The Large Magellanic Cloud

The Large Magellanic Cloud

Large Magelenic Cloud (LMC) In the Fall of 2020 I decided to join as a member of Telescope Live a telescope-as-a-service offering that allows you to schedule time on their various locations across the world from Spain to Chile to Australia with a wide variety of...
Soul Nebula (IC 1848)

Soul Nebula (IC 1848)

The Soul Nebula (IC 1848) The Soul Nebula (IC1848, Westerhout 5). This SHO, Hubble palette, has a total of 50hrs worth of integration time across all 3 filters and 2 panels. Ever since I started imaging last year I thought this was such a cool target, but I...
NGC 7822 Mosaic

NGC 7822 Mosaic

NGC 7822 After spending most of October working on this one it’s still only 2/3rds done. But it’s good enough for now. This is my first real attempt doing a mosaic. It’s a bi-color 4 panel image of NGC 7822. Ever since the start of Oct I’ve fought clouds and rain but...
The Wizard Nebula

The Wizard Nebula

The Wizard Nebula (NGC 7380) The Wizard Nebula (NGC 7380) is a cool wizard-shaped nebula wrapped around a star cluster in the constellation Cepheus. It’s estimated to be ~7,000 ly from us and visually is a challenging one to see unless you are in a very dark...
The Pac-Man Nebula

The Pac-Man Nebula

The Pac-Man Nebula (NGC 281) The Pac-Man Nebula (NGC 281) is an emission nebula with an open cluster and star forming region full of young stars. It’s located in the constellation Cassiopeia and is roughly 9,500 light years away from us. This nebula gets it name...