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Thoughts - Comet Stacking Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy moving against background stars over 60 minutes. http://www.universallens.net/thoughts/2014/11/29/processing-m31-in-pixinsight monthly 0.5 2014-11-30 http://www.universallens.net/thoughts/2014/11/23/tony-hallas-on-dslr-astrophotography monthly 0.5 2014-11-23 http://www.universallens.net/thoughts/2014/11/1/insignificance monthly 0.5 2014-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53c1e448e4b047b013838e10/1414906166298-7RL6SRJP8PT9U4N2NG1S/image.jpg Thoughts - Insignificance vs. Self-importance http://www.universallens.net/thoughts/2014/9/4/ring-nebula-imaging-session-and-a-meteor monthly 0.5 2014-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53c1e448e4b047b013838e10/1409853760441-AZ2UL01MZ9TMDNTV0O4J/m57initial Thoughts - Ring Nebula Imaging Session and a Meteor! M57, captured on September 2nd, 2014 from Lakewood, CO. Stack of 30 lights, 10 darks, and 10 bias frames. Stacked image, with no post-processing. http://www.universallens.net/thoughts/2014/8/5/new-gear-jinx-jinx monthly 0.5 2014-08-06 http://www.universallens.net/thoughts/2014/7/25/new-gear-jinx monthly 0.5 2014-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53c1e448e4b047b013838e10/1406324893538-JSICU2N7LXC9F279BSJD/dunesweather Thoughts - New Gear Jinx Sky forecast for July 25th and July 26th. I bet I can jinx this weather. http://www.universallens.net/thoughts/2014/7/23/publishing-day monthly 0.5 2014-07-24 http://www.universallens.net/thoughts/2014/7/22/the-pale-blue-dot monthly 0.5 2014-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53c1e448e4b047b013838e10/1406164576778-Y5ZQJ7P1HH929W1B19K4/palebluedot Thoughts - The Pale Blue Dot The Pale Blue Dot, taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft at approximately 3,700,000,000 miles away from Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53c1e448e4b047b013838e10/1406165041493-D79YHJIIA5JSXML7W2U4/image-asset.jpeg Thoughts - The Pale Blue Dot The Day the Earth Smiled, taken by the Cassini spacecraft at approximately 1,000,000,000 miles away from Earth. http://www.universallens.net/astro daily 1.0 2014-12-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53c1e448e4b047b013838e10/1406161543678-F5YRDC1PHQFD94APDIWK/image-asset.jpeg Astrophotography - Transient https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53c1e448e4b047b013838e10/1405270662663-DPUXKJ60T6G2CU0UAT07/Bloodmoon+Final+Processed+18.jpg Astrophotography - Luna Totality This frame was taken on April 15th, 2014, at 2:14 AM Mountain Time, near the end of totality of the lunar eclipse Shot with a Canon 60D, TeleVue 76mm refractor, 2x Powermate, Atlas EQ-G mount. Processed with PixInsight and Aperture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53c1e448e4b047b013838e10/1405270245152-WFMIUYXGIIXU0A5JGHPN/Orion+final+1.jpg Astrophotography - M42 - The Orion Nebula This is the final image of M42, stretched and processed from a stack of 50 frames. This nebula is in the dagger hanging from Orion's belt. To the naked eye, it appears as a single (but slightly fuzzy) star. It is 24 light years across, and is around 1,300 light years from Earth. In the very center of the photograph is a tight cluster of four stars, called The Trapezium. Those stars a very young, and provide the energy that illuminates the colorful nebula around it. Think of a lightbulb inside of a lampshade. "But see, Orion sheds unwholesome dews; Arise, the pines a noxious shade diffuse; Sharp Boreas blows, and Nature feels decay, Time conquers all, and we must Time obey." - Alexander Pope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53c1e448e4b047b013838e10/1415071271502-F74ERKFRUTNBVQWE4JKH/NH+Flag+Final.jpg Astrophotography - Territories - The Milky Way from New Hampshire This image was taken during an annual vacation I take with my closest friends. The Milky Way rises over our rental house, reminding us that we are citizens of the universe. This photo reminds me of one of my favorite musical lyrics: "Better the pride that resides In a citizen of the world Than the pride that divides When a colorful rag is unfurled" - Rush, "Territories" This was taken with a Canon 60D, EFS 15-85 lens, tripod, and iOptron SkyTracker. It is a single frame, with no stacking or dark / bias frames. Processed in Adobe Photoshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53c1e448e4b047b013838e10/1406060810683-TRYE82ZXPM9U0V4A3QEL/IMG_6346.jpg Astrophotography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53c1e448e4b047b013838e10/1417304699404-7V66DZ7753ERKAAR105U/Finalv2.jpg Astrophotography - M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy - Wide This image of M31, The Andromeda Galaxy, is a combination of my original "close-up" of M31, along with a stack of 40 "wide-field" images taken from my backyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53c1e448e4b047b013838e10/1419467464713-XOX7ZMH8JRKY8J9F8AHL/Comet+C2014+Q2+Lovejoy.jpg Astrophotography - Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy My first comet photo, Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, a long period comet discovered in August of 2014. This photo was taken on December 23 24, 2014, when the comet was about a magnitude 7. Captured with a TeleVue-76 on an Atlas EQ-G (tracked, not guided), and a Canon 60-D DSLR. 98 Subs @ 15 seconds, ISO 1600. 15 Darks. 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