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The Leo Trio (again)
It’s been awhile since I imaged the “Leo Trio” (aka Leo Triplet) of galaxies: M65, M66, and NGC 3628. I wanted to see if my latest equipment, software, and somewhat darker skies made a difference. I’d say so… this is a total of 25 hours of exposure time, including some Hydrogen-alpha filter data to pull…
![The Great American Eclipse](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Eclipse040824-768x783.png)
The Great American Eclipse
I wasn’t able to travel to the path of totality, but here from Florida we still had a partial eclipse. Here’s my shot at its peak, viewed through a special solar telescope using a Hydrogen-Alpha filter to bring out all the roiling detail of the sun’s surface. Check out those prominences around the edge!
![Saturn](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Sat_231725_lapl5_ap166_Drizzle15_proc.png)
Saturn, Jupiter, and a cameo from Io
Last night marked Jupiter’s “opposition” – this is the time of year where Jupiter is at its closest point to Earth, and it’s at its biggest and brightest. By a stroke of luck, we had unusually clear skies for this event, and its moon Io was also crossing in front of Jupiter! You can see…
![Dumbbell Nebula (M27)](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dumbbell2-768x469.png)
The Dumbbell Nebula
The Dumbbell Nebula (M27) is what’s called a planetary nebula – but it has nothing to do with a planet. This shell of gas was blown out by a dying star; once it started to run out of Hydrogen to burn, it expanded and blew out the gases you see here. The star then collapsed…
![The Moon](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/FullMoon-768x664.jpg)
The Moon
A full moon captured with a Canon T6i DSLR.
![Sombrero Galaxy (M104)](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SombreroCropped-768x522.png)
Sombrero Galaxy
M104 is known as the “Sombrero Galaxy” due to its visual appearance – but a deep, long-exposure image reveals its true structure. It’s a lenticular galaxy about 30 million light-years away, about 30% the size of our own Milky Way galaxy.