Deep Sky Shots

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One of my first attempts at gathering almost 3 hours of data...unfortunately, it's one the first signals that my camera doesn't like working in the heat. The night temperature was around 30 C and the camera introduced so much thermal noise into the image that it was difficult to process.

Looking forward to visiting this target again from the pristine dark skies of Canfield Junction

UPDATE: Shot this target again for first light of the observatory….see below

My first success with long exposures...this is almost 2 hours worth of sub-frames, taken from my (former) light-polluted skies on the lower east side of Hamilton. 

Note the amp-glow of the camera in the lower regions of this image. Currently working on solutions for this bane until I progress to a cooled camera (camera cooler box project) to reduce or eliminate this occurance that happens while using a DSLR for long exposure astrophotography...patience, grasshopper,,,

First light/ first night with a scope out at the new place. Forgot to install my focal reducer/ flattener, but after fighting the incredible dew and other issues, I decided to just roll with it

My most recent and longest exposure compilation to date, just over 4 hours total integration time. The detail and reduced signal-to-noise ratio that comes with very long exposures is incredible...definitely worthy of the effort

Pretty obvious which is which, and why they were named as such.

This target is one of the reasons why I decided to pursue this fascinating hobby. The first time I saw an image of this target I knew I had to do what it takes to capture it myself. This is about the 4th edit of this capture, but planning on re-visiting this target once I begin shooting with my mono cam and Ha (Hydrogen Alpha) to reveal even more detail

The first image that blew me away. The long exposure time brought out so much detail in this target compared to my previous attempts, just over 3 hours worth. Again, I intend to re-visit this large bright target in the future to acquire even more details

One of the first images using a guide scope, guide cam and PHD2 (Push Here Dummy V2).

This program is relatively easy to set up, but is a challenge to fine tune. Getting there...

Re-visited this beauty after my first good shots in October 2018. Guiding is allowing me to get 5 minute sub-exposures with no star trailing. The fine detail that this reveals is becoming obvious. I'm sure my processing skills have come a long way as well

Just wish I would have started guiding a long, long time ago...