These are two planetary nebula on the border of Cassiopeia, Abell 6 and HFG1, including 7 hours of exposures with a dual narrowband filter and the 115mm telescope. Details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/59wv4b #astrophotography

On the left is the diamond shaped raised area, Palus Somni, just above the Mare Tranquilitatis, where Apollo 11 landed in 1969. To the right is the 70% illuminated moon captured at the same time. The images were captured last night with short videos with a 115mm refractor. #astrophotography

On the terminator tonight, if you look closely, you may see the Lunar X on the top left and the Lunar V on the top right. #astrophotography

This is the supernova remnant CTB1 in Cassiopeia, often called the Garlic Nebula, with 17 hours of exposures over 5 nights. app.astrobin.com/i/w6q3wu #astrophotography

Conditions were favorable last night to capture this image of Saturn with its edge on rings as part of a 15 year cycle. Details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/ugkow6 #astrophotography

This is Comet C/2025 SWAN R2 from October 17th. It should be closest to earth this evening so it may be the best opportunity to see or image it. Details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/3zgswn #astrophotography

These emissions and reflection nebulas in Lacerta are sometimes called the Lizard or Gecko nebula, Just over 11 hours of total exposure with two filters were used. You are invited to chase this cosmic lizard! More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/nezmt2 #astrophotography

The Lunar ray system in the Copernicus/Kepler regions are composed of glassy impact generated particles that are highly reflective. Capturing them when they are illuminated overhead, near full moon, provides a particularly dramatic view. #astrophotography More details at: app.astrobin.com/i/hmxkbe

I captured this image of the last Titan transit of the year on October 5th with very good but not great seeing. This is one of 23 images that I may assemble into an animation. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/bdfx1sAn #astrophotography

This is NGC 6946, a face-on spiral galaxy on the border of Cepheus and Cygnus. Ten supernovas have been detected in this galaxy over the last 100 years leading to its nickname, the Fireworks galaxy. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/57inax?r=C #astrophotography

This is SH2-155 in Cepheus. The use of two dual band filters, recombining the signal in a Hubble3 palette in APP, brings out the subtle depth of the nebulosity in this target, sometimes called the Cave Nebula. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/cha0mf #astrophotography

Here is an initial effort to capture Saturn with its rings almost edge-on with the 7" Orion Maksutov-Cassegrain from last night. Forecast is for great seeing tonight so I will try again! #astrophotography

This lunar image is with a “new” Orion 7” Maksutov-Cassegrain lunar, planetary, and bright DSO telescope I just purchased. I stacked 150 fits files in Affinity Photo in 6 stacks and stitched them together producing a high resolution result. More details: app.astrobin.com/i/0ujkal #astrophotography

Yesterday we spent the afternoon swimming with the fishes at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Here are a few of the amazing and beautiful sea creatures we saw. We hope it will provide some peace for you in these troubling times. #jellyfish @aquariumpacific.bsky.social

As I set up Saturday, August 31st, the seeing was quite good and I captured a minute video and stacked this image of the Lunar Straight Wall which is visible one day after the first quarter moon. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/b49z3c #astrophotography

This is the Western Veil Nebula in a Hubble palette. By capturing and integrating the ionized sulphur signal with the hydrogen and oxygen signal, the delicate filament structure is enhanced. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/xund1g #astrophotography

This closeup of part of the colorful Eastern Veil Nebula supernova remnant is one of my favorite summer targets in North America. More details in my gallery:https://app.astrobin.com/i/yamj94 #astrophotography

This is Sh2-101, also known as the Tulip Nebula in the Cygnus Star Cloud. I combined exposures from 2022, 2023, and 2025 (more details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/vdx73i) .The subtle nebulosity surrounded by the dense star field makes this a summer North American favorite. #astrophotography

Summer in North America always brings to mind for me the Swan Nebula (M17) in Sagittarius. I hope this soaring bird brings some joy into your day. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/9ezhlh?r=B #astrophotography

This beautiful small reflection nebula in Cygnus was captured with 3+ hours of exposures. The hint of red on the left side captured my eye. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/0kixje #astrophotography

While this is most often called the Pelican Nebula, it always looks more like a peaceful dove in the summer North American sky, shaded by the nearby North American nebula in Cygnus. We all need a little more peace in our lives! More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/rygqku #astrophotography

This is an emissions nebula in Cygnus (SH2-112) captured with 10+ hours of exposures with two dual band OSC filters using the APP Hubble 2 palette as a base. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/gmjq1b?r=C #astrophotography

This image integrates the first two panels of a four panel mosaic of the Southern summer Milky Way in North America. Let's call it the Eagle, the Dove, and the Lion after some of the most iconic targets! more details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/qda5q5 #astrophotography

These two twins in Serpens started as first of four panes in a summer North American mosaic of the Milky Way with the 51mm Redcat telescope. The twins requested their own separate image, and I obliged. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/znuqdb #astrophotography

NGC6539 is a faint globular cluster in Serpens. The red cast in the image is generated by a large dark cloud complex in front of the cluster, which is located in the outer parts of the galactic bulge. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/due5g2 #ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

