New Astro Photography Store at http://www.astrolavista.etsy.com Over the years Jim Matzger has done quite a bit of Astro Photography at the Astro La Vista Observatory. He has become a highly regarded Astro Photographer in the Astrobin Community where he is currently ranked among the top 30 Astro Photographers among a total membership of over 50,000.Continue reading “New Astro La Vista Store”
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Milky Way Photo Shoots take you to interesting Dark Sky locations!
In case you were in any doubt, the Astro La Vista Observatory Website is a hobby site, not a business site. I left the business world some years ago and am lucky to be able to spend my time not only photographing the night sky from the Astro La Vista Observatory, but also on MilkyContinue reading “Milky Way Photo Shoots take you to interesting Dark Sky locations!”
About Starizona Hyperstar…
Starizona Hyperstar is a device sold by Starizona to convert a slow f/10 Schmidt Cassegrain telescope into a super fast F/2 camera lens. The idea always seemed appealing to me since I have a Celestron EdgeHD 11 inch Schmidt Cassegrain to use it on. Some years ago I bought a Starizona Hyperstar device, but sadlyContinue reading “About Starizona Hyperstar…”
Thor’s Helmet – NGC 2359
Thor’s Helmet is a cosmic cloud which lies about 12 thousand light years away and has a width of about 30 light years. I imaged this with a 6 inch refractor and narrow band filters. Additional information can be found on Astrobin. http://www.astrobin.com/287892/?nc=user
Messier 1 – Crab Nebula
This deep sky object is called the Crab Nebula. It is a supernova remnant that was the first Messier Object – M1. It is located in the Constellation Taurus and is a Milky Way Galaxy resident that is about 6500 light years away. Messier was tired of finding objects like this when he was searchingContinue reading “Messier 1 – Crab Nebula”
Messier 109 barred galaxy…
We had some clear skies which provided an opportunity to photograph this barred galaxy that is located right next to one of the stars in the big dipper. It was taken through a five inch refractor with thirteen hours of exposures. More data is available at my Astrobin site. http://astrob.in/285044/0/
The Spaghetti Nebula – Simeis 147
From Wikipedia: Simeis 147, also known as the Spaghetti Nebula, SNR G180.0-01.7 or Sharpless 2-240, is a supernova remnant (SNR) in the Milky Way, straddling the border between the constellations Auriga and Taurus. Discovered in 1952 at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory using a 25-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, it is difficult to observe due to its extremelyContinue reading “The Spaghetti Nebula – Simeis 147”
Recent Images
I have been rather lackadaisical about adding recent images to my website. If you are curious about what I am up to, you can find some here: http://www.astrobin.com/users/blueangel/
Mosaic of the Cygnus Region of the Milky Way
This is a mosaic of 18 separate panels taken through an H-Alpha filter with the Rokinon 135mm f2.0 lens piggy backed on the Celestron C11 telescope. Each panel was produced by stacking 20 images comprised of 5 and 10 minute exposures. The total exposure time was 45 hours. The picture includes the Veil Nebula, North American Nebula, Pelican Nebula, TulipContinue reading “Mosaic of the Cygnus Region of the Milky Way”
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