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 [...]

M97 planetary nebula
Planetary Nebula M97 with the Vixen VC200L telescope

Meet planetary nebula M97, aka the Owl Nebula.  This image took me three nights to [...]

Optolong L-Pro filter
Optolong L-Pro Light Pollution Filter and City Astrophotography

In this video I take a look at the Optolong L-Pro light pollution suppression filter [...]

Esprit 100 triplet refractor pointed at the constellation of Orion
My best and worst deepsky images of 2019

It didn’t seem like we had many clear nights here but I was able to [...]

IC 1805 the Heart Nebula in Hubble Palette SHO

Meet IC 1805, the Heart Nebula.  This is an image I’ve been working on for [...]

NGC 281 pacman nebula SHO
NGC 281 Pacman Nebula in Hubble Palette SHO

Meet NGC 281, also known as the Pacman Nebula. Can you spot the pacman? NGC [...]

NGC 7822 Nebula in Hubble Palette SHO

Meet NGC 7822. This is 29 hours of data I collected over 6 clear nights. [...]