Category Equipment

IC 1396 – The Elephants Trunk

IC 1396 in Constellation Cepheus at ~ 2,400 ly 

Home Observatory Clinton TN, AP130GTX Refractor, QHY268M CMOS Camera, AP1200GTO Mount.  Approximately 10.6 hours total exposure through Ha, O[III], and S[II] emission line filters.

 

 

2025 – April Calhoun County Park

 

M63 – AP130EDT w/ ZWO ASI533MC and AP900GTO Mount

 

NGC 3521 – AP130EDT w/ ZWO ASI533MC and AP900GTO Mount

 

The Leo Triplet – AP92 with FF and ASI2600MC Duo and Juwei-17 Mount

 

Markarian’s Chain – AP92 with FF and ASI2600MC Duo and Juwei-17 Mount

 

 

 

Calhoun County Park – August 2024

Three nights with generally good conditions with the seemingly always present wildfire smoke.

 

IC 5146 – The Cocoon Nebula

 

SH2-88

 

NGC 6914 Reflection Nebula

 

TBD on some widefield DSLR shots

December 2023: Calhoun County Park

 

 

M78 / NGC 2068 Reflection nebula in Orion.  FSQ-106ED with QHY268C

 

NGC 1333 – A Reflection nebula in Perseus.  FSQ-106ED with QHY268C

 

NGC 2264 – The Christmas Tree / Cone Nebula in the constellation Monoceros.  FSQ-106ED with QHY268C

 

M45 aka The Pleiades, The Seven Sisters, Subaru (ever noticed the Subaru car logo?)  FSQ-106ED with QHY268C

 

Auriga: The Flaming Star, The Tadpoles, The Spider and Fly Nebula… Canon R6 with Rokinon 135mm

 

The Witches Head in Orion – Truly a difficult target and I pushed harder than the skies allowed.  Canon R6 with Rokinon 135mm

 

Best Meteor of the Night!