Category Archives: New Astrophotos

M81, M82 and NGC 3077

Posted on February 13, 2016 by bryan1ac

The shortest of the 3 images taken on the weekend of February 6th.  This is ordinarily a galaxy duo, but this particular frame also captures the more obscure NGC 3077 galaxy seen on the far bottom right. Just 10 x … Continue reading →

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M101 Wide Field

Posted on February 8, 2016 by bryan1ac

This M101 Wide Field image also captures a few interesting background galaxies including NGC5422 (left) and NGC 5474 (right). This was a welcome return to astrophotography after a 3 month hiatus, which had already been a sparse year since July 2015. … Continue reading →

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M33 Triangulum Galaxy

Posted on June 5, 2015 by bryan1ac

L 15 x 10 min, RGB 5-7 x 10 min each AP130GT f/6.3 Orion Parsec 8300M Taken in Siskiyou county near Modoc National Forest, CA This image of M33 Triangulum Galaxy was captured in September 2013 and reprocessed in June … Continue reading →

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Coma Galaxy Cluster

Posted on March 12, 2015 by bryan1ac

This deep galaxy field was captured in February 2012 at Fremont Peak, CA using my refractor telescope. Although the Coma Galaxy Cluster is a fairly popular target, I was still amazed just how deep this galaxy field was, and how … Continue reading →

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Lunar Eclipse 2014

Posted on April 15, 2014 by bryan1ac

Taken at 12:45AM PDT from Redondo Beach, CA Celestron 6″ Schmidt-Cassegrain with f/6.3 Reducer Celestron AVX Mount Canon 60Da, ISO 1600, 1 second exposure

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NGC 7023 – The Iris Nebula

Posted on August 7, 2013 by bryan1ac

Dedicated to Ricky Murphy Taken from GSSP July 7th-8th 2013 near Adin, CA Astro-Physics 130GT F/6.3 Astro-Physics 900GTO Orion Parsec 8300M 10 x 12 minutes Luminance 6 x 12 minutes each RGB 2×2

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M83, The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from the Texas Star Party

Posted on May 18, 2013 by bryan1ac

Texas Star Party, May 7th Celestron EdgeHD 11″ with .7x Reducer Lens CGEM DX Mount Nightscape 8300 CCD Camera 15 x 10 minute exposures  

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M20 from the Texas Star Party

Posted on May 7, 2013 by bryan1ac

Shooting with Celestron gear, we had our first operational night which was mostly clear until sunrise.  I couldn’t miss a minute of it! And the Aquariid Meteor Shower was an added bonus!   Celestron EdgeHD 11″ on the CGEM DX .7x … Continue reading →

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Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS

Posted on March 14, 2013 by bryan1ac

On March 12th, the comet passed to within about 4º of the Moon, with a phase of less than 1 day old!  Photographers with a wide enough lens were able to capture both comet in Moon in the same shot, … Continue reading →

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NGC 7331 w/Deer Lick Group and Stephan’s Quintet

Posted on October 30, 2012 by bryan1ac

Just 3 x 15 min L and 2 x 15min each RGB 2×2 Scope : AP130 Gran Turismo Mount: AP900GTO Camera: Parsec 8300M Lazy processing in MaxIm DL and Photoshop. The faintest of the galaxies in Stephan’s Quintet is mag … Continue reading →

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