Month: January 2018

Shot through massive light pollution over staggeringly huge The Village At Fairview outdoor mall complex. This started as an add-on session to my first attempt at narrowband imaging and turned out much better than I hoped for.  Of course this would be much more grand out in the country but that’s not what this site …

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Barnard 33 – The Horsehead Nebula in Orion If you find Orion’s belt, the eastern most star is Alnitak.  Just a bit South and West from that star is this region, cataloged by Edward Emerson Barnard in 1919 in his book of dark nebulae.  This cloud of dust is #33 on his list so we …

Read more “Getting on the Narrowband wagon – Horsehead Nebula”