On the coast in Napa county, Northern California, sits Salt Point State Park. It is a great place to go camping and get away for a few days. Here are a few photos from
Approximately 1,500 light years away from the state on the West Coast is the California Nebula, NGC 1499. Discovered by E. E. Bernard in 1884, it gets its name from the similar shape to
Located about 7,500 light-years from Earth are IC 1805 and IC 1848, the Heart and Soul Nebulae. Also shown is IC 1795, the Fish Head nebula. These nebulae are large star-forming complexes making up
For a short period this year Yosemite National Park went to a day use reservation system, limiting crowds due to Covid 19. We took advantage of the situation, making our reservation and heading into
IC1396, or the Elephant Trunk Nebula, can be found in the constellation Cepheus. This is an image I took over multiple nights in June and July. It is called the Elephant Trunk Nebula due
The constellation Cygnus boasts many great deep space objects. I have previously imaged the Eastern Veil Nebula, the Dumbbell Nebula, and the North America and Pelican Nebulae, all located in Cygnus. This image is
NGC7000, the North America Nebula, is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. It received the name due to the distinctive shape resembling the North America continent. Sitting next to NGC7000 is the Pelican
Globular Clusters are collections of stars that orbit a galactic core. They are spherical in shape due to gravity tightly bounding the stars together. These star clusters are fairly common, with over 150 known
In April 1990 NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope. Above the distortion of the atmosphere, Hubble has an unobstructed view of the universe. In 1995 Hubble captured an image containing 3 pillars of gas
In the last post, M27: The Dumbbell, I wrote about a stars’ finite life. M27 is a planetary nebula, the result of a dying star of intermediate size. A massive star goes from star