As much as I enjoy taking my telescope out to the driveway and shooting some pictures, there are a number of objects that I have recently added to my gallery that are nearly impossible to image from my location with the equipment that I have. The Whirlpool galaxy was one of those objects. I had tried numerous times to get… Read more »

Since the addition of a focal reducer and a guide cam to my arsenal, I’ve been taking lots of images that would have previously been far more difficult. Lately, I’ve been focusing on galaxies. From the pictures, it’s hard to get a feel for how far away these objects actually are. The light from these galaxies has been traveling for… Read more »