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I'm curious, too. Even good images of this are relatively rare. I tried collecting data from the 'burbs with an 80mm refractor, and after 3 hours I can stack and stretch to the utmost and just see...

Hi, uwe! Great sketch. Thanks for the report. Val

Thanks for the feedback, Reiner! Yes, those are great images! I had seen Mr. Block's but not the other. In fact, that is partly how I figured out what I was looking at. Thanks. My image was...

Hey, folks,

I found this nebula difficult to image from the 'burbs, though this image is just taken through an LPR filter. The nebula is found more or less within the boundaries of the Hyades. ...

I ended up going to the 3RF site for a couple of nights. Between two weekends around the new moon each month, 3RF has open campus week and the place is open and welcoming to observers. There were...

Thanks, Preston. I think the idea would be to stay all night. Time under a west Texas sky during new moon is precious enough to ensure that sleep will be forgotten. Also, I'm trying to avoid a...

Let's suppose one had some time around the new moon in July to drive out to West Texas to do some imaging and observing. Where would one go? Stay? Would be happy to hear ideas or leads. Please...

Hi. First post.

We had a long stretch of great weather in southeast Texas last weekend, and I took these from the backyard:

M96

NGC 4725

M64