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Thanks for visiting these occasional notes about my photography. They explain some of the background related to the photographs, information about their location or circumstances and some of the technical details about capturing them. Feel free to leave comments or ask questions.
A "Twin" Quasar
November 08, 2026
Not the greatest image, but a pretty amazing phenomenon: the two dots are light from one very distant, intrinsically extremely bright object, a quasar (QSO) cataloged as...
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A super two-fer!
October 29, 2026
Two supernovae in the same galaxy, UGC 242: 2026yum and 2026afqd, a mere 210 million light-years away. This is quite rare, the average frequency of supernovae is roughly...
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The Soul Nebula
October 27, 2026
Here's another fine star-forming cloud of gas and dust, IC 1848, (Soul Nebula) in the constellation Cassiopeia, adjacent to IC 1805, previously posted.
9 hr 30 min tot...
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Heart of the Heart
October 25, 2026
The center of IC 1805, (Heart Nebula) in the constellation Cassiopeia, a region of active star formation in the light of warm hydrogen. Note how the pillar-shaped structu...
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A Two-fer Cosmic Postcard
February 22, 2026
Today's Cosmic Postcard comes to us from the constellation Puppis. It may not be super obvious but the slight concentration of stars in the center is actually a physical...
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