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Astrophotography Portfolio  
By Carter Hanson

New General Catalogue Objects

Object

NGC 7023
Type: Reflection Nebula
Constellation: Cepheus
Right Ascension:
Declination:
Distance:
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Equipment

Orion EON 130 Triplet
SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI294MC Pro
ZWO ASI120MM Mini
ZWO ASI Air Plus

Aquisition

Date: August 30th, 2024
Location: Palisade, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 3
Integration: 6 hours, 55 minutes

Software

Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom

Object

Sh2-136
Type: Reflection Nebula
Constellation: Cepheus
Right Ascension: 21h 16m 26s 
Declination: +68° 15.6′
Distance: 1,470 ly​

Aquisition

Date: September 25th, 2024
Location: Kenyon, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 4
Integration: 7 hours, 10 minutes

Equipment

Orion EON 130 Triplet
SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI294MC Pro
ZWO ASI120MM Mini
ZWO ASI Air Plus

Software

Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom

Object

NGC 6914
Type: Reflection Nebula
Constellation: Cygnus
Right Ascension: 20h 24m 43.3s
Declination: 42° 28′ 58″
Distance: 6,000 ly​

Equipment

Orion EON 130 Triplet
SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI294MC Pro
ZWO ASI120MM Mini
ZWO ASI Air Plus

Aquisition

Date: October 23rd, 2024
Location: Afton, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 6
Integration: 5 hours, 5 minutes

Software

Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom

Messier Objects

Object

Messier 17
Type: Emission Nebula
Constellation: Sagittarius
Right Ascension: 18h 20m 26s 
Declination: −16° 10′ 36″
Distance: 5,500 ly​

Equipment

Orion EON 130 Triplet
SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI294MC Pro
ZWO ASI120MM Mini
ZWO ASI Air Plus

Aquisition

Date: July 28th, 2024
Location: Kenyon, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 4
Integration: 4 hours, 25 minutes

Software

Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom

Object

Messier 45
Type: Reflection Nebula
Constellation: Taurus
Right Ascension: 03h 47m 24 
Declination: +24° 07′ 00″
Distance: 444 ly​

Equipment

Orion EON 130 Triplet
SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI294MC Pro
ZWO ASI120MM Mini
ZWO ASI Air Plus

Aquisition

Date: October 26th, 2024
Location: Kenyon, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 4
Integration: 3 hours

Software

Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom

Object

NGC 7331
Type: Unbarred Spiral Galaxy
Constellation: Pegasus
Right Ascension: 22h 37m 04.0624s
Declination: +34° 24′ 56.721″
Distance: 40 Mly​

Aquisition

Date: August 10th, 2024
Location: Kenyon, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 4
Integration: 6 hours, 10 minutes

Equipment

Orion EON 130 Triplet
SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI294MC Pro
ZWO ASI120MM Mini
ZWO ASI Air Plus

Software

Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom

Messier 33

Object Type: Spiral Galaxy
Constellation: Triangulum
Right Ascension: 
01h 33m 50.02s
Declination: +30° 39′ 36.7″ 
Distance: 3.2 Mly​

Date: August 31st, 2024
Location: Palisade, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 3
Integration: 5 hours

NGC 891

Object Type: Edge On Unbarred Spiral Galaxy
Constellation: Andromeda
Right Ascension: 02h 22m 33.4s
Declination: +42° 20′ 57″
Distance: 28 Mly​

Date: September 1st, 2024
Location: Palisade, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 3
Integration: 3 hours 15 minutes

Messier 74

Object Type: Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
Constellation: Pisces
Right Ascension: 01h 36m 41.8s
Declination: +15° 47′ 01″
Distance: 30 Mly​

Date: September 1st, 2024
Location: Palisade, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 3
Integration: 3 hours 25 minutes

NGC772ft.jpg

NGC 772

Object Type: Unbarred Spiral Galaxy
Constellation: Aries
Right Ascension: 01h 59m 19.6s
Declination: +19° 00′ 27.1″
Distance: 106 Mly​

Date: September 27th, 2024
Location: Afton, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 6
Integration: 5 hours 5 minutes

Aurora Borealis
(May 10th-11th, 2024, Historic G5 Storm)

aurora#6_edited.jpg
Aurora Borealis

​Equipment

iPhone 14

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Software

Apple iOS 17

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Acquisition details

Date: May 11th, 2024

Location: Palisade, MN

Bortle Scale: Class 3

Integration time: 3 second exposures

Total solar eclipse
(April 8th, 2024, Great American Eclipse)

Total Solar Eclipse
eclipse#2_edited.png

​Equipment

8" Meade LX90 EMC​

Thousand Oaks 8" Solar Filter

Explore Scientific 30mm 82 series

iPhone 14

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Software

Apple iOS 17

Adobe Lightroom

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Acquisition details

Date: April 8th, 2024

Location: Murphysboro, IL

Bortle Scale: Class 4

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