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M101 Wide Field
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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Telescope for Professor Hawking
It was a tremendous honor to have taken part in setting up a Celestron telescope for Professor Hawking in February. Since our first light experience in February, amidst clouds, rain, and snow in Cambridge, he has recently taken new astrophotos … Continue reading
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M33 Triangulum Galaxy
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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Starry Night Over the Trinity Alps
Canon 60Da Sigma 18-25mm f/1.8 DC (set to 18mm f/1.8) 30 seconds at ISO 2500 6 panel mosaic, each with the same exposure, no superimposing, all shown in 1 layer This starry night over the Trinity Alps was captured Saturday … Continue reading
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Camping Under the Stars
In January I joined a 10 week Wilderness Travel course organized by the Sierra Club. WTC provides essential outdoor training, safety and preservation awareness for the aspiring mountaineer or backpacker. The Orange County Whitney Group’s last field trip was in … Continue reading
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Coma Galaxy Cluster
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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Celestial Cave Painting
This image of the Cave Nebula is a HaLRGB blend taken with the AP130 Gran Turismo (w/Astro-Tech Field Flattener) F/6.3 and Parsec 8300M, mounted on the AP900GTO. Image data captured in August 2011, reprocessed in August 2014. 19 x 15 minutes Luminance 6 … Continue reading
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Milky Way Over High Eastern Sierra Nevada
July 1, 2014 Guitar Lake below Mt. Whitney, 11,500′ Tamron 18-200 zoom, Canon 60Da, ISO 6400, 25 sec 6 panel mosaic, all using same exposure for land and sky
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Lunar Eclipse 2014
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
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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