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The Cone & Fox (revisited)
This is the Christmas Tree Cluster (turn the picture upside down and you might see it!) But the real focus here is the Cone Nebula at the bottom of the image, and the Fox Fur Nebula in the upper-right. Lots of red Hydrogen gas here being ionized by the young stars it formed. Also visible…
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Flaming Star Nebula
Imaged in narrowband filters from my suburban driveway. This object lives up to its name with the right color mappings!
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Mars and Uranus
As with any form of photography, getting a good shot is largely about being in the right place at the right time. When it comes to photographing the planets, sometimes that means getting up at a painful hour. Both Mars and Uranus are nearing “opposition” – the point where they are directly across from Earth…
![Simplify and Automate your Astrophotography](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_1458-768x432.jpg)
Simplify and Automate your Astrophotography
If you’re serious about becoming a better astrophotographer, like with anything, it’s all about practice. With every image you produce, you’ll learn something that makes your next image a little better. But life has a habit of getting in the way. You’ve had a long, tiring day at work – do you really want to…
![Another look at the “green comet”](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/E3ZTF-768x535.png)
Another look at the “green comet”
I don’t know why the press has latched onto the name “the green comet” for C/2022 E3 (ZTF) – most comets are green, and it’s too dim to see any color at all if you’re viewing it through binoculars or a telescope. But through 2 hours of total exposure time, the colors do emerge, and…
![Centaurus A! A weird and challenging galaxy…](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CentaurusA-CC-Proc-768x500.png)
Centaurus A! A weird and challenging galaxy…
Our new home has clear views of the sky down to about 15 degrees from the horizon; which means some objects that are normally considered only visible from the Southern hemisphere just peek above our trees for a few hours. One such object is the galaxy Centaurus A; it’s an odd galaxy that looks like…