Quarter moon

April 2018 view showing crater details along shadow line

Mars and October full moon

As Mars reaches its closest approach to Earth in 15 years it leads the Moon through the night on October 3, 2020.

Orange full moon

It's not from an lunar eclipse but from all the wildfire smoke during September 2020.

Comet Neowise Huly 2020

Captured from Felton, CA low in the northwest sky

Ring Nebula

Messier 57, the Ring Nebula, in the constellation Lyra RGB image captured with Celestron EdgeHD and ZWO ASI camera.

Dumbbell Nebula

Messier 27, the Dumbbell Nebula, in the constellation Vulpecula RGB image captured with Celestron EdgeHD and ZWO ASI camera.

The Pleiades

Messier 45, also known as the Seven Sisters or Subaru, is a star cluster/reflection nebula the constellation Taurus One-shot color image captured with Celestron EdgeHD and ZWO ASI camera.

North America and Pelican Nebulae

Two of the more iconic nebulae in the Cygnus constellation captured in the Hubble palette with Ha/O3/S2 filters. Narrowband image captured with Celestron EdgeHD and ZWO ASI camera.

Perseus Molecular Cloud NGC 1333

A detail from the large Perseus Molecular Cloud showing the reflection nebula NGC 1333. This star forming cloud contains numerous young starts and Herbig-Haro objects (red). One-shot color image captured with Celestron EdgeHD and ZWO ASI camera.

Western Veil Nebula

The Western Veil Nebula (NGC 6990) is a portion of the large supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus. Also known as the Witches Broom captured in Hydrogen-alpha and Oxygen-III filters. Narrowband image captured with Celestron EdgeHD and ZWO ASI camera.

Triangulum Galaxy

Messier 33, one of our sister galaxies along with the Andromeda galaxy, in the constellation Triangulum. This image was taken with a Hydrogen-alpha filter to show the numerous pink star forming clouds within the galaxy. One-shot image captured with Celestron EdgeHD and ZWO ASI camera.

Andromeda Galaxy

Messier 31, our other sister galaxy Andromeda, 2.5 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. One-shot color image captured with Celestron EdgeHD and ZWO ASI camera.