Sunday, January 1, 2023

2023 Astroimaging

 

Jupiter February 4, 2024


Jupiter on December 15, 2023

This is the Great Red Spot transit from Camp Highroad, Virginia.  Taken with an identical setup (C11 EdgeHD, ASI294MC, eADC, Baader IR cut filter), but with two different magnification implements - one is GSO Barlow, the other is a TeleVue PowerMate, both at 2.5x.






Jupiter at Opposition 11/3/23




Iris Nebula (NGC 7023)



M101 from 2023

Also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, Messier 101 is 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It has about a trillion stars, more than the Milky Way.


M101 from 2020

Also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, Messier 101 is 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It has about a trillion stars, more than the Milky Way.



Lobster Claw, Bubble Nebulae, and many others

See platesolved image on https://www.astrobin.com/wfz3zw/















Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF

The remnants of the tail are faintly visible, more so in the b&w comet guided image




Venus in CH4 and UV, March 20, 2023



Mars, March 20, 2023





Tuesday, December 20, 2022

2022 Finishing up the year

 Mars near opposition December 21, 2022

The structure near center is called Solis Lacus, or the "Eye of Mars".

The Bubble Nebula 2021


The Bubble Nebula lies about 7000-11000 light years from us in the constellation of Cassiopeia.  The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot young central star.  The nebula is near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble nebula while itself being excited by the hot central star, causing it to glow.  It was discovered in 1787 by William Herschel.

This is from the older QSi 683wsg camera taken Aug-Oct, 2021 with 36 hours total imaging time.



Solar Prominence on December 30, 2022








Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Jupiter Opposition Sep-Oct, 2022

GRS Transit October 10, 2022




Methane map of Jupiter, per Alan Goldberg it is the IR channel divided by CH4 filter channel




Io transit October 10, 2022



Jupiter Oct 7, 2022




Jupiter opposition occurred September 27, 2022

Transit of Ganymede, Sep 28:



Jupiter in IR and CH4 (methane):



IR Cut:







Tuesday, January 18, 2022

2022 Astrophotography

Mars and Saturn on October 10th, 2022

Europa transit, 9/2022



Saturn, 8/13/2022



Supernova 2022hrs 
near Messier 60, in NGC4647 Spiral Galaxy

Some info here and a google search is worth the bits of info that come up


International Space Station Sun Transit February 9, 2022 - College Park, MD 08:54 AM EST

Hydrogen Alpha:


Photographic:


IC63 - the Ghost of Cassiopeia

These are some of the last images I acquired with the QSI690 camera in Oct-Nov, 2021.  These are IC59 and IC63 nebulae, nicely described in this Hubble article or this ESA article. The star that illuminates this structure, Gamma Cas, is very interesting - unstable and massive, throwing off huge amounts of energy and mass.




Sunday, January 10, 2021

2021 Deep Space and Planetary Photos


Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) from Spruce Knob Mountain Center camp


Double Cluster from SKMC Nov 6




Andromeda Galaxy place in this Milky Way photo using Nikon D7000






















Uranus and Neptune with Triton and Nereid for Neptune,
November - December, 2021
























More Jupiter and Saturn (November, 2021). The Great Red Spot is easily seen. A transit of Ganymede and Callisto occurred on November 23, 2021:










Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies from Spruce Knob Mountain Center, WV on November 5, 2021