Widefield image of the IC 405 nebula taken with a Redcat 71 astrograph.
IC 405, the "Flaming Star Nebula" in Auriga. This is about 1500 light years away. The central star AE Aurigae that lights up the nebula is a variable star. It's also a runaway star. That means it's just passing through the nebula at a relatively high velocity (still a very long time!)🧪
Color image of the waxing moon taken with a Redcat 71 WIFD refractor.
Last night's moon (March 27, 2026) 🧪
Telescope image of the almost-full moon
March 1, 2026 moon 🧪
H-alpha solar image zoomed to show prominences.
H-alpha solar image zoomed and inverted to show solar surface features.
H-alpha full disk solar image.
The moon on Feb. 27, 2026
Friday's moon and Saturday's sun. 🧪
So glad I didn’t listen to the Snake of the Union’s “address”
Solar H-alpha full-disk image
Today's sun. Only one sunspot, but there's activity that we can see at the H-alpha wavelength, including some nice prominences. 🧪
IC 417, the Spider Nebula in Auriga
IC 417, the Spider Nebula in Auriga
Closeup of IC417
On the left is M38, an open star cluster. Another star cluster NGC 1907 to its right and another nebula NGC1931 at the bottom center. Closeups of the "tadpoles" which are star-forming regions like the famous "pillars of creation".
Widefield image of nebulae and star clusters dominated by red H-alpha light
Widefield image of nebulae and star clusters with narrowband normalization to show details from different wavelengths
This region in Auriga is a busy part of the sky! The middle with the wavy thread extending below is IC417, the "Spider Nebula" about 10 million years old at 7100 light years from earth. The upper right is IC410, "The Tadpole Nebula", 10,000-12,000 light years away. Click to zoom and see details. 🧪
#PresidentMiller. Share it until 47 gets annoyed. 😁
Closeup of solar prominences
H-alpha full solar disk, monochrome
H-alpha full solar disk, color, inverted
H-alpha full solar disk, color
SUNday! H-alpha images of Feb. 15, 2026 sun. Some nice prominences are visible.🧪
With the My Pillow Guy running, I’ll be expecting the Bass-O-Matic next.
The star Propus (ETA Geminorum) is a variable star in a triple star system. “The Three Body Problem “ anyone?
Narrowband image of IC 443, the Jellyfish Nebula. About 8 hours acquisition from my back yard with a Redcat 71 WIFD telescope, Optolong L-Enhance filter, and ASI2600MC camera, Pixinsight.
Color image of IC 443, the Jellyfish Nebula without narrowband normalization. About 8 hours acquisition from my back yard with a Redcat 71 WIFD telescope, Optolong L-Enhance filter, and ASI2600MC camera.
Two takes on the Jellyfish Nebula, a supernova remnant in Gemini about 5000 light years away. The supernova that created this may have happened around 30,000 years ago. Estimated at 70 light years in size. Compare that to our solar system, which is 0.5 to 1.5 light years in size. Click to enlarge.🧪
Telescope image of the waning moon on Feb. 4, 2026
Quick image of the moon between data collection for nebulae 🧪
Telescope image of almost-full moon on Feb. 2, 2026
Clear skies last night. 🧪
But... DOJ is doing a great job redacting the names of the rich and powerful!
Telescope image of the waxing moon Jan. 29, 2026
Between the moon on one side and clouds on the other, I couldn't get much data on deep space objects last night. If all you have is the moon, you take pictures of the moon. 🧪
I will comment that ICE isn’t the military. The new batch of recruits is a group of vigilante racists created as tRump’s personal Gestapo.
No, I'm in North America. The telescope was polar aligned and I flipped the image during processing because the optics invert the image orientation.
I strongly urge you to block Federal funding of ICE when the spending bill comes up for a vote this week. A partial government shutdown is a small price to pay for limiting the ability of these rogue "Federal agents" to destroy the lives of US Citizens. The murder of two innocent citizens by ICE agents is an atrocity. The current implementation of ICE is a consequence of the Trump administration's creation of a group of poorly trained and poorly regulated vigilantes who are not accountable to anyone. It is unacceptable for so-called "law-enforcement" personnel to hide their identities and deprive people of their rights without following the rule of law. We must draw a distinction between legitimate law-enforcement and these people. I have worked with the laboratory sections of CBP and other Federal law-enforcement agencies, and in my experience these are careful and responsible public servants. The actions of rogue ICE agents is giving legitimate agencies a bad name. We must defund ICE until strong protections are put in place to protect the rights of our citizens. Please have the courage to stand up for your country and your constituents!
My letter to my NH senators #senatorjeanneshaheen and #senatormaggiehassan. Too long for the character limit and the image is truncated, so the letter is the alt text.
Telescope image of the moon
Crescent moon, January 24, 2026 🧪
Full solar disk, H-alpha, Jan. 24, 2026
Crescent moon, Jan. 24, 2026
Last night's moon and today's sun. Coming next -- snow, and plenty of it! 🧪
And none of it covered by the mainstream media. 😡
What it's really about.
I wonder if Epstein ever visited Venezuela?
White light solar disk image taken with a SeeStar S50.
Inverted solar H-alpha image taken with a Lunt LS60MT DS telescope.
Solar H-alpha image taken with a Lunt LS60MT DS telescope.
White light image of today's sun showing sunspots and H-alpha images showing more details and prominences. Caught between clouds.
Image of the full moon on Jan. 2, 2026 taken with a Redcat 71 telescope.
Last night's "Supermoon" aka "Wolf Moon". The moon is at perigee, closer to earth, so it appears about 14% larger than when it is at apogee.🧪
Glad to help!
The moon on Jan. 1, 2026. Two days before full.
My first lunar image of 2026. 🧪