This is IC 1805, the Heart Nebula, and IC 1848, the Soul Nebula, and if that doesn't put a song in your heart then you just don't have a musical heart. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

This is NGC 2359 in Canis Major, also called Thor's Helmet or the Duck Nebula. Why the Duck Nebula, I will never know. I see no duck here. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

From just before dawn this morning, a 15% crescent moon hanging in one of my favorite asterisms, the Teapot. #Astronomy #astrophotography

This is the Alpha Persei Cluster, one of my favorite open clusters. Unfortunately there was a lot of humidity and thin clouds, which created a glow around the bright stars. The brightest is Alpha Persei, also known as Mirfak. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

NGC 2244, the Rosette Nebula. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

IC 1848, the Soul Nebula in Cassiopeia. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

IC443, the Jellyfish Nebula. I've been working on this for three nights, each night as long as moonrise would allow. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

For a couple of weeks the sun has been pretty quiet. But now we have AR 4366. And it's showing some spirit. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

The Snow Moon, a little early. It's closer to full when it rises tomorrow, but I'm not sure it will be clear. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

I haven't taken a picture of the moon for a while. #Astronomy #astrophotography

I've been wanting to take a look at AR4341, the sunspot that was responsible for the geo-storm that gave us Monday night's Aurora. This is the first chance I've gotten, as it clouded up soon after. Looks unassuming, doesn't it? #Astronomy #Astrophotography

These seem to be the two best images from my (Central California!) Aurora hunt night before last. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Here's the most productive part of the night, gathered into a video. These are all still images, though. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

To be able to photograph the Aurora Borealis from Central CA is rare, to put it very mildly. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

The open cluster Caroline's Rose (NGC 7789) in Cassiopeia. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

A favorite of mine among star clusters. This is NGC 457, the Owl Cluster in Cassiopeia. It you're not seeing the owl, it's in flight, and the brightest star is one of its eyes. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

A longer and more detailed look at the Sword of Orion. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

One of my favorite asterisms, Kemble's Kite in Cassiopeia. Full disclosure, I brightened and enlarged the "kite stars" just a bit to help it stand out. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Michael Without Apology by @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social is such a beautifully told story! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

IC 2177, the Seagull Nebula in Monoceros. Between 12 and 13 hours of it. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

The iconic Double Cluster in Perseus. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

This is a starless image of NGC 281, the PacMan Nebula. I would have preferred to have the stars back in, but for some reason I couldn't seem to maintain the quality. I spent 15 hours getting this and wasn't going to waste it. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

NGC 2174, the Monkey Head Nebula. Close up this time, with the larger scope. This is about ten hours total exposure time. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Two nebulae framed together, the Jellyfish and the Monkey Head. The bright star by the Jellyfish is Propus. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. I worked on this for three nights, as much time each night as the moon allowed. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

The Belt and Sword of Orion again, this time with about eight hours total exposure time. I think I'll leave it at this and work on something new tonight. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Feels like it's been forever since I had clear skies and astro images to post, so I'm sharing this even though I'm still working on it. It's the entire Belt and Sword of Orion. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

A single image of 31 Atlas, that interstellar comet everyone was talking about, on its way out again. I caught it very near a galaxy which I'm about 85% sure is IC 591. Because it was high in the sky and closer to Earth than last time, I was able to get a hint of tail. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

The moon tonight.

The Fireworks Galaxy with the small open star cluster NGC 6939. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

This was supposed to be over nine hours of the Flame and Horsehead, but one whole night had to be thrown away due to humidity and thin clouds, and what I kept showed signs of it too. I'll try for a better image of this later in the season. #Astronomy #astrophotography

The open star cluster NGC 752 in Andromeda. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

A more finished image of the Eastern Veil Nebula, with a couple more hours added. In a perfect world I'd be holding out for another ten hours. In the real world we're about to get a week of rain. #astronomy #Astrophotography

Sharing this for aesthetic reasons only. This is actually what happens when you set a meridian limit. The mount stops tracking at a certain point to keep equipment from colliding with itself. But the effect is like the stars are falling, and I thought it was cool.

I've also been working on the Eastern Veil Nebula for a couple of very short nights. This is less than four hours of it. If the weather holds I'll work on it two more nights and this won't be the final. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

NGC 1499, the California Nebula in Perseus. Only about five hours of it. Two or three times that much would be nice, but it's in a weirdly inconvenient location right now. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

A very quick session with M44, the Beehive Cluster, because I woke up early and couldn't stand to waste half an hour of clear darkness. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

The thin waning crescent moon rising beside my neighbor's weather vane.

The Cone and Christmas Tree Nebulae. I've been working on this for a couple of nights now. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

M36, the Pinwheel Cluster. Very similar to the Starfish Cluster I posted a couple of days ago. They are also very close to each other. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

This is also from last night. I wanted to get more of it tonight, but we suddenly got slammed by fog. In December. Anyway, this is M38, the Starfish Cluster in Auriga. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

This is the Cave Nebula. It's very faint. It's very hard to image. This is 15 hours of it, which would be a lot for a brighter nebula. I've been processing it off and on throughout day. This version will have to do. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

The mighty Sword of Orion, with stars. The Sword is home to the Running Man Nebula, the Great Orion Nebula, and De Mairan's Nebula, which is the one that looks like a little paisley. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

To start your day, here's a starless image of the nebulosity in the Sword of Orion. I'm still working on it, and I'll add the stars back in. But I just had to share this. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

A better version (IMO) of IC 5070, the Pelican Nebula, after I brought it up to about 11 1/2 hours total exposure time. #Astronomy #astrophotography

And a redo on IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula, with seven hours of total exposure time rather than three. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

This is the Sculptor Galaxy again, but with another two hours added from last night. And I do think it was an improvement, and worth doing. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

I was going to just get three hours of this and move on to something else, but now it seems promising and I think I'll try to get four more hours tonight. It's IC405, the Flaming Star Nebula. #Astronomy #astrophotography

And this is about four hours of the Sculptor Galaxy. This never goes very high over the horizon from here, and after two hours I lose it behind a tree. I might work on this for another night or two was well. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

This is about seven hours of The Pelican (IC 5070) in Cygnus. I think I'm going to work on this for another night or two and see if I can improve the detail. #Astronomy #Astrophotography