By Rex A Parker PhD... with a nod to sci-fi author Vernor Vinge, here is my gallery of deep sky astrophotography. All originals from my home observatory in central New Jersey near the Delaware River (~40 deg N lat), or operated remotely from Chile at Observatorio El Sauce in the south Atacama high desert (lat~30 deg S, elev 1525m). The NJ telescope is an AGO-12.5"; the Chilean scope is a Planewave-24". See Equipment & Process section.
Galaxies

Galaxies

Millions to billions of stars gravity-bound...
Nebulae

Nebulae

Colorful mysterious residents of our galaxy...
Star Clusters

Star Clusters

Vast cities of 1st gen stars held by gravity
Supernova Remnants

Supernova Remnants

Massive layers of stars' mass flung into...
Solar System

Solar System

12/31/22
Comets, asteroids, planets, Luna
only Chile Astro Images

only Chile Astro Images

Images acquired from telescopes at El Sauce...
only New Jersey Astro Images

only New Jersey Astro Images

1/1/23
Astrophotos from my home observatory
NJ Observatory

NJ Observatory

Roll-off roof structure in the garden
Speed of an Asteroid

Speed of an Asteroid

Calculated from data acquired at home