map of artificial sky brightness. Image from the new “World Atlas of Artificial Night [...]

Comet C/2013 X1 (PanSTARRS) passing near the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293)
Comet sails past the Helix Nebula

This image was published in Skynew Magazine (Canada), Nov/Dec 2016 issue. A truly once in [...]

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