Category: Astrophotography

This is Messier 20, otherwise known as the Trifid Nebula, a emission / reflection nebula in Sagittarius. The Trifid can be found a couple degrees above the famous Lagoon Nebula. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula (the upper, red portion), a reflection nebula (the lower, blue Read More …

This is a sweet little rig. Over the past few weeks I have been working on this astrophotography rig, with the end goal of using it as a grab and go setup. There is a possibility of a trip out west (Colorado, Utah, Arizona) coming up, so I needed a rig that was capable of Read More …

The latest image from Kissimmee Park Observatory is this shot of the massive globular cluster, Messier 3 (M3 or NGC 5272), which is located in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici, just across the border from Bootes, and about 10 degrees above the bright orange beacon Arcturus. Many amateur astronomers consider it one of the finest northern globular clusters, Read More …

This exciting development was discovered when I was reading the article in Sky & Telescope about the impact of a piece of space debris on the Moon during the Lunar Eclipse. When I examined my raw image data I saw the unmistakable flash point of the meteoroid impact on the surface of the moon. It Read More …

We had a very successful imaging run for the Total Lunar Eclipse on the night of 2/20-21. The weather was iffy with a cold front passing through Central Florida the afternoon of the 20th. We had rain and some pretty heavy wind in the wee hours the night before. There were even some clouds floating Read More …