Category Archives: Space on the back porch
It’s Triplets!
Three new photos; two of the Leo Triplets, and one of M98, which needed a better shot. Continue reading
A Few Good Spring Nights in Seattle
More space photos from my back porch, including the Sombrero, Southern Pinwheel, and Antenna galaxies (plus NGC 2403), and the Owl and North American nebulae. Continue reading
Wait, There Are Two Whirlpool Galaxies?
I get a few pictures on the first clear night in a while (yay Seattle in the winter). I did get a few old favorites, but the prize of the night was M83, the Southern Whirlpool Galaxy. Unfortunately, since it’s so low in the sky, there’s a TON of haze. Continue reading
A Bat, a Horse, and an Eye Walk Into a Bar…
More pictures from my eVscope2, including the Cosmic Bat nebula, the Horsehead nebula, the Flame nebula, the Iris nebula, and M66 (a galaxy). Continue reading
First Clear Night in 2 months
More pictures from my back porch, using an eVscope 2 telescope. Continue reading
New Thanksgiving Space Photos!
New observations of the Pleiades cluster, M74 and M77 galaxies, NGC 6888 (the Crescent nebula), and a revisit to the Orion nebula. Continue reading
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) (and Some Other New Stuff)
New targets! Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is beautiful, and I get a nice shot of both the Iris and Crab Nebulae. And maybe Ceres? Continue reading
Looking for an elephant, and finding some new clusters
One last try to catch the Elephant’s Trunk nebula, plus some new globular clusters and galaxies. Continue reading
That Supernova Was Weirder Than We Thought
Those pictures of a supernova from May of 2023? Turns out they’re maybe from a very weird kind of supernova, that’s been theorized, but not observed (until now?). Continue reading
Three Strikes and a Couple Hits
I try to find a few new nebulae to add to my collection, and while I struck out, I get a couple good shots of some old friends. Continue reading
