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Long-form writeups of imaging sessions, processing experiments, and lessons learned.

• The Triangulum Galaxy (M33) — a Spiral With No Heart

  2026-11-12

• Bode’s and Cigar Galaxies (M81 & M82) — and Why My Orange Stars Turned Blue

  2026-11-10

• The Ghost of Cassiopeia — SH2-185 in LRGB (IC 63 & IC 59)

  Two faint dust clouds beside the bright star Gamma Cassiopeiae — IC 63 and IC 59. One autumn night of LRGB, and a single hot star both lighting the dust blue and burning its edges red.

  2026-10-18

• The Fetus Nebula from a Backyard (NGC 7008)

  NGC 7008, the Fetus Nebula — a dying Sun-like star in Cygnus, captured with an 8-inch Newtonian and a cooled mono camera over three nights, and processed to HOO.

  2026-08-03

• The Triangulum Galaxy from a Backyard (M33)

  The Triangulum Galaxy (M33) with an 8-inch Newtonian and a one-shot-colour camera — 106 frames over 2 nights, start-to-finish processing, from the backyard.

  2026-07-30

• The Heart Nebula with a DSLR & a Camera Lens (IC 1805)

  The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) shot with a Nikon D750 and a 55–300mm lens — no telescope, 3.5 hours from the backyard, with the Soul Nebula sneaking into frame.

  2026-07-27

• The Owl Nebula (M97) – 19 Hours in HOO

  M97, the Owl Nebula, in narrowband HOO - 19 hours over 8 nights.

  2026-07-26

• Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) — Narrowband SHO

  NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula, in narrowband SHO — the full night.

  2026-07-25

• M101 — 12.6 Hours on the Pinwheel Galaxy

  12.6 hours on M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, from the backyard.

  2026-07-25

• The Crescent Nebula, Together — HOO from Hydrogen and Oxygen (NGC 6888)

  Two filters, several short summer nights, about six hours of narrowband — combined into one bicolour image of the Crescent’s blown-off shell.

  2026-07-12