Messier Milky Way

Date: 2016-07-07 Location: Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, CO Temp: Approx 38F Camera: Canon 6d (Hap Griffin mod) Lens: Rokinon 85mm f/1.4 Mount: Astrotrac Shot: Stacked 15x240 seconds f/5.6 ISO 800 (Lights) 10x240 seconds ISO 800 (Darks) Processing: Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools, TKActions v4

Constellation Orion Hydrogen Alpha

Location: Owl Hollow, Pawnee Grasslands, CO Date: 2013-11-18, 2013-11-26 Camera: Canon XSi (modified) Lens: Canon 50mm f/1.4 Mount: Astrotrac Filters: 12nm H-Alpha Shot: Stacked, Pano 12x10 minutes f/3.2 ISO 1600 (Bottom) 12x10 minutes f/3.5 ISO 1600 (Top) Darks and flats applied

Head of the Scorpion

Date: 2016-06-26 Location: Snowy Range Road, WY Camera: Canon 6d (modified by Hap Griffin) Lens: Rokinon 85mm f/1.4 Mount: Astrotrac Shot: Stacked 20x300 seconds f/4.5 ISO 1600 (Light frames) 10x300 seconds ISO 1600 (Dark frames) Processing: Lightroom, Photoshop, Topaz

Rosetta Nebula

Date: 2015-01-15 Location: 2 miles south of Owl Hollow, Pawnee National Grasslands, CO Camera: Canon XSi (modified) Telescope: AT65EDQ Guide Camera: Starshoot Autoguider Guide Scope: Short Tube 80 Mount: Tak EM-200 Shot: Stacked 36x6 minutes, ISO 800 Darks Applied

M35 NGC2158

Date: 2015-01-21 Location: 2 miles south of Owl Hollow, Pawnee Grasslands, CO Camera: Canon T3i (stock) Telescope: AT65EDQ Guide Camera: Starshoot Autoguider Guide Scope: Short Tube 80 Mount: Tak EM-200 Shot: Stacked 13x10 minutes, ISO 1600 Processing: Nebulosity, Photoshop, Topaz

M45: The Pleaides

Date: 2015-01-21 Location: 2 miles south of Owl Hollow, Pawnee National Grasslands, CO Camera: Canon T3i (stock) Telescope: AT65EDQ Guide Camera: Starshoot Autoguider Guide Scope: Short Tube 80 Shot: Stacked 19x10 minutes ISO 1600 Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop, Topaz

M33

Date: 2015-01-21 Location: 2 miles south of Owl Hollow, Pawnee Grasslands, CO Camera: Canon T3i (stock) Telescope: AT65EDQ Guide Camera: Starshoot Autoguider Guide Scope: Short Tube 80 Mount: Tak EM-200 Shot: Stacked 11x6 minutes, ISO 1600 Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop, Topaz

Messier 101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. First discovered on March 27th, 1781 by Pierre Mechain. M101 has a diameter of 170,000 light-years. The disk has a mass of 100 billion solar masses and a small bulge of 3 billion solar masses. This galaxy has an apparent magnitude of 7.86 and has an angular size of 28.8x26.9 arc minutes. Date: 2014-03-28 Location: Owl Hollow, Pawnee Grasslands, CO Camera: Canon T3i (stock) Telescope: AT65EDQ (First light) Guide Scope: Short Tube 80 Guider: Orion Starshoot Mount: Tak EM-200 Shot Details: Lights: 45x420 seconds ISO 1600 Darks: 16; Flats: 20 Temp: 25F Processing: Nebulosity, Photoshop, Topaz

The Great Orion Nebula

Location: Pawnee National Grasslands, CO Date: 2013-02-02 Camera: Canon XSi (modified) Telescope: WO 110 FLT Accessories: WO Field Flattner Guide Scope: AT66ED Guide Camera: Orion Solitaire Autoguider Mount: CGEM Filters: 12nm H-alpha CCD EOS-clip Shot: (HaR)GB HDR 10x10 minutes ISO 1600 (H-Alpha) 27x5 minutes ISO 1600 (Full Spectum) 9x35 seconds ISO 1600 11x11 seconds ISO 1600 Processing: Matlab, Photomatrix Pro, Photoshop, Topaz, DeepSkyStacker

Horsehead Nebula

This image is an [HaR][HaHbG][HbB] composite of nearly 6 hours of data taken during one night. The following parameters where used to create the 3 main color channels. Red layer of [HaR] with Ha = 60% R = 40% Blue layer of [HbB] with Hb = 80% B = 20% Green layer of [HaHbG] with Ha = 40% Hb = 30% G = 30% Location: Owl Hollow, Pawnee National Grasslands, CO Date: 2013-01-06 Camera: Canon XSi (modified) Telescope: WO 110 FLT Mount: CGEM Guide Scope: AT66ED Guider: Orion Solitaire Autoguider Filters: Astrodon 5nm H-Alpha, Lumicon H-Beta Shot: Stacked, Multiple Wavelenghts 15x8min ISO 1600 Full Spectrum 7x16min ISO 1600 H-Alpha 7x16min ISO 1600 H-Beta Processing: Matlab, PTGui, DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop, Topaz, DxO Viewpoint

Milky Way Bulge

Location: Natural Bridges National Monument, UT Date: 2012-05-21 Camera: Canon XSi (modifed) Lens: Canon 50mm f/1.4 Mount: Astrotrac Shot: Mosaic 30x180 seconds f/3.2 ISO 1600 Processing: Photoshop, Topaz

Galactic Snowball

Location: Fort Collins, CO Date: 2013-03-31 Camera: Canon XSi (modified) Lens: Canon 200mm f/2.8L Mount: Astrotrac Shot: Stacked Single Panel 23x1 minute f/3.5 ISO 400 Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop, ML, Topaz

Flaming Star Region

Location: Owl Hollow, Pawnee Grasslands, CO Date: 27-12-2013 Camera: Canon XSi (modified) Mount: Tak EM-200 Telescope: Canon 200mm f/2.8 Guide Camera: Orion Starshoot Autoguider Guide Camera: AT66ED Filters Used: Astronomik 12nm Hydrogen Alpha Astronomik 12nm Oxygen III Shot Details: 23x600 seconds f/3.5 ISO 1600 Ha 19x600 seconds f/3.5 ISO 1600 OIII Processing Programs: Nebulosity, PixInsight, Photoshop, Topaz Bi-Color Combination Method by Cannistra

Barnard's Loop in H-Alpha

Location: Owl Hollow, Pawnee Grasslands, CO Date: 2013-11-18 Camera: Canon XSi (modified) Lens: Canon 50mm f/1.4 Mount: Astrotrac Filters: 12nm H-Alpha Shot: Stacked 12x10 minutes f/3.2 ISO 1600 Darks and flats applied Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop, Topaz

Wide Rho

Location: Natural Bridges National Monument, UT Date: 2012-05-20 Camera: Canon XSi (modifed) Lens: Canon 50mm f/1.4 Mount: Astrotrac Shot: Stacked 19x301 seconds f/3.5 ISO 1600 Darks, Flats, Dark Flats Applied Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop, Topaz