Astrophotography (mostly) and Other Space Stuff…..

Sweetman Astrophotography

Hello,

I’m Mike

I hope you’ll join me as I explore the amazing universe of astrophotography. This hobby can seem overwhelming at first, but it I find it to be perspective changing and inspiring.

The Moon and Jupiter from last night. Lunar and planetary imaging is quite different from deep space imaging, and I'm just starting out in this space. The moon is much more forgiving of poor technique than the planets, but I'm happy with what I've learned in the last two months. Last peek at the moon before BigSnow hits…. Saw a strange orange ball in the sky for like the 1st time in 2 weeks. Panorama shot of the Orion molecular cloud complex. This was captured in early December over four nights. Focus was on capturing the Horsehead and Flame Nebulae and then the second panel on the Great Nebula in Orion. NGC 1499, the California Nebula. This is the first image that I’ve completed with the two sequence dual narrowband filter. I used the DB-Xtract PixInsight plugin to separate the Ha, SII, and OIII channels and then processed with a narrowband workflow. First Quarter Moon from 12/27 Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas captured November 28, 2025 Getting started on the California Nebula (NGC 1499)…still have to add in the SII data. Had some spare time waiting for other targets to rise, so I returned to Andromeda, about 7 hours total captured over 3 nights in late November.

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