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Astrophotography


SH2-185, reflection & emission nebula in the  Constellation Cassiopeia, about 10,500 light years from Earth, 2024

Barnard 31, an area with dark nebula, reflection nebula and also rich in hydrogen. Located in the constellation Orion about 1,300 light-years from Earth, 2024.

SH2-188, appearing almost like a shrimp this nebula is in the constellation Cassiopeia, 2024

LDN 1458, clouds of dust and gas that block or dim the light of stars and other objects, 2024

Barnard 11, dark nebula in the constellation Camelopardalis, 2024

LDN 1584, also known as Barnard 31, a few images to the left.  This is my first image with a mono camera, 2024

VdB 152 & LDN 1217, a reflection nebula about 1,300 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus, 2024

LBN 667 in false color (SHO or sulfur, hydrogen & oxygen). An emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia at a distance of about 7,500 light-years a way, 2024

SH2-205, an emission nebula near the border of the constellation Perseus, 2024

SH2-170, in between Cassiopeia and Cepheus, 7,500 light-years from Earth, 2024

IC 342, about 10 million light-years from us. Galaxies are like island universes, there are at least hundreds of billions with many consisting of hundreds of billions of stars as well as dust, star clusters, nebula and distant solar systems, 2024

SH2-173, 8,800 light-years from Earth, this emission nebula is in the constellation Cassiopeia, 2024

NGC 7023, the Iris Nebula, a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus about 1,300 light-years from Earth, 2024

NGC 7635, also known as the Bubble Nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. 11,090 light-years from earth, with a radius of 3.5 light-years, 2024

LDN 1272, an emission nebula in between Cassiopeia and Cepheus, 2024

Stars, Stars, Everywhere--the Double Cluster in Perseus, 2024

Fish Head Nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia, about 6000 light-years from Earth, 2024

NGC 7293, also known as the Helix Nebula. A planetary nebula, the low-mass star's death creates the expanding gases. 650 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius, 2024

IC 5146, an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Cygnus, located about 2,500 light-years from Earth, 2024

A second version of NGC 6820 with the star cluster NGC 6823 using a different narrowband filter.  The planetary nebula LAN 21 can be seen in the lower left corner, 2024

LDN 1273, a dark nebula near the  constellations of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, 2024

SH2-157, is an emission nebula located about 11,000 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia, 2024

Hickson 93, a galactic group far, far away.  Pause to consider that the light the camera captured left these galaxies around 265 million years ago, long before humans, mammals and even dinosaurs appeared on Earth, 2024

LDN 1124, a dark nebula in the constellation Cepheus, 2024

The well-known M51 galaxy (Whirlpool Galaxy) is some 30 million light years from us and is apparently merging with a much smaller galaxy, 2024

M16, the Eagle Nebula, was discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46.  It's about 5.5 million years old, at a distance of about 7000 light years, 2024

NGC 6820, nebulosity and an open star cluster about 6,000 light-years from earth, 2024

M20, the Trifid Nebula.  In the constellation Sagittarius, over 4000 light-years from Earth 2024

SH2-115, an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus.  The little object to the lower left is the planetary nebula SH2-116.  SH2-115 is about 9,630 light-years from Earth, 2024

M15 is a globular star cluster in our own Milky Way. Globulars are mostly located above and below the central bulge of our galaxy.  M15 is over 32,000 light-years from earth and is thought be about 12 billion years old, 2024

Star cluster NGC 6939 lies around 4000 light-years away in our Milky Way galaxy, while NGC 6946, the Fireworks Galaxy, is about 15 million light-years fron us, 2023

NGC 281, the Pacman Nebula, is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia, about 9,500 light-years from earth, 2023

IC 434, the Horsehead Nebula, a bright emission nebula in the constellation Orion approximately 1,500 light-years from Earth at an apparent magnitude of 7.3, 2024

NGC 2175, a star cluster and diffusion nebula
located about 6,350 light-year from Earth, 2024

M106, a galaxy located about 23.7 million light years from Earth.  Also included in the photo are several smaller and fainter objects, all island universes (galaxies)--each containing hundreds of billions of suns, 2024

M86 and Markarian's Chain.  This cluster of distant galaxies, each one containing billions or hundreds of billions of suns, lies around 50 million light-years from us, April 2024

The Cave Nebula, SH2-155 is a diffuse nebula within a larger nebula complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity in the constellation Cepheus, located about 2400 light-years from us, 2023

