Imaging Adventures
Belt of Venus atmospheric phenomenon
Belt of Venus atmospheric phenomenon
Below are some images taken with a ZWO SeeStar S50 robotic telescope imaging system. Most are short exposures of less than 5 minutes, with little or no post-processing. Minimally processed images resemble what is seen in the eyepiece of a large aperture reflecting telescope.
Jan. 2025 Bode's Galaxy M81 (below, center0 and the Cigar Galaxy M82 (upper center)
M8 The Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius
M15 Globular Cluster, the "Fly" on Pegasus' Nose
C27 The Crescent Nebula in Cygnus
Saturn (tiny dot at the upper left) and the Moon, evening of 10 November 2024.
October 2024, Observers at sunset at the top of the Weldon Springs Interpretive Center Mound.
M92 Globular Cluster
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
M101 Galaxy in Ursa Major, September 2024
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, October 2024, showing anti-tail
M1 Supernova remnant, the Crab Nebula, Dec. 2024
Using the SeeStar S50 in Scenery mode in Arizona.
A distant cactus in Scenery Mode, Arizona
NGC2244 Open cluster in the Rosette Nebula, Dec. 2024
NGC253 Galaxy in the constellation Sculptor, Dec. 2024
Orion Nebula, 1 minute 20 seconds, near Tucson, AZ, December 2024
Western Veil Nebula NGC 6960. 14 minutes.
My House, Bortle 9, 4 September 2024
July 29, 2024 First image captured with a SeeStar S50.
Sunspots enhanced.
2pm July 28, 2024, St. Louis County
No post-processing was done on this image.
M57 Ring Nebula, SeeStar S50
M27 Dumbell NEbula with a SeeStar S50 with 14 thirty second stacks
Albireo with a SeeStar S50
M13 SeeStar 4 August 2024, 7 minutes
9.7 day old Moon, 1X SeeStar S50
9.7 day old Moon 2X SeeStar S50
M101 on 2Sep2024 North St. Charles County
5 minutes