Wide Angle Star Fields
ZWO ASI178 CMOS Camera with a 3-8mm Zoom Lens, Mounted on a Barn Door Tracker
Southern Sky Region October 2, 2024
Photograph of the southern region of the sky from the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center parking lot. This is a stack of 14 thirty second exposures that utilized a barn door tracker for guiding.
Sky Facing South
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ZWO ASI178 CMOS Camera with a Vintage 28 mm f/3.5 Lens, Mounted on a Barn Door Tracker
Milky Way in the constellation Cygnus October 22, 2024
Photograph of the Milky Way in Cygnus showing the Cygnus Rift dark nebula. This picture is a stack of 38 fifteen second exposures. The picture was captured at Colyer Cemetery southwest of Lawrence, KS.
Milky Way in Cygnus
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Milky Way in the constellation Sagittarius October 22, 2024
Photograph of the Milky Way in Sagittarius showing M16 (Eagle Nebula), M17 (Omega Nebula), M23 (open star cluster), M25 (open star cluster), M20 (Trifid Nebula), and M8 (Lagoon Nebula). This picture is a stack of 9 fifteen second exposures. The picture was captured at Colyer Cemetery southwest of Lawrence, KS.
Milky Way in Sagittarius
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Constellation Hercules October 5, 2024
Photograph of the Constellation Hercules showing the "Keystone" and the globular cluster M13. This picture is a stack of eleven 20 second exposures. The picture was captured at the Bloomington East Park on Clinton Lake, near Lawrence, KS.
Constellation Hercules
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Constellation Lyra October 5, 2024
Photograph of the Constellation Lyra. This picture is a stack of eleven 20 second exposures. The picture was captured at the Bloomington East Park on Clinton Lake, near Lawrence, KS.
Constellation Lyra
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Andromeda Galaxy October 5, 2024
Photograph of the Andromeda Galaxy This picture is a stack of eight 20 second exposures. The black streaks are tree branches that have been distorted by the tracking. The picture was captured at the Bloomington East Park on Clinton Lake, near Lawrence, KS.
Andromeda Galaxy
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Constellation Cygnus October 5, 2024
Photograph of the tail region of Cygnus showing Deneb, Sadr, North American Nebula, Pelican Nebula, and nebulae around Sadr. This picture is a stack of ten 20 second exposures. The picture was captured at the Bloomington East Park on Clinton Lake, near Lawrence, KS.
Constellation Cygnus
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Belt and Sword of Orion October 2, 2024
Photograph of the central portion of the constellation Orion that shows the Flame Nebula, Horsehead Nebula, Orion Nebula. This is a stack of 12 twenty second exposures that utilized a barn door tracker for guiding. This photograph was taken from the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center parking lot.
Constellation Orion
Belt and Sword of Orion September 29, 2024
Photograph of the central portion of the constellation Orion that shows the Flame Nebula, Horsehead Nebula, Orion Nebula, and traces of Barnard's Loop. This is a stack of 28 fifteen second exposures that utilized a barn door tracker for guiding. This photograph was taken from the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center parking lot.
Constellation Orion
Pleiades Star Cluster September 29, 2024
Photograph of the Pleiades star cluster using a barn door tracker. This photograph was taken from the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center parking lot.
Pleiades Star Cluster
Hyades Star Cluster September 27, 2024
Photograph of the Hyades star cluster using a barn door tracker. This photograph was taken from the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center parking lot.
Hyades Star Cluster
Pleiades Star Cluster September 27, 2024
Photograph of the Pleiades star cluster using a barn door tracker. This photograph was taken from the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center parking lot.
Pleiades Star Cluster
Orion September 27, 2024
Photograph of the constellation Orion. This photograph was taken from the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center parking lot.
Constellation Orion
Orion September 26, 2024
Photograph of the belt and sword of Orion using a barn door tracker. 59 ten second exposures were stacked to create this image. The Flame Nebula, Horse Head Nebula, and the Orion Nebula are visible in this image. The photograph was taken from the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center parking lot.
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ZWO ASI178 CMOS Camera with a Vintage 35 mm f/2.8 Lens
July 15, 2020. Sagittarius
Unguided photograph of a region in Sagittarius. Five two second exposures were stacked to create this image. The Lagoon Nebula is visible to the upper right.
July 15, 2020. Sagittarius
Unguided photograph of a region in Sagittarius. Five two second exposures were stacked to create this image. This image is centered near the galactic center and the Butterfly Cluster is visible to the lower right.
