M42 Orion Nebula
600mm+2x extender, 90 15sec exposures on equatorial tracking mount, stacked and processed in PixInsight.
Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
A spiral galaxy 2.5 million light years from Earth. It is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way and the largest of the "local group" of galaxies that includes the Milky Way and the Triangulum Galaxy (M33). The Andromeda Galaxy exhibits blue shiift which means it is moving towards us and is expected to collide with our own Milky Way galaxy in around 4.5 million years time.
Triangulum Galaxy (M33)
A spiral galaxy in the constellation Triangulum, Messier 33 (M33) is almost 3 million light years from Earth. It is the third largest galaxy in the "local group", behind Andromeda (M31)( and our own Milky Way.
Orion Nebula (M42)
A diffuse nebula situated south of Orion's Belt, over 1300 light years from Earth. The nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across and have a mass of about 2,000 times that of the Sun.
M45
Ring of Light
A more expansive view of the MIlky Way over Mount Rainier, covering almost 180 degrees as the stars arced overhead. A little noisy but great fun to take and process!
Milky Way over Mount Rainier
Captured from Sourdough Ridge Trail, Sunrise Park
Full Moon
Milky Way over Sunrise Park, Mount Rainier National Park
Comet NEOWISE above Bellevue, WA
