Starship Asterisk*

NGC 2244 - Rosette (Skull) Nebula Full Size (worth checking out): https://www.astrobin.com/full/oo1ltu/0/ Had been shooting this one while on my automated runs after the telescope finished with the Elephant Trunk from earlier. Just a little each night. Did not really expect much, but got to look at ...

IC 1396 - Elephant Trunk Nebula Shot in the "Hubble Palette" At 28 Hours of Exposure time (168x600seconds) this is the most work I have put into a photo to date, and I am pretty happy with the results Some nerdy bits... The Hubble Palette is a false color mapping of gases (via 3-6nm narrow...

Taken over the course of this summer, this is my first submission for an APOD! Hubble's famous "Pillars of Creation" photo is the very thing that made me get outside and look up in the first place. Years later it still takes my breath away with every sub-frame. Thank you for considering my...