Category Archives: From the Field – Updates

Perhaps I’ll post from Fremont Peak or the Oakridge Observatory, or from the Golden State Star Party this summer (if I get WiFi). Maybe I’ll curse about a camera firmware update gone awry, or just show a cool image from the latest outing.

NGC 6914 in Cygnus

Posted on August 8, 2019 by bryan1ac

AP130GT f/6.3 refractorAP900GTO mountQHY16200 CCD18 x 10 minutes each RGB onlyPixInsight and Photoshop The blue and red, reflection and emission nebula combo is among my favorite type of object to image in the night sky. NGC 6914 is the blue … Continue reading →

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IC 405 The Flaming Star Nebula

Posted on August 8, 2019 by bryan1ac

AP130GT f/6.3 refractor AP900GTO mount QHY16200 CCD 25 x 8 minutes each LRGB PixInsight and Photoshop This was a quality night towards the end of the imaging season last November, and I just got around to posting it 🙂 There … Continue reading →

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NGC 1333 Revisited

Posted on October 25, 2017 by bryan1ac

Here’s NGC 1333 in Perseus from the CalStar overflow party at Lake San Antonio.  The little red knots surrounding the blue reflection nebula (“Herbig–Haro” objects) are star forming regions which have earned the keen interest of astronomers.  You can find some … Continue reading →

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Milky Way in the Southwest

Posted on June 28, 2017 by bryan1ac

A late-spring visit to the southwest provided the perfect opportunity to experience the amazingly-dark skies there. In this small town in southwest New Mexico, the skies were *very* dark. Bortle scale 2 dark.. to the point where the Milky Way … Continue reading →

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Billions and Billions

Posted on January 14, 2017 by bryan1ac

  I revisited my image of the Coma Berenices galaxy cluster to see how far some of the background galaxies are. It’s been a fun datamining activity during the “processing season”. It’s amazing how far a medium-sized refractor can go … Continue reading →

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Messier 31

Posted on August 15, 2016 by bryan1ac

First light image of Messier 31 from last weekend with the new QHY16200A CCD camera! This has a slightly zoomed-in perspective at this focal length. Captured with the AP130GT at f/6.3 (819mm focal length). The camera is awesome! So much … Continue reading →

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Messier 83, the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

Posted on July 28, 2016 by bryan1ac

Quick process from TSP 2014. Just 5 x 120 second images, captured with the QHY11 and Celestron RASA 11″.

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Milky Way Over the Texas Star Party

Posted on May 28, 2016 by bryan1ac

This Milky Way Over the Texas Star Party time lapse spans 3.8 hours starting around midnight 5/4/2016 over the Prude Ranch’s upper star field at the Texas Star Party. Canon 60Da, 25 second shots, 10 second interval, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8, ISO 2500.  … Continue reading →

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Mercury Transit May 9, 2016

Posted on April 28, 2016 by bryan1ac

Get Ready for the Mercury Transit May 9, 2016! Solar Kick-Off: Telescope Tips  If you’re into astronomy like me, you’re chomping at the bit to experience the solar eclipse coming up in August 2017.  This eclipse promises to be a … Continue reading →

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New Hydrogen-Alpha Solar Telescope

Posted on April 20, 2016 by bryan1ac

I am excited to have purchased a new Lunt LS50T Hydrogen-Alpha Solar Telescope at NEAF from Woodland Hills Camera and Telescope. I went for the double-stack option to narrow the bandpass to just 0.5 Angstroms.  It’s amazing how much detail … Continue reading →

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