Welcome to Starry Vistas,
by Don J. McCrady. Here you will find my gallery of astrophotos, as
well as articles you may find helpful, information about the equipment I
use, as well as links to other informative web sites. I hope you find
your visit enjoyable.
Amateur Astrophotography by Don McCrady
Latest News
July 20, 2010: A narrowband image of the
western Veil Nebula as well as
Pickering's Triangle is now up on my
gallery. I hope for a
mosaic soon.
July 20, 2010: A narrowband image of the
eastern Veil Nebula is now up on my
gallery. I'm still busy shooting the western portion, and hope for a
mosaic soon.
July 18, 2010: I've had several nights of
clear skies and have been gathering data from several subjects including the
North America Nebula, the Pacman Nebula, and the Veil Nebula. So far
I've processed a narrowband Pacman
Nebula, as well as a narrowband
North America Nebula, which I've spliced togther with my recent Pelican
nebula for a nice wide-field view of both of them.
June 12, 2010: The sun has returned to the
Seattle area after one of the cloudiest, wettest springs ever. Over
two nights I captured some Oxygen-III and Sulfur-II data for the Pelican
Nebula, combining it with some previous H-alpha data for a new
narrowband rendition of the Pelican. I also snuck in a
sun photo showing sunspots 1080 & 1081 on
the right-hand limb.
Recent Images
| The Sun |
| The Sun through a white-light and H-alpha filter. |
| North American Nebula |
| NGC 7000 is very bright, but difficult to see because of its size. |
| Veil Nebula |
| The Veil Nebula complex is the glowing remnants of a supernova that occurred thousands of years ago. |
| NGC 281 |
| This bright nebula in Cassiopiea is often whimsically referred to as the Pacman Nebula. |
| Pelican Nebula |
| The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) is often seen in images along with its bigger and brighter neighbour, the North American Nebula. |