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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...
TJ Connolly
Sep 14, 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...
TJ Connolly
Aug 19, 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...
TJ Connolly
Aug 8, 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...
TJ Connolly
Aug 5, 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...
TJ Connolly
Jul 29, 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...
TJ Connolly
Jul 22, 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...
TJ Connolly
Jul 17, 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...
TJ Connolly
Jul 16, 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...
TJ Connolly
Jul 11, 20201 min read


Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE
This morning at 3:30 AM, I met my buddy Mike Carter, and we imaged Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE from a field on a hilltop in Peru, New York. I...
TJ Connolly
Jul 9, 20201 min read


Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE
Finally! A naked eye comet in the morning sky. Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE was discovered in March 27, 2020, by the NEOWISE (Wide-Field Infra...
TJ Connolly
Jul 6, 20202 min read


Pelican Nebula
The Pelican Nebula (Pterodactyl Nebula) in the constellation Cygnus. This is an emission nebula, rich in ionized hydrogen and is the...
TJ Connolly
Jun 25, 20201 min read


TJ Connolly
Jun 21, 20201 min read


Ghost of Cepheus
The Ghost of Cepheus, a reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus. It can be located in sky charts as Sh2-136 or VdB 141. A...
TJ Connolly
Jun 19, 20201 min read


TJ Connolly
Jun 17, 20201 min read


Barnard 150
Barnard 150, a dark nebula in the constellation Cepheus. Does it look like a person running? Does it look like a sea horse? A dark nebula...
TJ Connolly
Jun 16, 20201 min read


A New Sunspot Group, AR12765
Today, June 5, 2020, I took out the Lunt Engineering 80mm refractor with the Lunt B1200 Calcium K module. I mounted it on the Celestron...
TJ Connolly
Jun 5, 20202 min read


Whirlpool Galaxy, M51
The Whirlpool Galaxy, Messier 51, in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is an interacting spiral galaxy that is approximately 23...
TJ Connolly
May 30, 20201 min read


The Black Eye Galaxy, M64
The Black Eye Galaxy, Messier 64, a spiral galaxy located approximately 20 million light years away in the constellation Coma Berenices....
TJ Connolly
May 28, 20201 min read


LDN1251
After a week stretch of clear and moonless nights of imaging at F7, I put the Hyperstar back on the Celestron 9.25” EdgeHD, to do some...
TJ Connolly
May 24, 20201 min read
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