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Astrophotography Portfolio
By Carter Hanson
Equipment
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Orion EON 130 Triplet
SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI294 MC Pro
ZWO ASI120 MM Mini
ZWO ASI Air Plus
Software
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Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom
Russell Croman BlurXTerminator
Russell Croman NoiseXTerminator
Russell Croman StarXTerminator
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Nebulae
NGC 7023
Object Type: Reflection nebula
Constellation: Cepheus
Right Ascension: 21h 01m 35.60s
Declination: +68° 10′ 10.0″
Distance: 1,300 ly​
Date: August 30th, 2024
Location: Palisade, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 3
Integration: 6 hours, 55 minutes
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NGC 6914
Object Type: Reflection nebula
Constellation: Cygnus
Right Ascension: 20h 24m 43.3s
Declination: +42° 28′ 58"
Distance: 6,000 ly​
Date: October 23rd, 2024
Location: Afton, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 6
Integration: 5 hours, 5 minutes
Sh2-136
Object Type: Reflection nebula
Constellation: Cepheus
Right Ascension: 21h 16m 26s
Declination: +68° 15.6′
Distance: 1,470 ly​
Date: September 25th 2024
Location: Kenyon, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 4
Integration: 7 hours, 10 minutes
Messier 17
Object Type: Emission nebula
Constellation: Sagittarius
Right Ascension: 18h 20m 26s
Declination: -16° 10′ 36"
Distance: 5.500 ly​
Date: July 28th 2024
Location: Kenyon, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 4
Integration: 4 hours, 25 minutes
Messier 45
Object Type: Reflection nebula
Constellation: Taurus
Right Ascension: 03h 47m 24s
Declination: +24° 07′ 00"
Distance: 444 ly​
Date: October 26th 2024
Location: Kenyon, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 4
Integration: 3 hours
Galaxies
Messier 51
Object Type: Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
Constellation: Ursa Major
Right Ascension: 13h 29m 52.7s
Declination: +47° 11′ 43″
Distance: 24 Mly​
Date: March 21st, 2025
Location: Kenyon, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 4
Integration: 8 hours, 5 minutes
NGC 7331
Object Type: Unbarred Spiral Galaxy
Constellation: Pegasus
Right Ascension: 22h 37m 04s
Declination: +34° 24′ 56.72"
Distance: 40 Mly​
Date: August 10th 2024
Location: Kenyon, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 4
Integration: 6 hours, 10 minutes
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 104
Object Type: Peculiar Galaxy
Constellation: Virgo
Right Ascension: 12h 39m 59.4314s
Declination: −11° 37′ 23.118″
Distance: 31 Mly​
Date: April 15th, 2025
Location: Afton, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 6
Integration: 2 hours, 40 minutes
NGC 5907
Object Type: Edge On Spiral Galaxy
Constellation: Draco
Right Ascension: 15h 15m 53.2397s
Declination: +56° 19′ 47.568″
Distance: 46 Mly​
Date: April 19th, 2025
Location: Afton, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 6
Integration: 5 hours, 10 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: Kenyon, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 3
Integration: 3 hours, 15 minutes
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
Star Clusters
Messier 13
Object Type: Globular Cluster
Constellation: Hercules
Right Ascension: 16h 41m 41.2s
Declination: +36° 27′ 35.5″
Distance: 22.2 ly​
Date: September 27th, 2024
Location: Hopkins, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 8
Integration: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Aurora Borealis
Total Solar Eclipse
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