Astrophotography Highlights & Plates
My 15 favorite astrophotography captures—headlined by a wide-field Milky Way panorama with emerald atmospheric airglow and golden moonrise, alongside deep-sky emission nebulae, galaxies, star clusters, and Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). Click any image to open the full-screen plate viewer.
Observatory Fleet & Processing
Smart apochromatic observatories, deep-sky optics, and post-processing workflows behind these 15 captures.
Vaonis Vespera II
Quadruplet 50mm f/5 apochromatic smart observatory with Sony IMX585 Starvis 2 sensor and live CovalENS panorama mosaicking for expansive emission nebulae.
- Optics50mm f/5 Quadruplet APO
- SensorSony IMX585 (8.3MP / CovalENS)
- HighlightsIC 1805 · NGC 6888 · NGC 281 · B33
Seestar S30 & DWARF 3
Ultra-portable apochromatic smart telescopes for transient comets, wide-field clusters, and high-contrast lunar surface lucky-imaging stacks.
- Comet RigZWO Seestar S30 + LP Filter
- Lunar / WideDWARFLAB DWARF 3 Telephoto
- HighlightsComet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) · Moon
Nightscape & Narrowband
Wide-field horizon panoramas capturing natural 557.7nm oxygen airglow alongside starless narrowband (HOO/SHO) and AI-upscaled deep-sky plates.
- HeadlinerMilky Way Airglow & Moonrise Pano
- NarrowbandStarless H-Alpha & Dual-Band
- Deep-SkyM42 · M51 · M45 · M79 · NGC 6960