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
Oct 122024
Jan 212024
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!
Jan 212024
NGC 7023 – The Iris Nebula
The Cave Nebula
Jan 212024
Dec 102022
IC 348 FSQ-106ED Scope with QHY268C Camera on AP900GTO Mount, 5.67 Hours Total Exposure
IC 348 Annotated
NGC 1788, FSQ-106ED Scope with QHY268C Camera on AP900GTO Mount, 8 hours total exposure
NGC 1788 Annotated
NGC1333 -AP92 Stowaway Scope with ZWO ASI533C camera on Atlas Mount, 6.1 hours total exposure
NGC 1333 Annotated
NGC 7293 – The Helix Nebula: AP92 Stowaway Scope, ZWO ASI533C camera, Atlas Mount. 4 hours total exposure time.
NGC 7293 – The Helix Nebula Annotated
IC 405 – The Flaming Star Nebula. AP92 Stowaway Scope, ZWO ASI533C Camera, Atlas EQ-G Mount. 7.9 Hours total exposure.
IC 405 Annotated
NGC 7822 – FSQ-106ED Scope with QHY268C Camera on AP900GTO Mount, 4.1 hours total exposure
NGC 7822 Annotated
Jul 122022
We had four relatively clear nights in a row. Some didn’t start great but all four produced usable imaging time even if the nights aren’t much more than 4 hours of astronomical darkness this time of year.
A couple shots with the Canon 6D DSLR and a Rokinon 135mm wide open at f/2.
M16 & M17 
M16 & M17 Annotated 
M8 Lagoon & M20 Triffid 
M8 Lagoon & M20 Triffid Annotated
vdB 123 
vdB Annotated
vdB 123 – Taken with FSQ-106ED and QHY268C OSC CMOS Camera on an AP900GTO Mount, 58 x 5min exposures totaling 4.8 Hours Exposure across two nights.
Sh2-136 
Sh2-136 Annotated
Sh2-136 Taken with FSQ-106ED and QHY268C OSC CMOS Camera on AP900GTO Mount, 79 x 5 minute exposures totaling ~6.6 Hours Exposure time across two nights.
M20 – The Trifid Nebula 
M20 – The Trifid Nebula Annotated
M20 – The Trifid Nebula: ZWO 533C OSC CMOS Camera with AP92 Refractor on Atlas EQ-G Mount. 57 x 5min exposures for a total of 4.75 hours captured across two nights.
Sep 262021
Sep 262021
Cherry Springs – June 2021
AP900GTO, Astronomical, Cherry Springs, Dark Nebula, FSQ-106ED, Nebula, QHY268C, Star Parties, Widefield
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Jul 042021
First light test of the QHY268C CMOS camera on the Tak FSQ-106ED. For a very short total exposure time and a low southern target results were better than expected.
Nov 082020
SVQ-100 with ASI533MC OSC CMOS on Orion Atlas EQ-G Mount
SVQ-100 with ASI533MC OSC CMOS on Orion Atlas EQ-G Mount
SVQ-100 with ASI533MC OSC CMOS on Orion Atlas EQ-G Mount
SVQ-100 with ASI533MC OSC CMOS on Orion Atlas EQ-G Mount
FSQ-106ED with SX-46 Mono CCD on AP900GTO