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 | Sh2-224 Rice Hat Nebula – Randy Smith I have been imaging the deep sky from my Saddlebrooke backyard since 2020. Astrophotography has become one of my primary retirement activities taking advantage of our Tucson dark skies. |
 | NGC 2359, Thor’s Helmet – Mark Savan |
 | M63, Sunflower Galaxy – Mike Mulcahy A friend introduced me to astro imaging in 2011 and it has been my near full time hobby since. Keeping up with the ever-evolving imaging technologies is challenging and fun and Tucson is an excellent place to do it. |
 | M106 – David Stearn I started my journey in Deep Sky Astrophotography in January, 2023. Prior to starting this hobby I knew 0.0 about astronomy and astro imaging. |
 | NGC 3521, Bubble Galaxy – Doug Summers A long time astronomy engineering professional and avid visual observer, I switched to astrophotography in 2020. My goal is capturing images in visual wavelengths that are depicted in true color, as “real” and accurate to the subject’s chemistry as my equipment and processing will allow. |
 | Jupiter – Gregg Ruppel |
 | Sh2-308 Dolphin Nebula – Jeff Rothstein I’ve been imaging since 2021 with a focus on deep sky objects and occasional attention to the Moon. |
 | Saturn, John Kalas Saturn is arguably the most fascinating object to observe, certainly it is the best planet. This image was taken in Tucson, AZ on February 14, 2004 when the ring was nearly at its maximum tilt angle (26 degrees vs. 29 degrees maximum). The wide Cassini Division is clearly visible along with the fainter Enke Division further out from the planet. Banding on the planet is also visible. The image was taken through a 130mm f/6 apochromatic refractor telescope using a video webcam. Approximately 600 .AVI frames were processed with Registax to form the image. |
 | Cave Nebula, Dean Salman aken with Epsilon 160 F/3.3 astrograph using SBIG ST-10 XME CCD Camera; total exposure of 5 hours 40 minutes using standard red, green, and blue filters. Hydrogen-Alpha filter used to preserve blue reflection nebula; CCD Commander automation imaging to capture image over 3-night period. |
 | Horsehead and Flame, Dean Salman |
 | Jellyfish Nebula, Dean Salman Taken with MakNewt 8 inch F/4 astrograph using the SBIG ST-10 XME CCD Camera. I used narrowband filters: Sulfur II for red, Hydrogen-Alpha for green, and Oxygen III for blue to map colors. Total exposure increases with use of narrowband filters; 14 hours over 10 nights; CCD Commander automated imaging. |
 | Sh2-216, Dean Salman Second closest planetary to earth taken using Epsilon 160 F/3.3 astrograph using the SBIG STL-6303 XE CCD Camera. I had to use a hydrogen-alpha filter otherwise this kind of detail would not be possible in the 9 hours of exposure time. This image is by far the most published image in a number of books and was one of the four images published in Sky and Telescope’s Beautiful Universe 2008. |
 | Volcano Nebula, Dean Salman Galactic dust cloud over the Milk Way Galaxy; seen because of the star shine of most red and blue stars giving it color. Taken with Epsilon 160 F/3.3 astrograph using the SBIG STL-6303 XE CCD Camera; 6-hour exposure; taken in the dark skies over New Mexico. (Image published in Astronomy Magazine, September 2007 Issue.) |
 | (M31) Andromeda Galaxy, Keith Schlottman This is an LRGB image taken at the Okie-Tex Star Party in October, 2008. Words cannot express the beauty of this galaxy. |
 | M33 the Triangulum Galaxy, Keith Schlottman This spiral galaxy may be a satellite galaxy to M31. LRGB image taken over several nights between 10/19-10/22/06. M33 is about 3 million light years from us and has many visible star-forming “HII” regions. |
 | Diffuse Nebula M8 – The Lagoon Nebula, Keith Schlottman Messier Objects are some of the brightest and most beautiful of all deep space objects visible in a telescope. This image of M8 is among images of the Messier Objects taken at Xanadu Observatory or during TAAA star parties. |
 | NGC 6979, Pickering’s Wedge, Keith Schlottman This is a narrowband image taken in October, 2008 over several nights, using the Hubble pallet (SII=Red, Ha=Green, OIII=Blue) |