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M51- The Whirlpool galaxy I had a picture of this that I posted three years ago. But I think this one is better in that it has a little more detail than the other one had. Plus this time of the year there just is not much up yet to photograph. But this is one of my favorite targets and I was not able to start filming until 10:30 when it got high enough in the sky.  
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Horsehead and Flame nebulas This is the picture I have always wanted to get. But until now I just was not able to get it right. This picture has 6 hours of regular exposure time and 3 hours of Ha exposure time. Total 9 hours of exposure. Ha is the hydrogen wavelength of light. And to capture it you need to use a special filter on the camera called a Ha filter. Then the two sets of photos which was a total of 154 pictures were combined to get this finished picture.  
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The International Space Station This picture was taken this morning at 5:42 a.m. If you compare this picture with the next one taken on Nov. 1, you can see the difference of how the angle of the sun makes it look. This picture was taken with the iss coming from the west to the southeast. The picture from Nov. 1 was coming from the northwest to the northeast.  
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The International Space Station    I have been working on getting a good picture of this for two months. And this is the best I've got so far. This picture was taken this morning at 7:25 just before the sun was above the horizon but the sky was getting pretty bright. That is why some of it is in the shadows. Maybe next time it will be a better pass over. It is very hard to get a good picture of it because it is moving at 17,500 miles an hour and the telescope must be guided by hand. At the time of this picture the (iss) was 250 miles high and 16 miles north of me.  
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The Eagle Nebula The nights around here have been terrible for months. But the nights have finally cleared and I was able to get back at it. This picture is the result of 60 four minute pictures for a total of 4 hours of exposure time. The reason there is so many stars is because M16 is right in the Milky Way.  
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The Orion Nebula I took a picture of this about 2 years ago with a film camera and it is still on the blog. But this is a new picture I took with my astrophotography camera on 3-10-25.  
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Horsehead nebula.    I took a set of photos of just the horsehead as seen here. The next photo is of the horsehead and flame nebula complex.  
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