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We hope you enjoy these pictures taken from our backyard

"We capture images of the mind-blowing objects in our galaxy and beyond, with the hopes of allowing you to peer into their depths, and forget about any troubles you might be having, even if just for a moment" - Carlos A.

One of our imaging telescopes, the Celestron Edge-HD 8 with a Starizona Hyperstar on an Advanced VX mount

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The Helix Nebula

Processed in a specific color scheme to pull out the dust surrounding the core. This object is also called the EYE OF GOD for obvious reasons. :)

The Helix Nebula

Processed in a specific color scheme close to what the Hubble Space Telescope captured. This object is also called the EYE OF GOD for obvious reasons. :)

M20, aka the Trifid Nebula

THis is hands-down one of my favorite objects in the night sky. It's a tipple whammy, containing a reflection nebula, emission nebula, and absorption nebule(dark nebula). Strikingly beautifil, this has to be one of my best captures and procedded image. Taken with our EdgeHD-8 telescope on EQ6R-Pro mount with an Optolong L-Ultimate Filter. 400x 120s Exposures.

The Cygnus Wall, a small area of the Pelican nebula

Tho me, this resembles the recent James Webb Space Telescope of the "Cosmic Cliffs" - look it up :) - This is another top-10 images in my book. It seems I am getting better and better and processing images, This was taken July 4th, 2023. Taken with our EdgeHD-8 telescope on EQ6R-Pro mount with an Optolong L-Ultimate Filter. 400x 120s Exposures.

M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula

A very bright object in the Summer skies. This is a figure 8 object and consists of oxygen and hydrogen. This is also striking through a large telescope :)

Rosette nebula image - Looks like a view of a rose when looking straight down from above with red and white colors

NGC 2238: The Rosette Nebula - January 2023

Backyard image taken with an 80mm refractor with a color camera and a Light Pollution filter that only allows Oxygen and hydrogen photons of light through, processed in PixInsight

v450-scuti image of deep sky area in the Milky Way band.

V450-Scuti - Area in the Milky-way - June 2023

To me, this looks like a lions head. Backyard image taken with an 80mm refractor with a color camera and a UV/IR filter processed in PixInsight

a color image of a deep sky object that shows thin structures captured on our backyard camera and telescope.

The Easter Veil Nebula - April 2023

This ghostly figure in the night sky is one of two similar objects that appear like a veil covering a brides face. To me, it looks like a few ghosts whirling around each other.

The Propeller Nebula - June 2023

This is an image taken by a fellow astronomer who shared their capture and allowed others like myself to take a crack at processing it. This is my version of his image.

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M20: The Trifid Nebula (Left) & M8: The Lagoon Nebula (Right) - June 2023 - - Narrowband Processing

Backyard image taken with an 80mm refractor with a color camera, processed in PixInsight with a narrowband script to pull out the Hydrogen Alpha and Oxygen colors.