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Here is Comet C2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and Messier 5 from this evening at the side of the road just north of my apartment in Tucson. When looking at Stellarium this morning I know I had to get it so I did! This is 30x 60s as ISO 400 with my Pentax K1ii, Williams Optics GTF81 f/5.9, and iOptron CEM...

Here is the M8 and M20 region that I finished up recently and was able to pull detail out that you normally do not see here. For the full size and for image information I have that on my Astrobin here: https://www.astrobin.com/qqsn11/ https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53155497208_0e90189820_c.jpg ...

Here is M22 taken with 7 One Click Observations through the Telescope Live CHI-1-CMOS setup. It is in such a heavy star field that is can be a challenge to process this one properly without blowing it out. I almost left the luminance off because you can see some of the brighter stars in the unstretc...

This one here was a difficult mosaic to do. I had a total of 12 sessions in APP due to different cameras, optics, exposure length, orientation, etc. I mixed some stuff from Telescope Live in with a ton of my own data from both here at home and from trips to Marfa TX. There were a total of 226x 120s,...

NGC 3201

NGC 3201 by Scotty Bishop, on Flickr

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Here is the CG4 area that I did from a set of 2 Advanced Requests through Telescope Live. I framed it in a way to also get NGC 2427. I've wanted to attempt this one since I first saw it a few years ago. This was acquired via the Telescope Live CHI-2 setup, then processed in APP and Photoshop. It con...

Here is Comet C/2017 K2 from July 24th, 2020. It appears to be flying through cosmic dust and clouds of hydrogen alpha, but that is an illusion since all of that is incredibly far away from our solar system. This was from the Telescope Live CHI-5 setup, which is a Nikon 200mm f/2 lens and an FLI ML ...

Here is WR 134, one of the things I suggested that was picked as a set of One Click Observations at Telescope Live on their SPA-2 setup. This is 12x 600s on Sii, Ha, and Oiii. for a total of 6 hours with 2 hours for each channel, bin 2x2. The telescope is an Officina Stellare Pro RC 700, camera is F...

Here is the Heart and Soul region with plenty of gas, some PNs, and all together a deep image at 104 hours total exposure in a mosaic. This data is mostly from One Click Observations at Telescope Live, but also includes Advanced Request data as well. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52371879177_e...

Here's my take on Messier 78 in RGB. I plan on adding luminance as soon as it comes in. This was taken with the Telescope Live CHI-1 Planewave CDK24, FLI PL9000, and Astrodon RGB filters. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52371880407_af41082d45_c.jpg M78_RGB by Scotty Bishop , on Flickr More info ...

Here is Omega Centauri taken with the Telescope Live CHI-1 telescope and using 11x R, 11x B, 10x G, and 10x L, all 300 seconds each. This gives a total of 3 hours and 30 minutes of exposure. I processed it in APP, PI, and Photoshop. If you zoom in on the full size image you can see nice separation o...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52170963086_a69870a777_c.jpg 6-23-22-Sol_Plane1 by Scotty Bishop , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52171112224_1bc8fa59ee_c.jpg 6-23-22-Sol_Plane2 by Scotty Bishop , on Flickr Yesterday I was doing some Ha imaging of some pretty active areas on the ...

This was something interesting to notice, a pattern that looks like a bubble or a ring in NGC 104. I've processed it before and never noticed it, but now that I see it I have checked multiple images and I still see it. Maybe you'll agree that it looks pretty cool and makes an interesting target eve...

This was something interesting to notice, a pattern that looks like a bubble or a ring in NGC 104. I've processed it before and never noticed it, but now that I see it I have checked multiple images and I still see it. Maybe you'll agree that it looks pretty cool and makes an interesting target even...

I learned a few new techniques for processing this one, and it si a huge improvement over my original one. It was an advanced request I did back about 6 or so months ago. The before and after (and teh details of the image) are here on my Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/24f01u/E/ https://live.sta...

I learned a few new techniques for processing this one, and it si a huge improvement over my original one. It was an advanced request I did back about 6 or so months ago. The before and after (and teh details of the image) are here on my Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/24f01u/E/ https://live.stat...

Fornax Dwarf Galaxy with some of the globular clusters that go with it. I wanted to capture something I haven't seen anyone else capture, so this is what I went for since I had plenty of credits to spend on it. Full details including acquisition and processing along with the full size image can be f...

I have a few I'm pretty happy with lately. M83 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51547651540_27fd6b2d77_c.jpg M83 by Scotty Bishop , on Flickr M104 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51547454709_c4a8a1e734_c.jpg M104-v2 by Scotty Bishop , on Flickr And Sh2-63 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5...

IC 4604 is a large, blue reflection nebula located in Ophiuchus. The nebula is illuminated by Rho Ophiuchi, the triple star in the center of this image. This object is part of the Astronomy League Bright Nebulae Program. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51302572877_c5e7f09ef0_c.jpg RhoOphiuchiClo...

Centaurus A, also known as NGC 5128 or Caldwell 77, is a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop from his home in Parramatta, in New South Wales, Australia. NGC 5128 is one of the closest radio galaxies to Earth, so its active galactic ...

NGC 2170 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Monoceros. It was discovered on October 16, 1784 by William Herschel

NGC2170 by Scotty Bishop, on Flickr

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NGC 6729 (also known as Caldwell 68) is a reflection/emission nebula in the constellation Corona Australis. It was discovered by Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt in 1861. This image also contain NGC 6726, NGC 6727, IC 4812, and the globular cluster NGC 6723. located to the upper left of IC 4812 and ...

NGC 6729 (also known as Caldwell 68) is a reflection/emission nebula in the constellation Corona Australis. It was discovered by Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt in 1861. This image also contain NGC 6726, NGC 6727, IC 4812, and the globular cluster NGC 6723. located to the upper left of IC 4812 and a...

Here's SH2-308, the Dolphin Nebula surrounded by some nice Ha and a bit of Sii too.I did this one with 6x 300s Ha, 6x 300s Oiii, 6x 300s Sii, 4x 600s Ha, and 4x 600s Oiii. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51037433013_56fae35038_c.jpg Dolphin_SHOO-St by Scotty Bishop , on Flickr Full details here:...

Here's NGC 5139, Omega Centauri, taken via remote scope at El Sauce in Chile. The details are ASA 500N on an AS DD85 mount with an FLI PL 16083 and 7x red, 6x green, and 7x blue through Astrodon Gen2 filters. I processed it in APP and Photoshop. Better resolution can be found here: https://astrob.in...