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.