Horsehead Nebula

Here’s my latest image of M81 and M82, Bode’s Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy, respectively – together they are sometimes called “Bode’s Galaxies.” I’ve imaged these many times over the years; in fact M81 was one of the very first deep sky objects I attempted to photograph like 10 years ago. I’m happy with this…

A lot of things have to come together for a good image of the planets. The air needs to be as still as possible, the planet you’re imaging needs to be as directly overhead as possible, and the planet itself should be as close to the Earth as possible. And then, all your equipment has…

Hope to revisit this under better conditions in the future; but this came out OK considering a bright moon was out the night it was taken. The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) is near the end of the handle of the Big Dipper in the sky, although physically it is tens of millions of light-years more distant.

As with any form of photography, getting a good shot is largely about being in the right place at the right time. When it comes to photographing the planets, sometimes that means getting up at a painful hour. Both Mars and Uranus are nearing “opposition” – the point where they are directly across from Earth…

Busted out the solar telescope, now that fall has finally come to central Florida and the weather’s nice again! We’re still in the midst of a solar maximum, and today’s flares did not disappoint. We kept the ‘scope out all day, and observed a smaller flare seen across from the big ones turn into a…

One of the largest and oldest (13 billion years) globular cluster of stars near our galaxy – there are hundreds of thousands of stars in there. There are some interesting theories that globular clusters such as this are what remains of smaller galaxies that our Milky Way has consumed – this is just what’s left…