This is the lower half of the sun as it appeared on September 7, 2021: The sunspots shown here are the biggest we have seen in many years. They are AR 2866 on the...
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Messier 57 – Ring Nebula – in LRGB and Narrowband
While most of my images are in broadband/LRGB, I also image in narrowband. I decided to take another look at Messier 57 both in broadband/LRGB and narrowband to see what the result might be....
Sun: July 22 2021 – 6 Active Regions
This is the sun as it appeared on July 22, 2021: The surface features six active regions – we haven’t seen that many active regions at once in a very long time. Here’s an...
Sun: AR2837
This is the sun on June 29, 2021 featuring sunspot AR2037: The sunspot developed today, is unipolar, and is made up of just one active region. This sunspot joins two others on the lower...
Eagle and Omega Nebulae
This is a widefield, narrowband view of the Eagle Nebula (upper orange and blue nebula), or M16, and the Omega Nebula, lower blue nebula, or M17: The Eagle Nebula is about 5,700 light years...
Sun: Eclipse and AR2832 – June 10 2021
This is the sun as it appeared during the eclipse of June 10, 2021, as seen from the Canary Islands: There are two interesting features in this image: The moon, blocking part of the...
Sun: Sunspot AR2835 and AR2836
This is sunspot AR2835 that’s just starting to come around to the earth facing side of the sun (the sunspot is at the far left of the sun in this image): This sunspot is...
Messier 8 and Messier 20 Widefield
Messier 8, the Lagoon Nebula, is the red nebula at the bottom of the image and Messier 20, the Trifid Nebula is the red and blue nebula in the upper half of the image:...
Globular Cluster NGC 3201
This is NGC 3201 – a globular cluster located in Vela: There is a black hole at the center of this cluster found in 2018. This image is made up of a total of...
Sun: AR2833 is Old AR2824 – June 14 to June 22, 2021
This is the sun featuring sunspot AR2833: This sunspot is actually sunspot AR2824 that has rotated around the far side of the sun, returned, and has been renamed. This is the same sunspot as...