The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a complex of interstellar clouds with different nebulae, particularly a dark nebula which is centered 1° south of the star ρ Ophiuchi, which it among others extends to, of the constellation Ophiuchus. At an estimated distance of about 460 light years. This photo was taken with 375 subframes and 60 flats and 60 darks each for 30 seconds.
This comet is called Lemmon because the Observatory on top of Mount Lemmon located in Tucson Arizona, was the first to observe it. The tail is orange for the same reason sunsets are orange and red, as this comet was close to horizon when I photographed it. The reason the stars are streaked is I had my telescope hold steady on the comet which was moving against the stars. This photo is stacked by 158 frames of 8 seconds each.
Day two at Glacier Chalet started with a hike but not before we got to meet the mule train that transports propane for boiling water and removes the minimal refuse we are allow to create
Backyard visitor - small beak large talons - all pinch no bark... This goshawk is small compared to the usual Redtail or Harris hawks we usually see.
Last night the weather parted and left a clearing right on the Moon at about 1/4th into the eclipse. That clearing grew as the eclipse progressed. nearing the end of the eclipse the clouds started to come back - surreal.
The Fish Head Nebula is also known as the Northern Bear Nebula, is a star nursery where stars are "born". I really like it because it has some very dark thick dust lanes running throughout the nebula. The light emitted from the nebula takes 6,000 years to reach us - a simpler way of saying the distance to IC 1795 is 6K LY's. The young stars in this system are emitting high amounts of Ultraviolet (UV) light which causes the nebula to glow brightly (kind of like when we sunburn 😁). So I was "fishing" for a target to photograph (pun intended) a couple of nights ago and came across this fish. I liked it so much I stayed with it all night taking 854 sub photos to stack. 697 subs survived the "blurry" test and were ultimately stacked with 60 flats and 60 darks for noise reduction. 81% survival rate tells me the "seeing" (atmospheric steadiness) was pretty good over 7 hours of exposure time. Enjoy this beautiful creation!
