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Astrophotography

An evolving body of work focused on learning the art and science of astrophotography — from data capture to processing — using home rigs, travel setups, and a remote observatory at Starfront.
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A Six-Panel Mosaic of Markarian's Chain

The Heart of the Virgo Cluster

A City of Galaxies About 54 million light-years from Earth, in the direction of the constellation Virgo, lies the nearest large galaxy cluster to our ...

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IC 405 & IC 410Emission Nebula

Fire and Ice in Auriga

Two Nebulae, One Frame This patch of sky in Auriga holds two emission nebulae that sit close together on the sky but have almost nothing else in commo...

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M40 · Winnecke 4

The Mistake That Became Something Beautiful

A 260-Year-Old Mistake In 1764, the French astronomer Charles Messier was hunting for something specific — a nebula that a fellow astronomer had repor...

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M31

Andromeda Galaxy

This image of M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, was captured as a small first-light project with my new William Optics RedCat 51 WIFD, taken from a remote si...

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M1Emission Nebula

The Crab Nebula

Captured under pristine dark skies near Richfield, this image shows the Crab Nebula, the expanding remnant of a supernova observed on Earth in 1054 AD...

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M42 & M43Emission Nebula

The Great Orion Nebula

The Orion Nebula is one of the most studied and recognizable regions of star formation in the night sky. Located roughly 1,350 light-years away, it is...

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Barnard 33Narrowband Imaging

The Horsehead Nebula — Closing a Chapter

This image marks the final deep-sky project captured with my ZWO ASI585MM Pro before moving to a larger-sensor camera — a fitting subject to close out...

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M42

The Great Orion Nebula (A Quick Night, Still Worth It)

This image of M42, the Great Orion Nebula, came from a fairly spontaneous night out and a setup I hadn’t used in a while. Even with only around two ho...

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NGC 2264Narrowband Imaging, Emission Nebula

The Christmas Tree Cluster

This was a last-minute holiday project that I hoped to finish in time for Christmas… but even without hitting the deadline, it turned into a really re...

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NGC 7635Narrowband Imaging, Emission Nebula

The Bubble Nebula — A Deeper Look

This image revisits the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635), located roughly 7,100 light-years away in Cassiopeia, within the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way. Sculp...

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SH2-157Narrowband Imaging, Emission Nebula

The Lobster Claw Nebula in SHO with RGB Stars

This is my deepest and most refined narrowband project to date: the Lobster Claw Nebula (Sh2-157), processed in an SHO palette with true RGB stars. Th...

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M33Narrowband Imaging

Triangulum Galaxy in LRGB with Ha & OIII

This is my LRGB + Ha/OIII rendition of the Triangulum Galaxy (M33), captured over a multi-night integration. I built the final color image by first cr...

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