DAVE MASON   ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY


Creating an astro photograph is a complex endeavor. It is a combination of advanced computer technology, enabling extremely long exposures, and an understanding of image processing, giving a staggering view of the wonders of the night sky, mostly invisible to the naked eye!

 


Images captured with a ZWO ASI 071 MC Pro camera from February 2019

 

         
         
     
  November 2020   July 2020  
  The Dubble Cluster in Perseus lie at a distance of 7,500 light years...read more   C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) or Comet NEOWISE is a long period comet...read more  
         
     
  November 2020   November 2020  
  The Wizard Nebula is located in the constellation Cepheus...read more   The Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635, is 7 light-years across...read more  
         
     
  August 2020   September 2020.  
  IC 1848, The Soul Nebula, is an emission nebula located in Cassiopeia...read more   VdB 14 and vdB 15 are reflection nebulae in the constellation Camelopardalis...read more  
         
     
  July 2020   November 2019  
  NGC 7822, this glowing star forming region lies about 3,000 light-years from the Earth...read more   The Lion Nebula, or Sharpless 132, is a very faint emission-type nebula...read more  
         
     
  June 2020   March 2020  
  The Elephant's Trunk nebula (bottom) is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396...read more   IC 443, Jellyfish Nebula, a supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini...read more  
         
     
  November 2019   August 2020  
  The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus...read more

  The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the constellation Cassiopeia...........read more  
         
  M101    
  August - 2019   September - 2019  
  M101, also known as The Pinwheel Galaxy, is a large galaxy comparable in size to the Milky Way......read more   Sh2-101, Tulip Nebula, an emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus...read more  
         
     
  July - 2019   Feb - 2019  
  Messier 13, The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, is about 145 light-years in diameter...read more   The Flame Nebula & Horsehead Nebula designated as NGC 2024 and Sh2-277, is an emission nebula in the constellation Orion......read more  
         
         
     
  Feb - March 2019   March-April 2019  
  The Cone Nebula is an H II region in the constellation of Monoceros...read more   The nebula at the top of the image is IC 417. It is an emission nebula...read more  
         
         


Images captured with a Canon 40D dslr camera between September 2015 and February 2019

       
      13-10-2018  
      Lynds Dark Nebula 1235...read more  
         
     
  13-2-2018   5-9-2018  
  The California Nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus...read more   NGC 6820 is an emissions nebula with a diameter of 50 light years in the constellation Vulpecula...read more  
         
       
  4-5-2018      
  M51 is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici...read more      
         
     
  20-3-2018
IC410 Tadpoles Nebula is a dusty emission nebula located in the constellation of Auriga...read more
  19-4-2018
The Leo Triplet is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away...read more
 
         
     
  The Cave Nebula is a diffuse nebula in the constellation Cepheus...read more   7-2-2018
Pleiades, M45, or Seven Sisters, approx 440 light years from the Earth......read more
 
         
     
  14-11-2017
The North America Nebula is large, but its surface brightness is low....read more
 

8-11-2017
The Pelican Nebula is an H II region in the constellation Cygnus....read more

 

 
         
    NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula  
  2-4-17
M44 - Beehive Cluster, also known as Praesepe....read more
  14-10-2017
The Crescent Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus........read more
 
         
     
  8-5-2017
The Moon, at a distance of approx 384,400 km......read more
  30-5-2017
The Waxing Moon, a mosaic of 14 images....read more
 
         
     
  19 & 27-4-2017
The Bode's Nebula, M81, is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away....read more
  31-7-2016
The Iris Nebula, also NGC 7023, is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus.......read more
 
         
       
  19-2-2017
IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula, is an emission/reflection nebula in the constellation
Auriga.....read more
     
         
       
      10-2-2017
Great Orion Nebula, M42, situated in the Milky Way........read more
 
         
     
  4&5-12- 2016
The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years from Earth.....read more
  5-1-2017
The Soul Nebula is an emission nebula located in Cassiopeia.......read more
 
         
     
  25-11-2016
Andromeda Galaxy, M31, is a spiral galaxy approx 2,5 million.....read more
  28-11-2016
North America Nebula, NGC 7000, approx 1600 light years from the Earth......read more
 
         
       
  25-10-2016
IC 5146 the Cocoon Nebula is a reflection nebula and in the constellation Cygnus....read more
 
 
         
      Fireworks Galaxy  
      15-10-2016
The Fireworks Galaxy is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 18 million light-years away!......read more
 
         
     
  9-9-2016
Gamma Cygni is the star located at the intersection of the Northern Cross....read more
  12-9-2016
NGC 281, also known as the Pacman Nebula for its resemblance to the video game character....read more
 
         
    Ghosts of Cassiopeiae  
      9-9-2016
The bright bluish star is Gamma Cassiopeiae.....read more
 
         
         
         
  Tulip Nebula   Eastern Veil Nebula  
  12-8-2016
The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle.....read more
  7-9-2016
The Eastern Veil Nebula, is a cloud of heated and ionized gas in the constellation Cygnus....read more
 
         
  Western Veil Nebula    
         
         
  Dumbbell Nebula   Iris Nebula  
  6-8-2016
The Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula.....read more
  7-3-2016
The Rosette Nebula is an emission nebula, a large star forming region in the constellation Monoceros, the Unicorn......read more
 
         
      Pinwheel Nebula  
     

 

 
         
  Mercury Transit 2016   Sun The Sun  
  The Mercury Transit May 9th 2016......read more   18-7-2016
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.............read more
 
         
  Jupiter   The Heart Nebula  
  17-3-2016
Jupiter's distance from Earth is at its closest point, 588 million kilometers.....read more
  20-7-2016
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest....read more
 
         
    Rosette Nebula  
         
         
  The Moon   Pleiades  
         
         
  Great Orion Nebula   North America Nebula  
         
         
Gamma Cygni Perseids Cocoon Nebula Andromeda Galaxy M33 Triangulum Galaxy Soul Nebula Saturn Orion Nebula Flaming Star Nebula Iris Nebula Rosette Nebula Bode's Nebula The Moon Waxing Moon Beehive Cluster NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula Cygnus Wall Pelican Nebula Cave Nebula IC 410 Tadpoles Nebula Leo Triplet M51 Whirlpool Galaxy NGC 1499 California Nebula NGC 6823 LDN 1235 IC 417 Flame & Horsehead Nebula M13 Heart Nebula ElephntsTrunkNebula NGC 7822 SoulNebula tulipNebula WizardNebula BubbleNebula DubbleCluster Comet Neowise