NGC 6992 Eastern Veil supernova remnant
Eastern Veil narrowband H-alpha with Esprit 100 triplet refractor and ASI1600MM-C

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Esprit 100 APO refractor
Esprit 100 Triplet APO Refractor arrives!

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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 [...]

NGC 3372 Eta Carina Nebula
NGC 3372 Eta Carinae Nebula in Ha, O3

The Eta Carinae Nebula, designated NGC 3372, is a southern hemisphere night sky object. It [...]

IC 2118 The Witch Head Nebula. Shawn Nielsen 2014
IC 2118 The Witch Head Nebula

IC 2118 The Witch Head Nebula has long been a night sky target I’ve wanted [...]

comet jacques
Movement of Comet Jacques

Movement of Comet Jacques. Taken Aug 24th, 2014 when this comet was visible in the [...]

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 [...]