The Wizard Nebula, NGC 7380.  This emission nebula lies about 7,200 light-years from us and was discovered in 1787 by the German astronomer Caroline Herschel, 2023

NGC 7822, a star-forming region in the constellation Cepheus, thought to be about 2900 light-years from Earth, 2023

M45. popularly known as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters, is an open cluster of stars at a distance of 444 light years. The nebulosity surrounding the stars was once thought to be remains of the nebula that formed these suns, but now astronomers believe it is from an unrelated dust cloud, 2023

NGC 1491, a bright emission nebula in the constellation Perseus, about 9,800 light-years from Earth, 2023

NGC 1499 is an emission nebula located about 1000 light-years from Earth, also known as the California Nebula in the constellation Perseus, 2023

IC 5070 (Pelican Nebula), nebulosity in Cygnus, 2023

A gasous region within IC 1396, 2,400 light years from Earth, 2023

M13, the great cluster in the constellation Hercules, 22.2 thousand light-years from Earth, 2023

The Veil Nebula, remnant of a supernova explosion. 1,470 light-years from Earth, 2023

The Soul Nebula, IC 1848, an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia.  7,500 light-years from earth, 2023

Sh2-132, the Lion Nebula. Emission nebula in Cepheus about 11,000 light-years from Earth, 2023
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Rosette Nebula, a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy.
5,219 light-years from Earth, 2023

SH2-296 Emission Nebula, about 3,500 light-years from Earth, 2023

M81 is about 11.8 million light-years from Earth.  These galaxies are part of what's known as the  Local Group, 2023

Globular star cluster M3.  This cluster is about 34,000 light-years from earth and contains about 500,000 suns.  It's believed to be over 11 billion years old, 2023

M101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, is about 21 million light-years from Earth and contains about 1 trillon suns, 2023

NGC 7000 is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus the Swan, a region rich with both large and small nebula. NGC is about 2,500 light-years from Earth in our own Milky Way galaxy, 2023

Nebulae NGC 1893 & IC 405 in the Constellation Auriga
NGC1893 is about 12,400 light-years from Earth. IC405 is about 1,500 light-years from Earth, 2023

M42 Nebula, The Great Nebula in Orion.
1,344 light-years from Earth, 2022

M31 Galaxy, Our closest galactic neighbor in the constellation Andromeda.
2.5 million light-years from Earth, 2022

