Astro - Chronology of New Images

(So I can keep track of what I imaged, when)

Images added 2026/10/20

Setting a PLAN to image 5 different planetaty nebulae througha single night from our driveway

Bow Tie Nebula NGC40 Edge 8 with 0.7 reducer, ASI2600, Optolong Ultimate, 35 x 180s

Blue Oyster Nebula NGC1501 Edge 8 with 0.7 reducer, ASI2600, Optolong Ultimate, 35 x 180s

Crystal Ball Nebula NGC1501 Edge 8 with 0.7 reducer, ASI2600, Optolong Ultimate, 35 x 180s

Double Bubble Nebula NGC2371 Edge 8 with 0.7 reducer, ASI2600, Optolong Ultimate, 35 x 180s

Shrimp Nebula Sh2-188 Edge 8 with 0.7 reducer, ASI2600, Optolong Ultimate, 45 x 180s

 

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

Heart (IC1805) and Soul (IC848) Nebulae in single frame RedCat51, ASI 2600MC Pro, Optolomg L Ultimate; ZWO AM3, OAG, 160 x 300s subs over 2 nights,, driveway Bortle 8/9

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

Image added 2026/09/19

Added another night of imaging (6hrs) from our driveway to previous data on the crescent nebula

Sh2-105 The Crescent Nebula EDGE8, 0.7 reducer, ASI 2699MC pro, Optolong Ultimate Ha/OII, total 84x300s subs, driveway Bortle 8/9

 

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

Deerlick group (NGC7331 and the "fleas") and Stephan's Quintet Celestron EDGE8, 0.7 reducer, broadband, ASI2600MC pro, 93 x 180s subs, Bortle 2, Mono Lake

Deerlick group (NGC7331 and the "fleas") closeup; new supernova (2026aaiv) discovered 9/1/2026 marked in NGC7331 Celestron EDGE8, 0.7 reducer, broadband, ASI2600MC pro, 93 x 180s subs, Bortle 2, Mono Lake

Stephan's Quintet (NGC 7317- NGC 7318A-NGC 7318B-NGC 7319-NGC 7320) close-up Celestron EDGE8, 0.7 reducer, broadband, ASI2600MC pro, 93 x 180s subs, Bortle 2, Mono Lake

NGC 7497 in a sea of Integrated Flux Nebula (IFN) Celestron EDGE8, 0.7 reducer, broadband, ASI2600MC pro, 70 x 180s subs, Bortle 2, Lassen National Forest

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

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 7/9/2026
A few nights when the sky stayed clear past midninght

Sh-91 Little Veil Nebula FF80 reducer, Optolong Ultimate, Driveway Bortle 9, 40x300s subs

 

WR 134 and its bubble of ionized oxygen FF80, ASI2600, Optolong L Ultimate Ha/OIII, 54 x 300s subs, driveway Bortle 9

The Bat (E. Cygnus Loop/Veil) NGC 6992

 

Older images - reprocessed

Cave Nebula Sh2-155

NGC1491 Fossil Footprint Nebula EDGE8 reducer, Optolong Ultimate Ha/OII. 119 x 300s subs

 

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.

IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula

IC 1318 Sadr Region - Ha narrowband in monochrome

 

Images added 05/29/2026

NGC7000 North America and IC 5070 Pelican Nebulae

Veil Nebula (Cygnus Loop)

Arp188_TadpoleGalaxy

Arp188_TadpoleGalaxy - zoomed-in

NGC5907_SplinterGalaxy

Supernova SN2926 kid in NGC5907

DracoTriplet - NGC 5981, 5982, 5985

Part of Markarians Chain

NGC4244_Silver Needle Galaxy

LGN1235_DarkSharkNebula

M109_VacuumCleanerGalaxy

Images added 05/02/2026

M3

Sh2-105 The Crescent Nebula

M92

Images added 04/27/2026

A trip out to the desert and Anza borrego with some astrophotography before ad after I was photographing the Salton Sea ultramarathon race. Lost a couple of nights to clouds. Strong winds one night, but I had brought my RedCat 51 as a backup scope for widefield imaging in case the winds were too strong to use my Celestron Edge 8.

 

images added 04/15/2026

I imaged a couple of Messier star clusters last night. Easy targets under our Bortle 8/9 skies, but a good test of tracking/guiding accuracy. I was getting star FWHM around 2.5 arc sec on stacked images, which seems pretty good for a C8 at near the maximum payload for an AM3 with counteerweight.

Images added 04/14/2026

A few clear nights at home, but struggling to find things to image under Bortle 8/9 skies. The planetary nebulae that are accessible and that I had not previously imaged are getting very small. I tried broadband imaging of a couple of bright galaxies - which worked better than I Ihad expected, though fainter details got lost..

 

Images added 03/30/2026.

We are into galaxy season, so for the March new moon I took my Celestron EDGE8 HD out to dark desert skies,

Bodes (M81) and ciga (M82) galaxies

Antenna galaxies (NGC4038)

Leo triplet galaxies (M65, M66, NGC3628)

M106

NGC2905

Thor's Helmet (NGC2359)

 

Images added 03/15/2026

Two small planetary nebulae and a very big emission nebula. Acessible targets from home under Bortle 8/9 skies now that the best narrowband targets are sinking in the wext.

M97 the Owl Nebula

Sh-2 264 The Angel Fish Nebula

Jones-Emberson 1 The Headphones Nebula