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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53640140967_56babc6b26_z.jpg April 8th, 2024 : Solar Eclipse Totality ' Earth Shine" by Harley Grady , on Flickr April 8th, 2024 : Solar Eclipse Totality "Earth Shine". One of the interesting phenomena that can be captured during a total solar ecli...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53641036769_206fed7a05_z.jpg 2024 Solar Eclipse: Diamond Ring by Harley Grady , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53641036644_500c746f88_z.jpg 2024 Solar Eclipse: Totality by Harley Grady , on Flickr Totality and the Diamond Ring from the April 8, 202...

IC 63 - The Ghost of Cassiopeia. About 550 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia lies IC 63, a stunning and slightly eerie nebula. Also known as "The Ghost of Cassiopeia", IC 63 is being shaped by radiation from a nearby unpredictably variable star, Gamma Cassiopeiae, which i...

NGC 891 and Abell 347 Galaxy Cluster NGC 891 is an edge on spiral galaxy that is 100,000 light years across and is approximately 30 million light years away. Just above the galaxy is the Abell 347 Galaxy Cluster. Abell 347 is a galaxy cluster with multiple galaxies but is approximately 240million li...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53154198804_f887b8cbe5_z.jpg "Once in a Blue Moon" - August 2023 Blue Moon Supermoon by Harley Grady , on Flickr This image is a six panel mosaic taking with my ZWO ASI 2600 MC DUO camera and TS Optics 90mm F6.0 CF APO Refractor telescope. This image is...

For those who did not get to see this years Perseid Meteor shower , I give you this composite image, made up of over 40 photos taken with my @fujifilmx_us XH2 with a 16mm F1.4 lens. Each steak of light you see is one of the remnant’s from Comet 109P/ Swift-Tuttle. The meteors the selves are no large...

I have successfully captured the first glimpse of extraterrestrial life here on earth. They are here, they are real and they are among us 👽 …ok it’s just a Praying Mantis that hopped on the lens while I was shooting the Perseid Meteor shower. Shot on a Fuji XT5, 40” exposure , ISO 3200, Rokinon 8mm ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52915881834_d5304760aa.jpg Lagoon (M8) and Trifid (M20) Nebulae by Harley Grady , on Flickr M8 Lagoon and M20 Trifid Nebula's. The Lagoon (M8) and Trifid Nebula (M20) are located in the Sagittarius region of the Milky Way. The Lagoon Nebula is also one of only tw...

M33 is apart of the local group of galaxies that include our Milky Way and Andromeda. Like Andromeda it is visible with the naked eye in clear dark skies.M33 is also on a collision course with the Milky Way and Andromeda and in several billion years time they will all be merged into one galaxy. Shot...

The great Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest galactic neighbor at 2.5million light years away. Like the Milky Way, Andromeda is a Spiral Galaxy. The galaxy is actually visible to the naked eye but looks like a small fuzzy patch in the sky. In the next 4-5 billion years Andromeda and the Milky Way are set...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52687707266_9b6c0507b0_z.jpg SH2 308 "Dolphin Head Nebula" by Harley Grady , on Flickr SH2-308, commonly known as the "Dolphin Head Nebula" is a HII region located in the constellation Canis Major. It is approximately 4300light years away. he ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52674658617_fe42aff7b2_z.jpg IC434 - "Horsehead" Nebula (Narrowband) by Harley Grady , on Flickr TS Optics 90mm CF APO f6 Refractor TS Optics 50mm Guide Scope ZWO ASI 2600 MC Pro ZWO ASI 120mm Guide Camera Skywatcher EQ6R Pro mount Optolong L-eXtreme fi...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52656433561_b77d33e288_z.jpg IC342 - "Hidden Galaxy" by Harley Grady , on Flickr IC342 - "Hidden Galaxy" - is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Camelopardalis about 10.7 Million Light Years away. It would be one of the brig...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52645021996_08b500e553.jpg Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and NGC 5907 by Harley Grady , on Flickr Here's my second attempt at shooting C/2022 E3 (ZTF). This time I was able to capture the "Green Comet" as it passed by NGC5907 seen in the lower center of the fra...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52579885496_7b6e09e504.jpg Heart Nebula (IC 1805) by Harley Grady , on Flickr The Heart Nebula (as you can tell its name by its shape) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia approximately 7,500 light years away. Shot in Narrowband from a bo...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52533050739_cf934abf76.jpg M45: The Pleiades by Harley Grady , on Flickr The Pleiades is a an open star cluster approx 444 light years away and is located in the constellation Taurus . It is one of the brightest star cluster in the sky, easily visible even in som...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52389088631_ebf626bc5a.jpg M33 - Triangulum Galaxy by Harley Grady , on Flickr M33 - Triangulum Galaxy. A a great fall galaxy! M33 is apart of the local group of galaxies that include our Milky Way and Andromeda. Like Andromeda it is visible with the naked eye in...

M33 - Triangulum Galaxy. A a great fall galaxy! M33 is apart of the local group of galaxies that include our Milky Way and Andromeda. Like Andromeda it is visible with the naked eye in clear dark skies.M33 is also on a collision course with the Milky Way and Andromeda and in several billion years ti...

NCG 7000 the "North American Nebula" in a SHO Palette. 42x600" Exposures - 7hrs total integration time. Sky: Bortle 5 zone; Azle, Texas (Captured Aug 2-3rd,2022) Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MC PRO Telescope: TS Optics CF APO 90mm F6 w/ 1.0x field flattener. Guide Scope: TS Optics 50mm Guide ...

I set up my ASI 2600 MC Pro and TS Optics 90mm F6 APO Refractor Telescope in my front yard in North Centra Texas (Bortle 5). This photo is 126 - 5 minute long exposures, shot over three nights, then stacked together. I then simulated SHO by combining channels in Pixinsight. Details: Camera: ZWO ASI ...

Comet Lenard C/2021 A1 and the tree line. Was able to capture a little bit of Comet Leonard as it set tonight. Shot on a Sony FX3 w/ a Rokinon 135mm F2.0 Lens. Stack of three exposures. Shot @ F4.0 , 90" Exposure , ISO 1000 @F4,.0 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51760685644_0eb3d0ea86.jpg C...

"Interstellar Highway" M42 Orion Nebular & Satellites Time Lapse. While I was taking some long exposure photographs of the M42 Orion Nebula region, I noticed that I had a few satellites passing through my imagines as I periodically checked them. When I complied all 205 images together,...

Crescent Moon & Venus: Close Together.

Venus and the Crescent were nice and close tonight.



Crescent Moon & Venus by Harley Grady, on Flickr

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"Fireflies and the Milky Way" I've been wanting to take a photo like this for quite some time now. We've had a lot of rain recently in the central Texas area, so not only have the they been out almost every night in this muggy weather, I finally had a change to take pictures with them and ...

Had a blast taking pics of C/2020 F3 NEOWISE. Unfortunately between the weather forecast this week and work schedule, I wont have a chance to photograph it again. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50138553966_3392a69d96_c.jpg Goodbye Comet NEOWISE. See you in 6000 years by HDG Studios , on Flickr ...