Aaand that's a wrap. Practice retirement starts now. I'm going to lend a hand here and there with transitioning stuff for the next couple of months, then I'll be the old guy in the corner booth drinking coffee and vetching about young whippersnappers. Oh, and #Astrophotography

Cable snags are no fun. #Astrophotography

I haven't posted since November, but I'm still alive. Oregon is wet and I don't own cloud reduction filters. Hope I remember how all this telescope stuff works when the skies clear! #astrophotography

Putting a cap on 2024, I retired from my day job today. Which means more #astrophotography in 2025! Happy New Year!

Galaxy NGC 2841 in Ursa Major, some 46 Mly from the driveway! See my Astrobin for image details at app.astrobin.com/i/n0g7hz #Astrophotography #astronomy

The Medusa nebula, a planetary nebula in the constellation Gemini. Imaged from my driveway this week! Image details are on my Astrobin page at astrob.in/f1reae/0/. #astrophotography #astronomy

The Cigar galaxy (Messier 82), about 12 million light years from the center of my driveway! Image details on my Astrobin page at astrob.in/o7f0wk/0/. #astrophotography #astronomy #OnlyRealSpace

The Serpens Molecular Cloud, with the reflection nebula vdB 123 at the top-center and the Flaming Skull (planetary) nebula on the right. This was imaged as a 2-panel mosaic with the 8-inch RASA in 2023. #astrophotography #astronomy

Nearly 25 hrs of imaging over two years on Messier 82 reveals its H-alpha "Cap" - that red smudge in the upper left. It's 35-40,000 light years from M82 and is extremely dim! #Astrophotography #astronomy

Since this is the current ChatGPT rage, here's my contribution. Not sure what's up with the groin-level telescopes, but with three clear nights starting this weekend, I'm obviously happy. #Astrophotography

The Needle galaxy (NGC 4565), a beautiful edge-on spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. Imaged with my 11-inch Celestron SCT last night from the driveway. Image details are on my Astrobin page at app.astrobin.com/i/ubhujj. #astrophotography #astronomy

The Eyes Galaxies in Markarian's Chain, approximately 52 million light years from Earth. NGC 4438's distortions are due to past interactions with other galaxies, likely NGC 4435 & M86. Image details on my Astrobin site at app.astrobin.com/i/enzh4a. #astrophotography #astronomy

I've got a couple of clear nights, so here we go! #astrophotography

Messier 63, the Sunflower galaxy. Data from last year was combined with my imaging sessions from this spring to bump this to over 19 hours of total integration time from the driveway. Image details on my Astrobin page at app.astrobin.com/i/ql3yos. #astrophotography #astronomy

Keenan's system (Arp 104), 2 interacting galaxies in Ursa Major. I had to dodge clouds for 3 nights, but ended up with 15.5 hrs of integration. Image details on my Astrobin page at app.astrobin.com/i/3hnqng. #astrophotography #astronomy

Inverted test image from a Daystar Quark that I double-stacked with a Lunt etalon. I need to do some fine tuning, but I'm impressed with the result! #Astrophotography