Starship Asterisk*

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51790369147_6b606ed03a.jpg Thor's Helmet by Blake Estes , on Flickr This is an RGBHOO image totaling 10.3 hours of exposure. Details are: PlaneWave CDK20 Planewave Ascension A200HR SBIG STX-16803 Astrodon 50mm Gen3 square filters R,G,B,Ha, OIII R: 5x600s...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51787350531_1d9e2c9cca.jpg JWST Out Past The Moon by Blake Estes , on Flickr The JWST continues to be visible well out past the moon even with its sun shield partially deployed. Its distance at the time of the last image was approximately 390,000 miles. Equipment...

This is my best Orion Nebula yet! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51665694426_280dc56801.jpg Orion Nebula 2021 by Blake Estes , on Flickr Planewave CDK20 Planewave A200HR SBIG STX-16803 Astrodon LRGB Filters Luminance used only for Trapezium 27hrs 42.53 minutes total exposure time Siding Spring ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51416234836_dd4fee02a2.jpg Eagle Nebula SHO 4hr by Blake Estes , on Flickr This Hubble SHO Palette image totals 3.1 hours of exposure, on 8/31, 2021. The technical details are as follows: Telescope: Planewave CDK 20 w/ f/0.66 Reducer Mount: Planewave Ascension 20...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51411187882_09193b7df5.jpg The Fighting Dragons of Ara SHO by Blake Estes , on Flickr The Fighting Dragons of Ara This Hubble SHO Palette image totals 26 hours of exposure, from 8/17 - 8/29, 2021. The technical details are as follows: Telescope: Takahashi TOA-130...

3.08 hours of exposure Location: Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro Samyang 135mm lens @ f/3.6 Astrodon Series 2 filters L:300sec R:300sec G:300sec B:300sec Processing in Astro Pixel Processor, Adobe Lightroom, and Aurora HDR https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51367863169_0451fce120.jpg W...

60 Inch Telescope First Quarter Moon 8x10 Inch Dry Plate by Blake Estes, on Flickr

A Sky of Gold Dust by Blake Estes, on Flickr

The Running Chicken Nebula SHO by Blake Estes, on Flickr

Here is a panorama that I took from the top of the 150ft Solar Tower at Mount Wilson Observatory during the morning of July 13th. Comet F3 NEOWISE can seen rising in the dawn twilight next to the Historic 100" telescope dome. Venus also makes a beautiful presentation in the constellation Taurus...

Winter Jewels
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Winter Rose
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Jupiter and GRS

Rima Hyginus

2015 Super Blood Moon Eclipse Over Griffith Observatory

Eclipse Sequence

This is an image of The Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) that I took between the 17-18th. This is my first image of this object taken with Narrowband filters and colored with the Hubble Palette.