I have finally got something to contribute... Not the best conditions but fun none the less. This galaxy is nearly edge on but a lighter dust lane can be...

First post after long time, weather is not cooperating right here at Adriatic coast. And when weather is ok, Moon is shining :) Anyway, over the past two...

Yep, still around ;-) Lot of leeching though, seeing all those great photographs!! :-) For my scope nothing much to see/photograph last fe months: moon is...

weather and other things have been interfering with my Cass A project. Not been doing much of any astro at all including groups but here's a bit of added to...

it has been over two years since I last used my FSQ. It is a great little scope: nearly an ideal 4" class fast refractor at f/5 Last time I used it I had a...

I discovered a flaw in my processing flow for the Polarization Difference Image of the Comet 17 / P Holmes I have since corrected and have extraordinary...

Just 2 images stacked ~12 sec each with a Canon 10D on tripod

what a difference a dark sky makes! Last night I shot Sh2-240 (simeis 147) again in the earlier part of the evening from The Ranch. Last week the moon was...

even though the weather wasn't worth a hoot, I decided to giddyup my gear and do a bit of horsebacking last...

Hi all, Reprocessed my M57 tricolor image. 10"@ f/6.3 Layer in Halpha, OIII and blue. Added luminance layer. Processed more details. Hope you like it. --

Hi Folks; Here is a 4 frame college of the Eclipse shot from downtown Calgary Alberta, under clear stable skies. I used a 200 mm F4 second hand...

Hey all, Ruined my telescope mount electronics. When i gotoot my scope to M81 the cooling leads (with water) hit the mount and disconnected from my...

I had a mostly clear night on March 23, but with a bright, almost full moon I did not want to do any "serious" imaging and decided to try my 10" Meade ACF...

Any1 got a better view?

I added three hours of halpha to my previous 1h57m of clear data it is definitely accentuates the HII knots...

honey bees have invaded my observatory! http://www.tisd.net/~jng3/bees/ -- John N. Gretchen III N5JNG NCS304 http://www.tisd.net/~jng3

5x20 minutes Intes MK-69 (6" f/6 Mak-Cass 900mm fl) Celestron CI-700 Mount w/Gemini cropped and reduced 50% -- John N. Gretchen III ...

Currently there is a nice aurora directly over Calgary. 11:45PM MDT If anyone in the area is reading this...

NGC 7080 image down sampled 0.4x cropped full size below Vulpecula Penryn, California August 2008 M 250 @ f9.3 (ag, ST-4) ST-10XME LRGB 10 minute subs A...