Wide Field Gallery

Moon in Hyades Canon 6D, 200mm lens @f/8. Single exposure, 2 seconds. Processing: PS and CC. Apr. 2018 Photo: John Asztalos

Gemini Region incl. M35 Modified Canon 60D DSLR, Rokinon 85mm lens, Fornax LighTrack II tracking mount. 3x6 min subs. Processing: Nebulosity and Photoshop. Apr 2018 Photo by: Tamas Kriska

Mars, Saturn, and M22 Remote from New Mexico. 15 sec narrowband OIII image. Mar 2018 Photo by: Frank Kenney

Gemini Widefield - M35 From Harrington Beach. Canon DSLR with red sensitive chip, with L series 24-105 lens, shot at 105. 8 * 2 min. Processed with Nebulosity. Mar. 2018 Photo by: Tom Schmidtkunz

Auriga Widefield - M36, M37, and M38 From Harrington Beach. Canon DSLR with red sensitive chip, with L series 24-105 lens, shot at 105. 10 * 2 min. Processed with Nebulosity. Mar. 2018 Photo by: Tom Schmidtkunz

Heart & Soul Nebulas Canon T3i DSLR Piggyback on B-Scope. Lens: Canon 200mm F2.8 lens stopped down to F4. ISO 1600. 16 exposures at 4 minutes, total 64 minutes. Processing: Pixinsight and Photoshop. Feb. 2018 Photo by: Paul Borchardt

Andromeda Galaxy Taken from Bartlett Lake, Arizona. Camera: Canon 5D Mark IV. 112 subs, each of 15 seconds. 28 minutes total exposure. Nov. 2017 Photo: Arun Hegde

Orion Nebula Taken from Chandler, Arizona. Camera: 5D Mark IV, Lens: 400mm at f/5.6. iOptron Skytracker Pro. 76 x 16 seconds. Dec. 2017 Photo: Arun Hegde

Horsehead and Flame Nebulas Taken from Bartlett Lake, Arizona. Camera: 5D Mark IV, Lens: 400mm at f/5.6. iOptron Skytracker Pro. 159 x 15 seconds. Dec. 2017 Photo: Arun Hegde

North American Nebula Canon Rebel-XT camera with IR filter removed. 5 3-minute exposures. Processing in Nebulosity. Sep. 2017 Photo: Tom Schmidtkunz

Sagittarius Teapot Region Camera: Sony A500 DSLR, 50mm F/1.7 lens set at F/2.5. ISO 3200, 7 Sec Exposure, 30 shots = 3.5 Minutes total exp. Stacked and edited in PS. Jul. 2017 Photo by: Jason Doyle

NGC 6960 / 6992 - Veil Nebula Canon T3i piggyback on B-Scope. ISO 1600, f/5.6.  Total exposure: 60 minutes. 20 exposures at 180 seconds. Stacking done in Nebulosity and processing done in both Nebulosity and Photoshop. Oct. 2016 Photo: Paul Borchardt

Sharpless 171 Canon T3i and a Canon 200mm telephoto stopped down to F4 with a light pollution filter mounted piggy back on B-scope, no guiding. 31 4 minute exposures for a total of 124 minutes. Processing was done in both Nebulosity and Photoshop. Oct. 2016 Photo: Paul Borchardt

Northern Cross Region From the North Woods StarFest. DSLR at 1600 ISO with a 50mm lens stopped down to F2.8. Unfiltered. Image is a stack of 20 three minute exposures. Stacking and post processing done in Nebulosity and Photoshop. There were no filters used on any of these images. Field size 21d x 17d. Aug 2016 Photo: Paul Borchardt

Milky Way From the North Woods StarFest. DSLR at 1600 ISO with a 50mm lens stopped down to F2.8. Unfiltered. Image is a stack of 20 three minute exposures. Stacking and post processing done in Nebulosity and Photoshop. There were no filters used on any of these images. Field size 21d x 17d. Aug 2016 Photo: Paul Borchardt

NGC 7000 Remote from NM. TAK FSQ-ED 106 refractor, and SBIG Universal camera Sept 2015 Photo by: Tom Schmidtkunz

Scutum Star Cloud and Milky Way Galaxy  Digital photo taken with a Pentax DSLR from the MAS Campout in August 2010. 55mm F2.8. 14 @ 30 seconds each stacked for a total equal to a 7 minute exposure. Center of the 17 x 25 degree field is RA 18hr 45min, Dec. -12 degrees.  Look for M16 and M17 in the lower right of the image and M11 can be seem near the upper third. Photo by: Paul Borchardt

NGC 3372 - Eta Carinae 120 mm f/2.8, ASA 200 slide, 25 min exp. Haleakala, Maui, HI, May 2000 Photo by: Paul Borchardt

Sagittarius star cloud 50 mm f/4, ASA 400, 30 min exp. Haleakala, Maui, HI May 2000 Photo by: Paul Borchardt