M81 - Bode's Galaxy!

M81 - Bode's Galaxy (from my backyard in Las Cruces)
Distance: 12 million light years

Bouncing back to a LONG focal length (about 2000mm), here is my latest result using my largest scope, the 12" RC Truss-tube! Easily my best ever result imaging this object over the past decade...aperture and mount are everything.

http://jeffjastro.com/dso/M81_30Apr24.htm

More details at the link.

#galaxy #LasCruces #deepSky

Milky Way - Saturday night (Las Cruces, New Mexico)

Here is the Milky Way over our house LAST NIGHT (10 Aug 2024)...
#milkyway #galaxy #lastnight

California - Disneyland and Beach

After my girls returned from China, I flew to Los Angeles, California to meet them at LAX. Re-uniting at the airport was like out of a wonderful movie. The next two days, my wife and I took our "little princess" to Disneyland as well as the California seaside. What a beautiful trip with two beautiful girls. I'm a lucky guy...
THIS is what life is all about.

M82 - Cigar Galaxy (a starburst galaxy)

Hi all, here is:
M82 - Cigar Galaxy (a starburst galaxy)
Distance: 12 million light years

Captured from my backyard in Las Cruces, New Mexico USA
Details here: http://jeffjastro.com/dso/M82_13Feb24.htm

Milky Way - from Las Cruces

Here are two results from one night in my backyard ... I have more info/details on my Facebook Science page for both of these. They are not yet on my main astro site, tho :)

https://www.facebook.com/jeffjastrocom

Widefield work...

These are to get me sorta caught up here - I used a new SkyWatcher mount and tripod with my Canon T3i DSLR. Here are just the results. More details on my main site :)

https://jeffjastro.com/dso/

NGC 3953 - Barred spiral galaxy

My most recent result: NGC 3953 - Barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major Distance: 55 million light years Shot with my *big* RC scope in LRGB.
Jeffrey O. Johnson (Las Cruces, NM USA)