Featured: The Soul Nebula
Latest Acquisition: Jan 2026

The Soul Nebula

164 x 5min exposures with the Touptek 2600M & EdgeHD 800. Processed in SHO Hubble Palette to reveal the deep ionized gas structures.

Soul Nebula
Horsehead
Jellyfish
110
Messier Objects
1 Year
Marathon Goal
EdgeHD 8
Primary Optic
2021
Project Launch
M97 Owl Nebula

M97: Owl Nebula

Planetary Nebula

A faint planetary nebula located in Ursa Major. Captured with the EdgeHD 800.

🔭 EdgeHD 8 • 📸 ASI2600MM
Andromeda Galaxy

M31: Andromeda

Galaxy

Our nearest galactic neighbor. Shot from Joshua Tree for maximum detail.

🔭 SW80ED • 📸 ASI071MC

The Photographic Messier Marathon

In 2021, I set a challenge: to complete a photographic marathon of all 110 Messier objects within a single year. Unlike a visual marathon which happens in one night, a photographic marathon requires capturing enough signal for every object as they rotate through the seasons.

Starting on January 17th, 2021, and finishing by October, the project pushed me to master acquisition software like N.I.N.A and processing in PixInsight...