Hello DSNMers, I'm sadly in the process of shutting down my operation at the DSNM obs I share with Dan Crowson and Gregg Ruppel. I'm looking to sell the imaging gear I have on site. If you are interes

Hi, Is anyone considering opening up tonight? It is “clear”, but the haze from the smoke looks really bad on my camera. \I am interested in what are others doing? Thanks, Bernard This email has been c

Berkeley 96 is a trumpler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpler_classification) class I 2 p open cluster located approximately 10,000 light-years away in Lacerta. Luminance – 24x300s – binned 1x1 –

Hi all: NGC 6384 is a small spiral galaxy embedded in the rich star field of Ophiuchus: http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/ngc6384-LRGB.jpg LRGB, 5.5 hours total exposure -- Clear skies, Gregg Visi

Hi, I don’t usually do open clusters, but this is a pretty cool one. This is an image of NGC 3532, also known as the Pincushion Cluster, Football Cluster, Black Arrow Cluster, and the Wishing Well Clu

Hi, This is an image of NGC 613. It is a barred spiral galaxy about 65 million light years away in the constellation Sculptor. It is about 100,000 light years in diameter and contains bright star form

So this one took me a while to process. From late August through early November, 2016, Pluto fit in my field of view so I captured it every night I imaged. Pluto 2016-08-29 – 2016-10-30 Animas New Mex

Hi, This is an image of NGC 6334, also known as the Cat’s Paw Nebula. I have included both an HaLRGB and SHO version of this object. It is an emission nebula and star forming region about 5,500 light

Hi, This is an image of NGC 772, also known as Arp 78. It is a spiral galaxy about 100 million light years away in the constellation Aries. This galaxy has a single outer spiral arm and its elliptical

Hi, This is an image of NGC 6188A, which is part of the “Dragons of Ara” nebula. It is located about 4,000 light years away in the constellation Ara. This is a relatively young star forming region onl

NGC 6340 (UGC 10762, PGC 59742 and others) near the bottom center is an unbarred spiral galaxy located approximately 68 million light-years away in Draco. IC 1251 (UGC 10757, PGC 59735 and others) is

NGC 6760 is a Shapley-Sawyer class IX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentration_Class) globular cluster located approximately 24,100 light-years away in Aquila. Luminance – 24

Hi, You would be forgiven if you thought this was a giant comet. It is in fact NGC 5367 and cometary globule CG12. NGC 5367 Is a reflection nebula about 2,000 light years away in the constellation Cen

Hi, I could use some help from the group. I have a real head scratcher going on. I cannot access my video controller or my power controller remotely. I have tried 4 different computers on two differen

Hi, This is an image of IC 1284. It is an emission nebula about 6,000 light years away in the constellation Sagittarius. In addition to IC 1284 you can see the blue reflection nebulae vdB 118 (upper)

Hi, Is anyone else having trouble with the internet? I can’t access anything. Bernard This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

Hi, This is an image of NGC 6334, also known as the Cat’s Paw Nebula or Bear Claw Nebula. It is an emission nebula and star forming region about 5,500 light years away in the constellation Scorpius. M

Just a reminder that our meeting is tonight with Adam Block. Details below. Feel free to pass this on to other friends. ---- Dan Crowson dcrowson@... Dardenne Prairie MO http://www.crowson.com From: D

The August Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri Digital SIG (Imaging) meeting will be held using Zoom on Tuesday, August 18th, 2020 from 7 PM CDT until ? I’ve scheduled the Zoom to start at 6:45 P

Hi, This is an image of NGC 5068. It is a face-on barred spiral galaxy about 22 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. It is over 45,000 light years in diameter and has many active star