Lunar Imaging
Lunar Imaging March 22, 2021 I was imaging Needle Galaxy for the past three nights, but the moon was getting too bright in the sky and...
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TJ Connolly
Mar 9, 20211 min read
Crab Nebula M1
The Crab Nebula, M1, a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus. It is the remnants of a bright supernova observed by Chinese...
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TJ Connolly
Dec 22, 20201 min read
Christmas Tree Cluster
The Christmas Tree Cluster and Cone Nebula in the constellation Monoceros. Imaged from my backyard in Upstate New York with a Celestron...
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TJ Connolly
Dec 20, 20201 min read
Helix Nebula
The Helix Nebula, a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius. It is approximately 655 light years away from earth. A...
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TJ Connolly
Nov 13, 20201 min read
Solar Presentation
November 17th, 2020, at 8:00pm EST (following their monthly meeting), I’m presenting a solar viewing and imaging the sun presentation via...
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TJ Connolly
Nov 10, 20201 min read
Mars 2020
Mars from last night, November 9, 2020, 2220hrs UTC, with some decent seeing conditions. I put this with my Mars capture from October 30,...
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TJ Connolly
Nov 7, 20201 min read
Sun Calcium K AR12781
Solar imaging this morning from the SkyShed POD with my son with the Lunt 80mm, Calcium K filter and the 60mm Hydrogen Alpha scope. The...
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TJ Connolly
Oct 20, 20201 min read
Superman Galaxy
Superman Galaxy, NGC7479, a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy is approximately 105 million light years away....
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TJ Connolly
Oct 1, 20201 min read
NGC253
The Sculptor Galaxy, NGC253, an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. This is another low target for me as the galaxy...
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TJ Connolly
Sep 22, 20201 min read
Triangulum Galaxy
This was an awesome collaboration between Drew Evans, Jeffrey Horne and me. Drew used his Celestron RASA 11” with a ZWO ASI1600mm-pro,...
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TJ Connolly
Sep 19, 20201 min read
The Skull Nebula
The Skull Nebula, also known as NGC246 or Caldwell 56. This is a planetary nebula in the constellation Cetus. The nebula gets its name...
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TJ Connolly
Sep 14, 20201 min read
Pleiades - M45
Pleiades - M45, the beautiful blue color open star cluster in Taurus. This was one of the several targets I tested the new auto focus...
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TJ Connolly
Aug 20, 20201 min read
SkyShedPOD First Light
The past few days we had torrential down pours, strong wind and there was not one drop of water in the SkyShed POD. I now trust the POD...
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TJ Connolly
Aug 8, 20201 min read
C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, M53 and NGC5053
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE with Globular Star Cluster M53 to the right and Globular Star Cluster NGC5053 in the comet’s dust tail. Also in...
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TJ Connolly
Aug 5, 20201 min read
Our Sun
This morning, I tested the ZWO ASIair Pro’s new video feature with the Lunt Solar Scopes. It was too windy to drag the Lunt 152 out, but...
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TJ Connolly
Jul 30, 20201 min read
Farewell C/2020 F3 NEOWISE
Farewell Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE. See you in 6,800 years on your next pass around the sun. This was an exciting month of imaging and...
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TJ Connolly
Jul 23, 20201 min read
Comet NEOWISE
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE through a Pentax 200mm lens and the ZWO ASI294mc-pro on an iOptron Sky Guider Pro Mount. I captured this image...
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TJ Connolly
Jul 17, 20201 min read
C/2020 F3 NEOWISE and meteor
Here is Comet C/2020 F3 EOWISE at 200mm focal length with a small meteor passing in the frame. Imaged with the Canon T5i and the Pentax 2...
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TJ Connolly
Jul 16, 20201 min read
Comet NEOWISE
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE is now an evening comet putting on a great show after sunset. At my location, Upstate New York, at Latitude 44, I...
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TJ Connolly
Jul 12, 20201 min read
Trifid and Lagoon Nebula
This is a wide field image I captured of the Trifid Nebula and Lagoon Nebula in the constellation Sagittarius. No filters were used in...
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