M33 Galaxy, the Triangulum Galaxy.
2.73 million light-years
from Earth, 2022



SH2-190 (The Heart Nebula)
7,500 light-years from Earth, 2023

The Milky Way from Rockpile Road, 2016

Terrestrial Photography


Lisa, 2013


Lisa & Janine, 2018


Golden Gate Park, 2020


Sunset Through Trees


Moon & Treetops


Marin Headlands at Dusk


Scene from Northern California


Robert, 2008


Abstract #28


Abstract #29


Abstract #30


Abstract #27
Variation 1



Graffiti on Sidewalk


Man at Bus Stop


Bark of Tree






Spider in Yard


Bill & Emily, 2018


Charlie, 2018


Point Reyes 1



Point Reyes 2


Point Reyes 3


Lone Tree & Sky


Farmland in Sonoma County


California Farmland


Tree Bark


Fountain in the Park


Center of the 60s


Musicians Playing in the Park


Point Reyes Coastline


Sand Dune Point Reyes


Mitzi at Home, 2009


The Question


Too Much to Do


The Pollinator


Large Leaf in Aboretum


River Bridge


Selfie from Rockpile Road



San Francisco Arboretum, 2020


Canadian Goose


Abstract #26


Variation on Abstract #26


North of Big Sur


Water Walker



Nature's Redness


Bay Bridge


On the Boat


Homeless in San Francisco


Pacific Coast Highway


Herons in Love


Abstract #25


The Milky Way in July


Looking South Toward the
Milky Way



 Toward the Center of the
Galaxy


Susan, 2003


Golden Gate Park


Ladybug Larvae


Spider on Post


Spider on West Wall


Abstract #23


Lovers at Sunset


Bird in Golden Gate Park


Foxglove Flowers in Arboretum


Abstract #22


Golden Gate Bridge on a Saturday Afternoon



Susan, 2002


Shoes on Stairs


Software Enhanced Fly #1


Software Enhanced Fly #2


The Fly


Arboretum Flowers


At the Seashore


Emily, 2009


Panorama of Golden Gate


San Francisco Bay Bridge


Old Bridge, New Bridge


Abstract #21
Variation 1


Abstract #21
Variation 2


Abstract #21
Variation 3


Steps to the Ocean


Shooting the Waves


Seeing Wildflowers


Cows on a California Hill


Abstract #19


Golden Gate Bridge


Ridge near Shark Fin Cove


Shark Fin Cove


Old Railroad Track near Davenport


Sunset North of Santa Cruz


Rock Formation near Davenport


Abstract #15


A Path to Somewhere


Aircraft in Flight


California Wildflowers


Graffiti on Railroad Track


Pacific Coast Cove


Pacific Coast near Santa Cruz


Lisa, 2015


Mitzi


California Coast near San Simeon


Postcard: San Francisco


Seagull in Maine


Above the Clouds


Heron High in a Tree


Herons in Nest


Herons Standing on their Nest


Herons on Watch


Big River in Mendocino


Remains of Sutro Bath House


Tree on California Coast


Portrait of a Dog



Presidio Forest


Grasshopper in Yard


The Face of a Fly


Spider on Wall


Abstract #12


Redwood Grove, Humboldt Redwood
State Park


Binding of a Book


Moon


Jupiter & Four Moons


Pacific Ocean and Marin Headlands


Abstract #10


Duck At Stow Lake


Arboretum Delight


Water Fountain at 1/10th of a Second


Self-Portrait, 2010



Aboretum Delight #2


Digitized City


Pacific Ocean & Rock from Land's End


Sunset at Land's End


Rock at Land's End


Abstract #8


Abstract #9


Variations on a Quarter Dollar


What Was Once an Image of a Duck


Variations on a Candle Holder


Gillian & Allie, 2008


Giver of Life


Abstract #7


Portrait of a Mallard


Pattern #2


Sand


Rock on a Hill


The Inner Sunset


A Question of Nature


Box of Nectarines


Box of Oranges


Remains of Sutro Baths


Fern Leaves


Spider and Web


Pattern #1


Bar Harbor from 1500 Feet Elevation


Old Structure in Rural Maine


Dock at Bar Harbor


Ann in Polo Game


Red Flower

 
Nap Time on the Beach


Robert, 2008


Acadia National Park


Gull in Maine


Bar Harbor, Maine


White Rose


Road in Rural Maine


The Immortal Game


Warning


Squirrel in Park


Canada Goose


Rotting Wood on Pole


For What It's Worth


Sky at Dusk


California Blue Jay


Coastal Hills North of Santa Cruz


Man on Beach at Sunset


Pelican & Berkeley Hills


San Francisco Bay from Marin Headlands


California Coast


American Crow


Buoy Color


Near San Simeon California


Ground Squirrel


Molly


Girl on Beach in Northern California


Emily, 2009


Spider Building Web


Tree & Sky near Sonoma Coast


Smallness of Being


Big Sur


Robert, 2008


Old Door


Church


San Francisco Skyline


The Golden Rule


Yellow Rose


Rock & Sand


Water & Waves


Lisa, 2009


Water


Woman on Cell Phone on Bike



Rose


Fly on Leaf


One Bird & A Flock of Geese


Worn-out Structure


Moon Over Ruins


Yellow!


Petrified Wood on Beach


Bee in flight


Tree in Golden Gate Park


Bird & Moon


Bird near Lake


A Matter of Scale


Bridge over Stow Lake


Boats at Sunset


Canada Geese


Candle Holder


Rock in Wall


Columns


Tree at the Ocean


Egret


Emily & Rosa, 2006


Springtime on California Coast

 
Fallen Redwood Trees


Three Circles & a Shadow


Fern


Wings Up, Wings Straight, Wings Down!


The Busy, Colorful City


Surfer off California Coast


Sensuality


Golden Gate Bridge From Cliffs


Graffiti in Rock


Graffiti Near Ocean Beach


Sunset over the Pacific
Software Enhanced


Grievance against Government


Hanging Leaf in Sun


Hanging Leaf


Hawk in Air


Self-Portrait of Index Finger


Pagoda in Golden Gate Park


Jet with Contrails


Soft Leaves

 
In the Forest
 
                     

 
Passenger Jet


Lunch Time


Man & Dog


Monarch Butterfly


San Francisco from Moraga Street Hill


No More War


North of Bodega Bay


Northern California Coastal Fog


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