About ME

 My  name is Larry Byrge. I first got into Astronomy in 2000 when I saw the  moon for the first time through my cousins Christmas telescope. I peeked  into the eyepiece and realized that this was it...man I was hooked. It  didn't take long for me to make my first telescope purchase. A 6" Meade  Dobsonian. I got a lot of use out of that old dob and learned a lot  about the night sky. Soon I had aperture fever. I wanted bigger and  better like so many of us do in this field. It wasn't long after I had  an 8" Meade Schmidt Cassegrain. It produced great views of all the  beauty the night sky had to offer and served me well for many years to  come. Visual astronomy was great but I began to want to take pictures of  my own like the ones I saw in all the magazines and books so I  purchased a camera and the necessary adapters and off I went. I took a  few shots of this and that and although they weren't all that great, it  was a start. It wasn't until 2018 that I really started getting into  deep sky astrophotography. I upgraded my telescope rig to accommodate my  need for being able to take the images I really wanted. I strive to  make my images better as I go. I've learned a lot and continue to learn  with a little determination and a lot of help from  Youtube :) So come  with me on my journey, check out my images, drop me a line and let me  know what you think.

MY IMAGES

Horsehead Nebula

 16 x 300 second sub frames

24 dark frames

48 flat frames

Camera cooled to  -10° C

Gain 120

Offset 30
Total Integration Time : 1 hour 20 minuts 

Orion Nebula - M42

31 x 300 second subs
26 Dark Frames
25 Flat Frames
Camera cooled to  -10° C
Gain 120
Offset 30
Total Integration Time : 2 Hours 35 Minutes

Pleiades - M45

 24 x 300 second sub frames

24 dark frames

24 flat frames

Camera cooled to  -10° C

Gain 120

Offset 30
Total Integration Time : 2 hours 

Rosette Nebula

25 x 300 second subs

24 Dark Frames

25 Flat Frames

Camera cooled to  -10° C

Gain 120

Offset 30

Total Integration Time : 2 Hours 5 Minutes 

Triangulum Galaxy - M33

48 x 300 second subs

48 Dark Frames

48 Flat Frames 

Camera cooled to  -10° C

Gain 120

Offset 30

Total Integration Time : 4 hours

Andromeda Galaxy - M31

20 x 180 second subs

ISO 800

10 Dark Frames

25 Bias Frames

25 Flat Frames

Total Integration Time : 1 hour

Great Hercules Cluster - M13

15 x 120 second subs

ISO 1600

15 Dark Frames

50 Bias Frames

Total Integration Time : 30 Minutes

2017 Total Solar Eclipse

First Quarter Moon

Total Lunar Eclipse

Earthshine

Jupiter

Saturn

MY EQUIPMENT

 

Explore Scientific ED102 Apochromatic Refractor

Skywatcher Eq6-r Pro Equatorial Mount

Orion 60mm Guidescope

ZWO ASI294MC Pro Imaging Camera 

ZWO ASI120mm Mini Guide Camera 

Canon EOS T2i 550D DSLR

ZWO EAF Focus Motor

QHYCCD Polemaster 

Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox 

Altair Lightwave 1x Field Flattener 

Stellarvue 0.8x Field Flattener/Reducer

Astronomic L2 UV\IR Cut Filter

Optolong L-Extreme Filter

Optolong City Light Suppression Filter 

532nm Green Laser Pointer 

Dew Not Dew Straps

Star Tech 7 Port Powered USB Hub

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 If you want to let me know what you think about my work or have questions or comments I will do my best to get back to you soon! 

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