Designbydave – Dave Aldrich

designbydave_aldrich

Follow me on Instagram – Cyclist, Hang Glider Pilot, Engineer from Southern California. Part time Film Maker & photographer

The Swan Nebula, M17 ⏳ 6h 49m 🔭 DBS150 #3d

The Swan Nebula, M17

⏳ 6h 49m
🔭 DBS150 #3dprinted f/4 Newtonian
📷 Player-One Uranus-c Pro
🗓️ June 2025
📍 Grandview Campground
💻 PixInsight/BlurX/NoiseX/StarX

#asstro
#astrophotography #astronomy #telescopesarecoolasfuck

"Final" version of the Space Brain! NGC-6888 The C

"Final" version of the Space Brain! NGC-6888 The Crescent Nebula in HOO w/ RGB stars.

⏳ 30 hours 11 minutes - HOO w/ RGB 🔭 DBS150
📷 QHY Minicam8m
📍 Chino Hills Observatory, ~Bortle 9
🗓️ July 2025
💻 PixInsight/Blurx/StarX/NoiseX (edited)

#telescopesarecoolasfuck #telescope #astrophotography #asstro #astronomy #davebuildstuff #dbs150

IC-5146 The Cacoon Nebula The other image I shot

IC-5146 The Cacoon Nebula

The other image I shot at Mt. Pinos last weekend. I've wanted to capture something with the faint, brown dust for a while now and this proved to be a great target, especially for my new mono camera.

~6 hours of LRGB

#astrophotography #nebula #telescopesarecoolasfuck

M20 The Trifid Nebula I had a great couple of ni

M20 The Trifid Nebula

I had a great couple of nights up at Mt. Pinos last weekend. This is one of two objects I imaged.

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Sticking with Planetary Nebula, this is M57 the Ri

Sticking with Planetary Nebula, this is M57 the Ring Nebula from my apartment. About 11 hours of exposure time.

#astronomy #astrophotography #space #nebula

Sticking with Planetary Nebulae, this is the Helix

Sticking with Planetary Nebulae, this is the Helix Nebula. It's a target as it never rises very high in sky in the northern hemisphere, and its only up there for a short time. This is a reprocess of old data from 2016.

#nebula #telescopesarecoolasfuck #astronomy #astrophotography #space

Two views of Planetary Nebula M27, The Dumbell. Ne

Two views of Planetary Nebula M27, The Dumbell. Nebula.

The first is from Grandview Campground ~Bortle 2 shot in boradband, ~1.5 hours integration time

The second is shot from my apartment in Chino Hills ~Bortle 9, shot in narrowband ~11.5 hours integration time.

#nebula #space #telescopesarecoolasfuck #astrophotography #m27 #astronomy

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy. I shot this a couple mon

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy. I shot this a couple months ago at Mt. Pinos using my DBS150 #3dprinted imaging Newtonian. Recently I shot Ha data to bring out those red, hydrogen emission nebula regions in the galaxy arms with me new #qhy #minicam8 and reprocessed the image.

#astrophotography #space #telescopesarecoolasfuck #science #telescope

Color version of the Crescent Nebula, HOO, Hydroge

Color version of the Crescent Nebula, HOO, Hydrogen and Oxygen. Only about ~7 hours total data which is not enough, especially for the Oxygen so I'll be adding to this over the coming weeks.

#astrophotography #nebula #telescopesarecoolasfuck #astronomy

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