Tag Archives: Messier

New Thanksgiving Space Photos!

Posted on December 1, 2025 by aknudson

New observations of the Pleiades cluster, M74 and M77 galaxies, NGC 6888 (the Crescent nebula), and a revisit to the Orion nebula. Continue reading →

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Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) (and Some Other New Stuff)

Posted on October 22, 2025 by aknudson

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 →

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Looking for an elephant, and finding some new clusters

Posted on October 15, 2025 by aknudson

One last try to catch the Elephant’s Trunk nebula, plus some new globular clusters and galaxies. Continue reading →

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That Supernova Was Weirder Than We Thought

Posted on August 24, 2025 by aknudson

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 →

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Three Strikes and a Couple Hits

Posted on August 23, 2025 by aknudson

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 →

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Unveiling… the Veil Nebula!

Posted on August 22, 2025 by aknudson

I took some new pictures with my eVscope 2, realized I was out of focus, and then got some nice shots of the Veil Nebula – which for some reason, doesn’t show up normally in the telescope’s list of available targets. Continue reading →

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My Current Top 10 Space Photos

Posted on August 9, 2025 by aknudson

I lay out my top 10 favorite images, captured by my Unistellar eVscope 2 telescope, from the back porch of my home. Continue reading →

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Revisiting Some Favorites, And a New Nebula

Posted on July 31, 2025 by aknudson

I had a clear night a couple nights ago, without high clouds, and decided to give it a go. I was happy with what I captured! The first image is a new object (for me) – the Little Dumbbell Nebula. … Continue reading →

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Maybe my new favorite picture

Posted on July 1, 2025 by aknudson

It’s been clear the last few nights, and I got some new photos. The first night I focused on galaxies that I’d not yet captured, and I got two new ones that are part of a cluster of galaxies referred … Continue reading →

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A couple revisits, a couple new ones

Posted on June 18, 2025 by aknudson

Despite the high clouds, I made another attempt a couple nights ago. Unfortunately, most of my long exposures got interrupted, and so I got two good images and one mediocre image. On the plus side, the mediocre one has 2 … Continue reading →

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