Comet Lemmon taken by Theresa Zittritsch of Williston
Comet Lemmon taken by Theresa Zittritsch of Williston on 10/21/2025 with a ASI6200MM monochrome camera with Chroma RGB filters camera through a The telescope is an Astro-Physics AP110GTX telescope with 0.83X focal reducer on an Astro-Physics Mach2 mount. I used the JPL ephemeris to track the comet vs. the stars.. Pixinsight was used to process the data. I took 13 images each of R, G and B at 90second exposures in RGB succession. The stars trailed in 90s so used blurxterminator to correct the star trails and used typical pixinsight comet processing and processed the comet separately from the stars. This was a very challenging comet as the skies low in the west were not clear and contained significant clouds and/or haze which challenged me to remove gradients for a pleasing image. I shot the comet on 2 nights, but only the night of the 21st had useful data. Just too few good frames from the 22nd. In any case, it’s not perfect but it’s ok. I particularly like the dust trail moving away from the comets ION trail. I hope you enjoy it. A note: 300k is very for an astrophoto, might be better to allow a couple of mb. As always, the Eldorado star party is a fun and friendly place to...
Read MoreElephant Trunk Nebula taken by Randall Light of College Station
Elephant Trunk Nebula taken by Randall Light of College Station on 10/19/2025 with a Nikon Z7 II camera through a Nikon 300mm f/2.8 lens at f/2.8, 60 second exposure, ISO 1600. 25 photos...
Read MoreAndromeda Galaxy taken by Dodie Reagan of Bastrop
Andromeda Galaxy taken by Dodie Reagan of Bastrop on 10/28/2024 with a ZWO ASI 1600MM camera through a William Optics Z61. 13 hours of RGB taken at 2024 Eldorado Star Party. Processed in...
Read MoreM45 Pleiades taken by Phillip Jones of Frisco
M45 Pleiades taken by Phillip Jones of Frisco on 10/13/2023 with a ZWO ASI 6200MM camera through a Astro-Physics 140 StarFire EDF 10Micron GM2000 HPS II prime focus. 4 Lum x 3 Red x 3 Green x 3 Blue, 240s...
Read MoreEclipse taken by Theresa Zittritsch of Williston
Eclipse taken by Theresa Zittritsch of Williston on 10/14/2023 with a Canon EOS Ra camera through a TEC 140ED with 2X Televue Powermate and Baader solar film filter on Astro-Physics 1100GTO mount.. Images were processed and colorized in photoshop. Minimal processing was done but they are significantly minimized to fit in the size...
Read MoreIris Nebula, NGC7023 taken by Theresa Zittritsch of Williston
Iris Nebula, NGC7023 taken by Theresa Zittritsch of Williston on 10/12/2023 with a ASI2600MC camera through a TEC140ED with Astro Physics Quad Telecompressor Corrector on Astro Physics 1100 GTO mount. Approximately 4 hours of image acquisition of 240 second individual frames. Calibrated, aligned and stacked with Pixinsight, final processing with photoshop. The Iris nebula is a beautiful reflection nebula which is also associated with the star cluster Collinder...
Read MoreM42 and the Running Man Nebula taken by DAVID RIVENBURG of AUSTIN
M42 and the Running Man Nebula taken by DAVID RIVENBURG of AUSTIN on 10/26/2022 with a SBIG STF-8300C camera through a TMB 105 Refractor at prime...
Read MoreAnnular Eclipse Sequence taken by Randall Light of College Station
Annular Eclipse Sequence taken by Randall Light of College Station on 10/14/2023 with a Nikon D850 camera through a Daystar Scout 80mm. This is a sequence of images taken over the course of the eclipse. Note the large...
Read MoreEastern Veil taken by Tim Lewis of Cypress TX
Eastern Veil taken by Tim Lewis of Cypress, TX on 10/24/2022 with a Atik One 9.0 camera through a Takahashi TOA 130 on Mach One mount. LRGB 150 minute integration. Processed in...
Read MoreM45 taken by Simon Tan of Friendswood
M45 taken by Simon Tan of Friendswood on 11/01/2021 with a ASI2600MC Pro camera through a FOT106, prime focus, FL 636mm, f6. Total exposure 110 minutes (11x600s). Trying to fully utilize X-Bar Ranch’s pristine dark sky to capture the nebula details within M45, used longer than usual exposure sub (10 minutes), even risking over saturating the bright stars. Processed in PixInsight and fina resized/touch up in GIMP. See other photos in ESP’s Astrophoto Heaven!...
Read MoreAndromeda Galaxy, M31 taken by Randy Light of College Station
Andromeda Galaxy, M31 taken by Randy Light of College Station on 10/15/2020 with a Nikon D810A camera through a Nikon 600mm f/4 at f/4. Twenty five exposure of 120 seconds at ISO 3200 The lens was mounted on an Astro-Physics Mach1.. The images were processed with Pixinsight and Photoshop CC. There was 50 minutes of total exposure at f/4. This is equivalent to 200 minutes of exposure at...
Read MoreWitch’s Head Reflection Nebula, IC 2118 taken by Randy Light of College Station
Witch’s Head Reflection Nebula, IC 2118 taken by Randy Light of College Station on 10/17/2020 with a Nikon D810A camera through a The photos were taken with a Nikon 600mm f/4 lens at f/4. The lens was mounted on an Astro-Physics Mach1. Twelve 120 second images were obtained at ISO 3200.. images were processed with Pixinsight and Photoshop CC. The twenty four minutes of exposure at f/4 is equivalent to 96 minutes of exposure at...
Read MoreM52 & Bubble Nebula taken by Ernest Adams of San Antonio
M52 & Bubble Nebula taken by Ernest Adams of San Antonio on 11/05/2018 with a Canon T6 DSLR camera through a Es127 Refractor, Prime focus, CLS filter, iso 3200.. Processed in Nebulocity and Photoshop...
Read MoreM8 – Lagoon Nebula, M20 – Trifid Nebula Area in Sagittarius taken by Doug Holland of Houston
M8 – Lagoon Nebula, M20 – Trifid Nebula Area in Sagittarius taken by Doug Holland of Houston on 10/17/2017 with a Canon 450D – modified with Baader filter camera through a 200mm Canon f/2.8 L-Series Camera Lens at f/3.2. Celestron ASGT Mount, Guided with PHD2 Guiding Processed in PixInsight & Photoshop 25 x 4 minute...
Read MoreSagittarius Milky Way with Venus and Saturn taken by Ed Flaspoehler of Dallas, TX
Sagittarius Milky Way with Venus and Saturn taken by eflaspo of Dallas, TX on 10/28/2016 with a Canon Rebel SL-1 DSLR camera through a 24 mm wide field lens, f/5, 1 seconds, ISO...
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