Astrophotography: Deep Sky Objects

[fort384]

Thanks all!


Here are a couple more I got over the weekend.

M81 and M82: Bodes Galaxy on the left and the cigar galaxy on the right. There is a small galaxy in the upper left as well.


M13: The great globular cluster in Hercules. This is a collection of around 240000 stars located within our galaxy. This one is visible to the naked eye if you have a very dark location and very good eyes.

 

[shellyx]

So amazing! Would love to be able to take pics like that

 

[okapizebra]

Those pictures are incredible!

 

[fort384]

Thanks, lots of work I'm these images. Hours and hours in fact.

 

[fort384]

A few more images to add to the collection, for anyone interested:

Iris Nebula:


Omega Nebula:


Trifid and Lagoon Nebulas:

 

[bmarine]

A few more images to add to the collection, for anyone interested:

Iris Nebula:
http://s1337.photobucket.com/user/jfortinberry/media/Astrophotography/iris_zps872f61f9.jpg.html

Omega Nebula:
http://s1337.photobucket.com/user/j...5-495a-bd38-01be0944b735_zpsdf9bee7c.jpg.html

Trifid and Lagoon Nebulas:
http://s1337.photobucket.com/user/jfortinberry/media/Astrophotography/lagtrif_zpsca59169e.jpg.html

Those are awesome! What state do you live in? I can't see like any stars here :/

 

[fort384]

I live in northern Illinois near Chicago.

No one can see stars like that with their naked eye . These are hours and hours of exposure time through a telescope.

 

[bmarine]

I live in northern Illinois near Chicago.

No one can see stars like that with their naked eye . These are hours and hours of exposure time through a telescope.

Yup I gotcha! And thats really an awesome hobby!

 

[fort384]

For anyone interested, have a bunch more images we have gotten over the past few months:

Soul Nebula

Globular Cluster M92

Heart Nebula

Eagle Nebula

Andromeda Galaxy

 

[fort384]

Triangulum Galaxy

Sunflower Galaxy

M39: An Open Cluster in Cygnus

Pacman Nebula and Eta Cas

 

[fort384]

And a few more...
M103: An Open Cluster

M71, a globular cluster near the galactic plane

M74: A spiral galaxy in Pisces

 

[fort384]

Here is the one from last night:

M29: The Cooling Tower (Open Cluster)

 

[butterfly_koi]

Very beautiful as always Justin. Will you be photographing comet ISON this fall?

 

[fort384]

Thanks! We may try to grab some captures of it though we are really set up for more wide field type targets. There wouldn't be much more detail than a smudge with it. It should be a cool astronomical event though if it makes it around the sun without breaking up.

 

[fort384]

M27: Dumbbell Nebula

 

[herp_mommy]

I think my jaw literally dropped. I would love to be able to get images like that one day!

 

[fort384]

M72

M34

 

[fort384]

The Pleiades

 

[bmarine]

Awesome! So do you just like take these pictures on your property???

 

[fort384]

Yes. We are in a semi rural area NW of Chicago.