Recent acquisitions from the field.
Each photograph below represents tens to hundreds of hours of integrated exposure, calibrated and combined to reveal structure invisible to the unaided eye.
Deep Sky · Galaxy Cluster · 2026.03
Abell 1060 — Hydra Cluster
A gravitationally bound group of roughly 150 galaxies in Hydra, 158 million light-years distant. Imaging this cluster demands the kind of dark sky and long integration this site was built for. Four nights of data across late February and early March 2026.
- Catalog
- Abell 1060
- Integration
- 14h 22m — LRGB
- Scope
- Esprit 100ED
- Date
- 2026.03
Deep Sky · Emission Nebula · 2025.11
IC 1805 — Heart Nebula
A vast emission complex in Cassiopeia, imaged in narrowband SHO palette. Twenty-two hours of Hα, OIII, and SII reveal ionized gas structure invisible to broadband imaging, including the star-forming cavity sculpted by radiation from OCl 352 at its center.
- Catalog
- IC 1805
- Integration
- 22h 00m — SHO
- Scope
- Esprit 100ED
- Date
- 2025.11
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