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An updated version of the Rosette Nebula.

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The Rosette Nebula in Dual Narrowband. Taken with a 73 mm WO Zenithstar refractor, ZWO dual narrowband Filter (HOO). Camera is an ASI 533.

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The Flaming Star Nebula, taken from my deck in Lancaster County, Pa. 23 images using a Zenithstar 73 mm refractor and an ASI533 camera.

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Lunar Eclips March 14, 2025.

Telescope: William Optics ASI533MC at f/5.9. Images taken every 15 minutes from 1:15 to 3:15 a.m.

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The Rosette Nebula taken with my new William Optics Zenithstar 73 mm refractor. The camera is a ZWO ASI533 MC (uncooled). Taken from my deck in Bortles 5 skies March 2025.

20 subs 3 minutes each. Processed with Pixinsight.

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Added a William Optics Zenithstar 73 with a Primaluce Sesto 2 focus motor. Tested out the focuser motor and it all works. Just need the wind to die off and I can test it out.

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Posting for reference, this is the before image of the Horsehead Nebula before using Multiscale Gradient Correction. Note the green in the bottom right and the magenta gradient in the upper left.

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My telescope setup.

The mount is a G11 Gemini 2 with the RA and Dec extension kit.

Starting at the bottom, there is a small UPS battery backup. Beside it is a Powerwerks 30 amp power supply. It uses Anderson power pole connectors.

On the shelf is. A Kamrui I7 mini computer. It is wired to a GL-Inet travel router, powered by usb.

The scope is a Celestron 9.25. Attached to the back is an Optec Tcf-s focuser.

On the tube is a power pole hub and a powered USB 3 hub.

The current configuration is for planets. There is a flip mirror box and a ZWO asi678c.

When imaging dso’s this is replaced with an Optec Pyxis rotator, an Optec f/.63 reducer, and a QHY 268m with filter wheel and oag.

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Horsehead Nebula, attempt 2. Updated Pixinsight and used the Multiscale Gradient tool. Took out the green gradients much better.

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Second attempt. Used the Multiscale Gradient tool to take out the light pollution artifacts better.

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The Great Orion Nebula.

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The Horsehead Nebula in Orion

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M1, The Crab Nebula. Taken January 2025.

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Some pictures of the Moon and Saturn. Saturn is edge on so the rings are barely visible. It's going to be around 2027 before they are at a good angle again.

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Taken from my deck out back. These are images of Jupiter and Mars. Taken at f/10 with a C9.25 scope. Camera was a ZWO ASI678C color camera. Processed with Sharpcap, Astrostakkert, and Registax.

Note the left images. You can see the shadow of Ganymede, and if you look closely to the right of the shadow, you'll see the moon itself as a light dot in front of the planet as well. The outer moon is probably Callisto, but I didn’t look at the chart when I shot the picture.

The upper right image shows the Giant Red Spot clearly.

And Mars shows the ice caps and some darkening in the center of the planet.

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Late August 2024. 6 images from Cherry Springs State Park.

Equipment: Celestron C9.25 XLT scope, Optect TCF focuser, Optec Pyxis rotator, Optec F/6.3 focal reducer, QHY268M camera binned 2x2. Astrodon Series E LRGB filters.

Mount is a 23 year old Losmandy G11 with an Ovision worm on the RA axis and a Losmandy high precision worm on the DEC axis.

Effective FL: 1901 mm (f/8). Scale .82 arc-sec per pixel.

Exposures for most objects 20 x 180 seconds per color channel (RGB).

We had one night of clouds on Sunday, but it was clear enough to get polar aligned and test the mount. I shot some dark frames and biases during the time as well.

Had a pier crash during week. No damage. Reset safety positions. Discovered I can't reach zenith on motor side of mount. Ordered the RA extension. Also upgrading to Gemini 2 Level 6.

Overall, a great week. Been a year since last outing. 6 objects imaged in 4 nights! Must be a record for me!

No more trips this year. Will do some planets later this year and through winter.