Horsehead Nebula

The life cycle of stars often ends when they violently explode and scatter their material back from where they came. One such star is IC443,

My first image in a long time. The night sky is finally clear again. Reflection nebula Vdb 152 in Cepheus. Red filaments are super nova

In March, 2008 I decided that I would never be content with the image spot sizes and optical idiosyncrasies of my old C-14 telescope and