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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!