![Eagle Nebula, A Stellar Nursery [M16]](https://i1.wp.com/kevinrfrancis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/M16_Eagle_Nebula_9_6_20-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1772&ssl=1)
Eagle Nebula, M16 The Eagle Nebula is the 16th object cataloged by Charles Messier and discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745. Also it spans 70 by 55 light years…
![Planetary Nebula Are Spectacular [M27 Dumbbell Nebula]](https://i2.wp.com/kevinrfrancis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/M27_Dumbbell_Nebula_8_26_20_RRRT.jpg?fit=951%2C781&ssl=1)
Planetary Nebula take on beautiful shapes and colors. There's one called the God's Eye Nebula because it looks like an eye. Similarly, M27 the Dumbbell Nebula, is classified as a…
![Orion Astroview 6: Equipment Spotlight [Moving Prime Focus]](https://i0.wp.com/kevinrfrancis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Mirror-Extension.jpg?fit=628%2C479&ssl=1)
I moved prime focus without cutting the OTA (Optical Tube Assembly) on my Orion Astroview 6 telescope. Huh? How? No way? The first thing I did when the Canon EOS…
![Canon EOS XTi: Equipment Spotlight [DSLR Camera]](https://i1.wp.com/kevinrfrancis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/image-20181226_160328.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1)
The Canon EOs XTi joins my astrophotography family. I started using my Google Pixel Really Blue to photograph night sky objects. I've captured the Orion Nebula, Sun, stars, planets, star…