Imaging Projects
In this blog, I will share the results of all of my imaging projects. The newest will be at the top and the oldest will be further down the stack. Going back in time here is interesting - some of my early stuff was pretty rough - but I did not see it that way at the time - I was thrilled to get anything back that looked like an image! Hopefully, you will see how my work has progressed with time!
Stephan’s Quintet – HCG 92 / Arp 319 Compact Galaxy Group - 24 Hours of LRGB!
Stephan’s Quintet is a compact group of galaxies in Pegasus caught in the middle of a slow-motion cosmic collision – four true members being stretched, stripped, and reshaped by gravity while a fifth foreground spiral simply photobombs the scene. This deep LRGB image reveals distorted spiral arms, long tidal tails, and the bright cores of galaxies that are gradually merging into a single massive system hundreds of millions of light-years away.
NGC 7331 and the Deer Lick Group with Supernova SN2025rbs (4.7 hours in LRGB)
While on a multi-night streak of capturing subs on my Sharpstar SCA 260 Galaxy scope, I retasked one night of shooting to try and get an image of NGC 7331 while Supernova SN2025rbs was still visible.
NGC 7331 and Two Galaxy Groups: The Deer Lick and Stephen's Quintet
Hot off the presses from my photo session last night: NGC 7331 and Two Galaxy Groups: The Deer Lick and Stephen's Quintet.
There are plenty of star clusters out there, but I was interested in shooting a cluster of Galaxies. Stephen's Quintet is high enough this time of year to clears my trees about midnight, so I started to plan on capturing that. I soon realized that I could get two for the price, as The Deer Lick Galaxy group would fit in the same frame if I composed the shot well.
NGC 7331 - The Deer Lick Group - 2019 Version
NGC7331 and a small cluster of galaxies are located in the constellation Pegasus - about 40 million light-years away. The group is known as the NGC7331 group or as the Deer Lick Group, and the small galaxies around it are known as the fleas.