Two Clusters and a Comet

Comet 103P Hartley is coming by Earth on it's 6.5 year journey around the sun. It will be closest to us on October 20th which is, unfortunately, two days before full moon which will make observations at that time more difficult. Over the past week,… more »
Tags: 103p/hartley, astronomy, astrophotography, canon, comet hartley, photograph, xsi Posted Under Astronomy, Pretty Pictures, Photography, Astrophotography on 10.10.2010

Adieu, Orion, Take 2

I fiddled with last week's M-42 a bit more and cropped it a little closer. Although it's a bit noisier, I was able to coax out some more detail. Results below: more »
Tags: astronomy, astrophotography, m-42, messier 42, xsi Posted Under Astronomy, Pretty Pictures, Photography, Astrophotography on 04.13.2010

Adieu for another year, Orion

I don't like the cold. Unfortunately, one of the showpiece nebulae in the northern hemisphere, Messier 42, also known as the The Great Orion Nebula, is pretty much a winter denizen. Sometimes, we get a nice day early in the year that allows comfortable… more »
Tags: astronomy, astrophotography, m-42, messier 42, xsi Posted Under Astronomy, Pretty Pictures, Photography, Astrophotography on 04.12.2010