Astrophotography

Here is where I will post my astrophotography pics. Each Pic has a “guide” explaining what you are looking at, if something is visible in the pic that you otherwise couldn’t see or recognize with the naked eye. Some things you might have to search for without my “guide” pic!

September 19th, 2020

The Moon through some trees.
M45 – The Pleiades Star Cluster. The stars are visible even under bright city lights to the naked eye. How many can you count?

September 18th, 2020

M31 – Andromeda with the newest gear setup. It is visible to the naked eye under dark skies.

July 18, 2020

Comet NEOWISE with 85mm lens

July 17, 2020

Comet NEOWISE with 135mm lens

June 20, 2020

M8- Lagoon Nebula and M20 – Trifid Nebula. Lagoon is visible to the naked eye under very dark skies.
Moon and Venus from Cherry Springs State Park.

June 19, 2020

NGC 7000, North America Nebula – visible only to cameras

June 1, 2020

The Moon!

February 23, 2020

Rosette Nebula – visible only to cameras

November 22, 2019

Orion Constellation from Wagman Observatory. The Orion Nebula is faintly visible to the naked eye under very dark skies

September 20, 2019

Milky Way from Cherry Springs, Pennsylvania

August 8, 2019

Deneb-Sadr region of the constellation Cygnus.

August 3, 2019

Andromeda, our nearest galactic neighbor. First time! Visible to the naked eye under dark skies.

June 26, 2019

Milky Way over Train Tracks

June 22, 2019

Summer Triangle

May 23rd – 27th (Pictured Rocks Trip)

International Space Station passing over Lake Superior
Milky Way over Wixom Lake, MI

April 27, 2019

Galaxy Core with Jupiter (the bright one!)

March 12, 2019

Orion!

March 17th, 2019

Big Dipper Handle, Hercules Constellation, and Jupiter!