Astrophotography Portfolio
By Carter Hanson
Equipment
Orion EON 130 Triplet
SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI294 MC Pro
ZWO ASI120 MM Mini
ZWO ASI Air Plus
Software
Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom
Russell Croman BlurXTerminator
Russell Croman NoiseXTerminator
Russell Croman StarXTerminator
Object Type: Reflection nebula Constellation: Cepheus Right Ascension: 21h 01m 35.60s Declination: +68° 10′10.0″ Date: August 30th, 2024 Location: Palisade, MN Bortle Scale: Class 3 Integration: 6 hours, 55 minutes
Object Type: Reflection nebula Constellation: Cygnus Right Ascension: 20h 24m 43.3s Declination: +42° 28′ 58" Date: October 23rd, 2024 Location: Afton, MN Bortle Scale: Class 6 Integration: 5 hours, 5 minutes
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
Object Type: Reflection nebula Constellation: Cepheus Right Ascension: 21h 01m 35.60s Declination: +68° 10′10.0″ Date: August 30th, 2024 Location: Palisade, MN Bortle Scale: Class 3 Integration: 6 hours, 55 minutes
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
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
