When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts
as with creating images.

— Niels Bohr

marzulloj

Moon Just past first quarter

By marzulloj at Sun, 04/21/2013 - 7:56pm

9 days old, SXVh694 TOA 130 1,000mm fl

Moon Just past first quarter

m 51

By marzulloj at Sat, 06/02/2012 - 11:16am

M51 galaxy in Canes Venatici, just off the tip of the handle of the Big Dipper. It's way up high in the sky around 9pm this time of year.

Image is a composite of four images, three 50 minutes images in red green and blue and a two hour image in white light. Mount Takahashi NJP, scope Takahashi refractor TOA-130, camera Starligh Xpress SXVH9 guided through a Borg 76ED. 

m 51

Rosette Nebula

By marzulloj at Sat, 01/14/2012 - 9:06am

Rosette Nebula with Couguar. The nebula is in the constellation Monoceros. This was taken with a CCD camera on Dec 25th 2011. The total exposure through an H-Alpha filter took 1.75 hours.

Rosette Nebula

nebulosity near Sadr (Cygnus)

By marzulloj at Sat, 11/12/2011 - 7:21am

Two hour h-alpha image of nebulosity near Sadr, the central star in Cygnus TOA-130 at F/7 and SXVH9 camera.

nebulosity near Sadr (Cygnus)

Bubble

By marzulloj at Sat, 11/05/2011 - 9:38am

The bubble nebula between Cepheus and Cassiopea this late October. One hour image in H-Alpha light. Twenty minutes each in Red Green and blue light.

Bubble

the little ghost of Cassiopea

By marzulloj at Sat, 11/05/2011 - 9:35am

Nebula near Caph in Cassiopea taken one week  before Halloween..

the little ghost of Cassiopea

The Cave

By marzulloj at Sat, 11/05/2011 - 9:29am

The Cave Nebula last night in Cepheus.

The Cave

Pelican Island

By marzulloj at Sat, 11/05/2011 - 9:26am

Section of nebulosity between the N. American and the Pelican. 1 hour h-alpha and sixty minutes total combined RGB. 5" f/7 refractor, SXHV9 Starlight camera.

Pelican Island

M27 in Hydrogen Alpha light

By marzulloj at Sun, 09/04/2011 - 10:52pm

M27 as seem in Hydrogen Alpha Light Sept 2nd 2011.

M27 in Hydrogen Alpha light

Dumbbell

By marzulloj at Sun, 09/04/2011 - 10:48pm

Dumbell on Sept 1 & 2 2011.

Blue central star the source of this planetary??

Dumbbell