The Wonders of the Universe: From a rooftop
Check out a few glimpses of the universe though the lens of an amateur’s telescope. These images have been captured either with a small telescope on the roof of my house outside of Chicago, or with a small scope I have set up at a remote observatory site in the dark skies of Central Texas (Thank you Starfront Observatories).
The images are a collection of targets from our Northern Hemisphere.
All of the images were taken by me, using my own amateur astrophotography equipment.
Featured Images
Gallery
The Northern Lights from the roof
Star trails from the roof
The Andromeda Galaxy
Comet Tsuchinshan
The Flaming Star and Tadpoles - Foraxx
The Flaming Star and Tadpoles - SHO
The Ghost of Cassiopeia
The Hidden Galaxy
The Flaming Star Nebula
The Tadpole Nebula
The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas LRGB - Starless
The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas LRGB
The Horsehead Nebula and Flame Nebula SHO
The Jellyfish Nebula
The Elephant Trunk Nebula - Foraxx
The Elephant Trunk Nebula in SHO
The Heart Nebula v1
The Heart Nebula v2
The Heart Nebula + Cut-outs
The Soul Nebula
The Witchhead Nebula
A view of the night sky filled with stars, featuring a bright nebula near the center with a surrounding dark, cloudy appearance.
A starry night sky with a small, colorful nebula at the center, surrounded by numerous stars of varying brightness.
The Lagoon Nebula and the Triffid Nebula
The Hercules Star Cluster
The Triangulum Galaxy
The Orion Nebula - Starless
The Orion Nebula
My first Astro-photo - The Orion Nebula
The Pleiades
The Whirlpool Galaxy
The Ring Nebula
The Andromeda spiral galaxy with a bright core, surrounded by numerous stars and smaller galaxies in the dark universe.
The Leo Triplet
The Ghost Nebula
Bode's Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy
Markarian's Chain of Galaxies
The Sombrero Galaxy
NGC 869 Star Clusters
The Silver Sliver Galaxy
The Embryo Nebula
The Pleiades/The Seven Sisters
The California Nebula
The Rosette Nebula
The Christmas Tree Nebula
Thor's Helmet
The Heart and Soul Nebulas
The Soul Nebula
The Whale and Hockey Stick Galaxies
The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
The Crescent Nebula w/ zoom
The Veil Nebula
The North American Nebula
The Iris Nebula
The Helix Nebula v1
The Helix Nebula v2
The Wizard Nebula
The Lobster Claw and Bubble Nebulas
The Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex - RGB
The Tulip Nebula - Foraxx
The Flying Bat and Squid Nebulas
The Cave Nebula
The Spaghetti Nebula
The Medusa Nebula - Foraxx
The Dolphinhead Nebula
Starfront Scope
Equipment
• ZWO AM5 mount
• PrimaLuce Labs Flat panel assembly (Giotto + Alto)
• Williams Optics Redcat61 OTA
• ZWO Electronic Automatic Focuser - EAF
• Pegasus Astro PBAdv2
• Mele4c Quieter mini-pc
• ASI2600mm Pro Camera
• ZWO OAG-L (off-access guider)
• ZWO ASI174 mini guide camera,
• ZWO Electronic Filter Wheel - EFW 2”
• Antlia filters - 2” LRGB
• Antlia filters - 3nm 2” Ha, Oiii, Sii
• Pegasus Uranus Meteo
