Chuck's Astrophotography

For people interested in astronomy, telescopes, cameras, and astrophotography.


Chuck's Astrophotography

Hello Everyone, here is my latest capture - the E.T. Cluster (NGC 457). This star cluster is very young, estimated to be around 21 million years old. Some people think it resembles an owl more than E.T. I used my Celestron RASA telescope, a ZWO ASI533MC color camera, and an Antlia L-Filter.

2 days ago | [YT] | 2,719

Chuck's Astrophotography

Hello Everyone, here is my latest capture - the UFO Galaxy (NGC 2683). It's about 30 million light-years away. It's Visible with binoculars (80mm aperture) and small telescopes. I used my Celestron RASA telescope, ZWO ASI533MC color camera, and an Antlia L-Filter.

4 days ago | [YT] | 3,340

Chuck's Astrophotography

Hello Everyone, here is my latest capture - two dwarf spheroidal galaxies (NGC 147 and NGC 185). They both orbit the much larger Andromeda Galaxy and are 2 million light-years away from us. I used my Celestron RASA telescope, ZWO ASI533MC color camera, and an Antlia L-Filter.

1 week ago | [YT] | 2,991

Chuck's Astrophotography

Hello Everyone, this was a lucky capture as I didn't expect a comet to enter my picture while I was capturing deep space. Here is a list of everything in the picture:



Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS (left)
LDN 1337 Dark Nebula (upper right)
NGC 654 Fuzzy Butterfly Cluster (upper right, below LDN 1337)
NGC 663 Lawnmower Cluster (bottom)
IC 166 (cluster above the comet)



I used my Celestron RASA telescope, ZWO ASI533MC color camera, and an Antlia L-Filter.

1 week ago | [YT] | 3,743

Chuck's Astrophotography

Congratulations to our YouTube Member, Pete, for winning the December Contest for the best picture of Vdb 15. You can follow Pete's YouTube Channel here: ‪@petesastrophotography‬

1 week ago | [YT] | 2,262

Chuck's Astrophotography

I unexpectedly captured a different comet last night. Here is a video:

1 week ago | [YT] | 45