Evanescent Light
Photographs of the Cosmos by Ian Parker
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NEW - A colorful "Heart-of-the-Heart"
10 hours, one night from our Bortle 8/9 driveway
Keep scrolling for more new images added 10/19/2026
Featured Astro Images with Descriptive Essays
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Useful Astrophotography Links
Recent Additions
Images added 2026/10/21
Setting a PLAN to image 5 different planetaty nebulae througha single night from our driveway
Images added 2026/10/19
Heart of the Heart Nebula
IC 1815
EDGE8 with 0.7 reducer, ASI 2600MC Pro, Optolomg L Ultimate; ZWO AM3, OAG, 110 x 300s subs, driveway Bortle 8/9: "Pseudo" SHO processing |
Bubble Nebula NGC7635
EDGE8 with 0.7 reducer, ASI 2600MC Pro, Optolomg L Ultimate; ZWO AM3, OAG, 130 x 300s subs over 2 nights,, driveway Bortle 8/9
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Image added 2026/09/19
Added another night of imaging (6hrs) from our driveway to previous data on the crescent nebula
Images added 9/16/2026
A new-moon trip up highway 395 for dark skies. Galaxies, and quick images of bright planetary nebulae.
 Fireworks Galaxy NGC 6946
Celestron EDGE8, 0.7 reducer,, ASI2600MC pro, Broadband 72 x 180s subs, Bortle 2, Mono Lake; Ha 72 x 300s subs, driveway Bortle8/9
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Fetus Nebula NGC 7008
Celestron EDGE8, 0.7 reducer, broadband, ASI2600MC pro, 12 x 180s subs Ha/OII narrowband, 4x 180s subs broadband for RGB stars, Bortle 2, Lassen National Forest |
Saturn Nebula
NGC 7009
Celestron EDGE8, 0.7 reducer, Ha/OII 3nm narrowband, ASI2600MC pro, 12 x 180s subs, Bortle 2, Lassen National Forest |
Snowglobe Nebula NGC 6781
Celestron EDGE8, 0.7 reducer, Ha/OII 3nm narrowband, , ASI2600MC pro, 12 x 180s subs, Bortle 2, Lassen National Forest
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Little Dumbbell Nebula M76
Celestron EDGE8, 0.7 reducer,Ha/OII 3 nm narrowband, ASI2600MC pro, 70 x 180s subs, Bortle 2, Lassen National Forest |
Images added 9/7/2026
"Tail of the Veil" Cygnus loop / Veil Nebula)
FF80 600mm,, Optolong Ultimate Ha/OIII, 85x300s subs, Driveway, Bortle 8/9, Optolong extreme Ha/OIII, 85x300s subs, Driveway, Bortle 8/9
Photos of the Veil nebula usually focus on the prominent, brighter sectons (East & West Veil, Flemings whisp), and even widefield images often clip or fail to adequately capture the loop in the "tail".
I devoted two nights to iaging this neglected part, aiming to bring out the faint link that completes a loop in the tail
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Images added 7/8/2026
Images added 06/22/2026
Images added 06/06/2026
Taking advantage of a rare few clear nights (June gloom marine layer clouds...) to do some easy narrowband, widefield imaging at home with my RedCat51.
Images added 05/29/2026
images added 05/02/2025
Mostly cloudy nights at home, but a couple of chances to get new star clusters, and a first emisson nebula as the Milky Way is beginning to rise late in the night.
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Earlier images are HERE
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