This image features three Sharpless nebulas in Cygnus, SH2-115, SH2-112, and SH2-116. I used a SHO palette from APP to bring out the luminosity and subtle oxygen and sulphur signals with the stronger hydrogen signal. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/bti9te?r=C . #astrophotography

This is Abell 39, an interesting planetary nebula in Hercules. It is unusual since it is almost a perfect sphere, the transparent blue color generated from ionized oxygen from the expanding layers around the central star. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/233spq #astrophotography

Over 300 objects are included in this wide field mosaic image of the nebulosity in Cygnus. Exposures with a 50mm lens and an Astro camera were integrated with exposures with a 250mm F/L telescope and another Astro camera. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/4c3gjz #astrophotography

The iconic North American and Pelican Nebulas in Cygnus peak out from the trees in the northeast in my backyard in July, and this year I revisited them with my wide field OSC dual band setup. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/nv8gfh #astrophotography

This wide field image includes a diverse set of colorful objects in the summer sky of North America including three globular clusters, as well as reflection nebulas, emissions nebulas, dark nebulas, and distinctive stars. More details in my gallery. app.astrobin.com/i/1q241i #astrophotography

Adding an additional two nights of data to this image of the nebulosity surrounding Sadr in Cygnus brings out the depth of the nebula especially when using the Hubble 1 palette in APP as a base. More details including earlier versions in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/dmgv0y?r=C #astrophotography

This is the result of the first two nights gathering data from the classic Sadr region in Cygnus, a highlight in the northern summer sky. I hope to gather more exposures and further illuminate the nebulosity in the region. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/dmgv0y #astrophotography

We all need some peace today, so here is a ten second video from the garden this morning with the only legitimate Monarch in the United States. #Butterflies

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This is the region in Scorpius around Alniyat, including the globular clusters M4 and NGC6144. It is only visible from my backyard for about 2.5 hours each summer before it hides behind the neighbor's roof. #astrophotography More details in my gallery: www.astrobin.com/m7k8v4/B/?fo...

#Butterflies One of the first visits by Monarch butterflies this year.

This is NGC3184, an unbarred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major that is often called the Little Pinwheel given its resemblance to the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101). A full resolution version is available in my Gallery: app.astrobin.com/u/JimCase?i=... #astrophotography

This is the iconic globular cluster (M13) that I captured over the last two almost full moon nights. It is the brightest globular cluster visible in the northern sky. #astrophotography

This is Mars and the Beehive cluster (M44) on May 2nd, captured with the AT115EDT with the .65 reducer (35 x 2 minute exposures) and the ASI2600MC. #astrophotography

This very dim planetary nebula (SH2-290) in Cancer includes 7.41 hours of exposures from 2022, 2023, and 2025. At the end of our Sun's life billions of years in the future it may look much like this beauty! #astrophotography More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/u/JimCase?i=7

This is a close-up of NGC 2237 in the Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. It is composed of two nights of 5 minute exposures in the short two hour window when it is available from my backyard. More details in the ALT TEXT and in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/u/JimCase?i=... #astrophotography

TRAGEDY AND LOSS After the tragic earthquake that struck in Myanmar and Thailand last week, a statement in last Friday’s USAID employee log read, “The U.S. government no longer has the personnel or tools to respond when our global neighbors request assistance.” www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

NGC2419 is one of the furthest away of the globular clusters in the Milky Way in Lynx, estimated to be 275,000 light years away. I captured this data in April 2024. It is sometimes called the Intergalactic Wanderer. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/u/JimCase?i=... #astrophotography

This egret was a welcome surprise yesterday during a visit to a “new (for me)” park. I especially like the strong shadow on the rock. #birds

These are two versions of a wide-field image of the Rosette and Cone nebulas in Monoceros. The left image is a modified SHO palette adding the SII/OIII signal from a dual band filter with the HA/OIII signal of the image on the right. More details in the ALT descriptions. #astrophotography

Despite the high clouds during the total lunar eclipse last night I was able to capture this image at the end of the totality period by extracting two JPEG images from 2 minute videos and combining them with Affinity Photo. Luna rules again! www.astrobin.com/xh0pg3/?forc... #astrophotography

The rain this week has provided an opportunity to reprocess some of my favorites such as M101, the Whirlpool Galaxy from June 2023, just after the new Supernova in May 2023 in the upper right arm. www.astrobin.com/iqt1hs/?forc... #astrophotography

This emissions nebula in Monoceros was named the Puppy Paw Nebula by my artist wife. We hope it inspires you to support your local rescue organization and to hug your puppy today if you have one to hug! www.astrobin.com/ujtpv4/?forc... #astrophotography

I captured 3 x 2 minute videos of the moon, one day after the first quarter on March 7, 2025 and extracted three images from the frames using Planetary System Stacker, and merged them with Affinity Photo. app.astrobin.com/i/4yzhvb #astrophotography

I reprocessed 4 short videos from the occultation of Mars by the moon on January 13th, and am glad to get a better image. At only 20 degrees above the horizon and just emerging from behind the trees it was literally lucky imaging! #astrophotography www.astrobin.com/536v8m/B/?fo...