Shooting Stars

2011 - My First Year of Deep-Sky Imaging:

After buying my "dream mount" SkyWatcher HEQ6pro and all the other gear for long exposure deep-sky astrophotography, I was off to the races:
Test run on May 23, 2011 on M13 (short, unguided exposures):

M13 Star Cluster - 20 x 1minute exposures

First Full set up at CCCA: July 1, 2011 (with help from my astronomy buddies).
M17 The Swan Nebula:

M17 The Swan Nebula (5000 lys) - 26 x 4.25 minute exposures