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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
Nebulae
NGC 7023

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

NGC 6914

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

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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

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Messier 17

Object Type: Emission nebula
Constellation: Sagittarius
Right Ascension: 18
h 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

M45

Messier 45

Object Type: Reflection nebula
Constellation: Taurus
Right Ascension: 03
h 47m 24s
Declination: +24° 07′ 00"
Distance: 444 ly​

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

Galaxies
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

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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

M33

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

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
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Date: April 15th, 2025
Location: Afton, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 6
Integration: 2 hours, 40 minutes

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NGC 5907

Object Type: Edge On Spiral Galaxy
Constellation: Draco
Right Ascension: 15h 15m 53.2397s
Declination: +56° 19′ 47.568″
Distance: 46 Mly
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Date: April 19th, 2025
Location: Afton, MN
Bortle Scale: Class 6
Integration: 5 hours, 10 minutes

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Messier 74

Object Type: Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
Constellation: Pisces
Right Ascension: 0
1h 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

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
Star Clusters
M13

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
Aurora Borealis
Aurora Borealis Photo
Aurora Borealis Photo
Aurora Borealis Photo
Aurora Borealis Photo
Aurora Borealis Photo
Aurora Borealis Photo
Total Solar Eclipse
Total Solar Eclipse
Total Solar Eclipse Photo
Total Solar Eclipse Photo
Total Solar Eclipse Photo

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