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


	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

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

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

9-9-2016
The bright bluish star is Gamma Cassiopeiae.....read more

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

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

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

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