A Tale of Two Galaxies
M81 and M82 make a popular pair of galaxies, they’re close enough to have aContinue Reading
Two Lagoons
Many astrophotos are captured using a monochrome camera and a variety of specialized glass filtersContinue Reading
Easy Color Mapping in Photoshop
Here’s an easy exercise you can do in Photoshop to learn how I color mapContinue Reading
Look What’s Hiding Behind the Stars – Spaghetti Edition
The Spaghetti Nebula is the remains of a supernova that occurred about 40,000 years agoContinue Reading
StarNet V2 or StarXTerminator?
It’s an age-old question as fiercely debated as Coke or Pepsi, Canon or Nikon, boxersContinue Reading
Look What’s Hiding Among the Stars
Thor’s Helmet (NGC 2359) imaged in HSO by Craig Stocks. Most images of this regionContinue Reading
What you See and What you Get
My wife and I were walking up to the mailbox last night and I lookedContinue Reading
Color Mapping – We get to Choose
I approach astrophotography as a form of fine art – meaning that my main motivationContinue Reading
Too Many Stars?
As an astrophotographer you’d think I like stars – and I do. But what IContinue Reading
Wow, What a Witch!
The Witch Head Nebula is a dim reflection nebula near the bright star Rigel (Orion’sContinue Reading