Images of the Night Sky
I own a variety of telescopes and cameras and enjoy taking photos of the night sky. Here are a few of the ones I enjoy the most.
Astro-Photography
Images of the Night Sky
I own a variety of telescopes and cameras and enjoy taking photos of the night sky. Here are a few of the ones I enjoy the most.
70,000 stars located in Sagittarius
Seen from central New Mexico
The rarest of astronomical phenomenon. This will not happen again until December of 2117.
Estimated at 1 trillion stars it’s twice the size of our galaxy. It’s one of our close neighbors at 2.5 million light years from Earth.
Known as “the seven sisters” it was used as a test for good vision. Through the telescope you can see many more than seven. A long exposure shows the remains of the nebula these stars formed from.
If you look south on winter nights you can almost see this bright nebula without a telescope. It’s below the three stars of Orion’s belt along with its companion The Running Man Nebula. It’s bright core and dim fringes make it a difficult target to image.
Earth shine makes even the dark portion of the moon visible at sunset. If you can see the new moon from Earth, you would see the full Earth from the Moon. The sunlight from the bright Earth reflects off the moon making it glow.
A view to the heart of our galaxy. 600 light years across and 10,000 light years from Earth.
Seen over the Lost Sky Ranch guest house in central New Mexico.
Located in the constellation Orion near the end of his belt.