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 [...]

Horsehead and Flame Nebulae
Return to the Horsehead and Flame Nebulae

It’s been quite some time since I imaged this region of space. Nearly 10 years [...]

Tarantula Nebula
Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070 remote telescope astrophotography

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

Ic 1396 Elephants Trunk Nebula in Hydrogen Alpha narrowband astrophotography. Shawn Nielsen 2014
Elephants Trunk Nebula in narrowband H-alpha

Another image taken in July 2014. This time I was collecting narrowband Ha (H-alpha) data [...]

Sadr region in the constellation of Cygnus. Shawn Nielsen 2014
The Cygnus Sadr Region in H-alpha

Continuing my narrowband imaging, I shot this late June 2014. This is an area at [...]

NGC 7000 North America Nebula in H-alpha - Shawn Nielsen 2013
NGC 7000 The North America Nebula In H-Alpha

Now that Winter’s snow and sub-zero temperatures are just around the corner for me here [...]