Explore the universe from my backyard

Gallery

Every image in this gallery was captured from my own backyard, revealing the incredible beauty of the night sky from home.

How I capture the Cosmos

I often get questions about how I capture my astrophotography images. The link below will take you to a few pages that walk you through my process—from planning and shooting deep-sky objects to stacking and editing the final image. See what it takes to turn a dark sky into stunning photographs.

Sky Map

The sky map is a work in progress.


Explore the night sky, scroll around, and see where my photos were captured in their real celestial homes. More objects are being added as I process and upload new images.
Click below and take a quick tour of the universe from my lens.

Recent Projects

Explore my latest images with insights on the imaging and target

Posts

Celestial Photobomb: Vesta and the Monkey Head Nebula

I set out to capture the Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174 in Orion) with my usual astrophotography setup, aiming for a gorgeous deep-sky image. I took 70 frames at 300 seconds each (about 6 hours total...

Galaxy Portraits: A Collection of Distant Worlds

Galaxies I’ve Captured Over the Past Two Years I don’t have the ideal telescope focal length for imaging tiny galaxies. My current setup is a wide-field telescope, which is great for big nebulae but...

Veil Nebula

The Veil Nebula is a supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan). It represents the visible remains of a star that exploded in a supernova thousands of years ago. This vast nebula...

Andromeda

One of my first deep sky objects to image, the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is the closest spiral galaxy to our own and on a slow-motion collision course with the Milky Way! I captured this image over...