Jim Case

A bright central circular image in pale blues and greens surrounded by red toned nebulosity and stars.

This is an emissions nebula in Cygnus (SH2-112) captured with 10+ hours of exposures with two dual band OSC filters using the APP Hubble 2 palette as a base. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/gmjq1b?r=C #astrophotography

Three celestial heads including a lion, an eagle, and a dove from left to right. More details in my gallery: https://app.astrobin.com/i/qda5q5

This image integrates the first two panels of a four panel mosaic of the Southern summer Milky Way in North America. Let's call it the Eagle, the Dove, and the Lion after some of the most iconic targets! more details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/qda5q5 #astrophotography

I usually see the right hand lady (Eagle Nebula M 16) turned at least 90 degrees to the right. I was surprised to see this face emerge as I processed this image.

The lion face on the left also looks like a Next Generation Klingon from Star Trek! And the face on the right may be wearing a nose ring?

Two celestial heads shine as portraits from a nebulous background.

These two twins in Serpens started as first of four panes in a summer North American mosaic of the Milky Way with the 51mm Redcat telescope. The twins requested their own separate image, and I obliged. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/znuqdb #astrophotography

An unusual globular cluster with a concentration of stars with a red cast in the middle of the image. More details in my gallery: https://app.astrobin.com/i/due5g2

NGC6539 is a faint globular cluster in Serpens. The red cast in the image is generated by a large dark cloud complex in front of the cluster, which is located in the outer parts of the galactic bulge. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/due5g2 #ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

On lower left a large blue-green nebula with pale red accents and a smaller brighter nebula in the upper right side. My wife said she sees a large fish on the lower left ready to eat a smaller one on the upper right. What do you see? More details in my gallery: https://app.astrobin.com/i/bti9te?r=C

This image features three Sharpless nebulas in Cygnus, SH2-115, SH2-112, and SH2-116. I used a SHO palette from APP to bring out the luminosity and subtle oxygen and sulphur signals with the stronger hydrogen signal. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/bti9te?r=C . #astrophotography

This image was captured with the 8” Meade LX200 OTA with a reducer.

I am using an Ioptron HAE43 mount with their lite rock tripod.

It took retirement for me to have the time I now invest in these images, but there is much to gain taking that Skywatcher out again on a summer night !

A mostly transparent blue sphere in the center of the image. More details in my gallery: https://app.astrobin.com/i/233spq

This is Abell 39, an interesting planetary nebula in Hercules. It is unusual since it is almost a perfect sphere, the transparent blue color generated from ionized oxygen from the expanding layers around the central star. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/233spq #astrophotography

Wide field image including the nebulosity around Sadr in lower left and the iconic North American and Pelican nebulas in the upper right.

Annotated image of the over 300 objects in the wide field image also posted here.

Over 300 objects are included in this wide field mosaic image of the nebulosity in Cygnus. Exposures with a 50mm lens and an Astro camera were integrated with exposures with a 250mm F/L telescope and another Astro camera. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/4c3gjz #astrophotography

The pale blue North American nebula in Cygnus flies over the Pelican nebula, framed by a rose colored wispy nebula. More details in my gallery: https://app.astrobin.com/i/nv8gfh

The iconic North American and Pelican Nebulas in Cygnus peak out from the trees in the northeast in my backyard in July, and this year I revisited them with my wide field OSC dual band setup. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/nv8gfh #astrophotography

A colorful wide field panorama of the Rho Ophiuchi Region by Jim Case Published: Jul 1, 2025 Total integration: 8h 18m Integration per filter: - Lum/Clear: 8h 18m (249 × 120") Equipment: - Telescope: William Optics Redcat 51 - Cameras: ZWO ASI174MM Mini, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro - Mount: iOptron HAE43 - Filter: Optolong UV/IR cut 2" - Accessories: ZWO ASIAIR Plus, ZWO OAG-L - Software: Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP), Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Russell Croman Astrophotography BlurXTerminator, Russell Croman Astrophotography StarXTerminator, Serif Affinity Photo, ZWO ASIStudio For more information, visit AstroBin: https://app.astrobin.com/i/1q241i

This wide field image includes a diverse set of colorful objects in the summer sky of North America including three globular clusters, as well as reflection nebulas, emissions nebulas, dark nebulas, and distinctive stars. More details in my gallery.
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In this palette the hydrogen signal is mapped primarily to the green color, while the sulphuric is mapped to the red and the oxygen is mapped to the blue. The hydrogen signal is by far the strongest which is why the green is so strong.

Colorful nebulosity ranging from rose in outer circular ring to greens and blues closer to central star Sadr. More details and easier versions in my gallery: https://app.astrobin.com/i/dmgv0y?r=C

Adding an additional two nights of data to this image of the nebulosity surrounding Sadr in Cygnus brings out the depth of the nebula especially when using the Hubble 1 palette in APP as a base. More details including earlier versions in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/dmgv0y?r=C #astrophotography

Colorful image of nebulosity around the star Sadr in the constellation Cygnus. More details in my gallery: https://app.astrobin.com/i/dmgv0y

This is the result of the first two nights gathering data from the classic Sadr region in Cygnus, a highlight in the northern summer sky. I hope to gather more exposures and further illuminate the nebulosity in the region. More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/dmgv0y #astrophotography

I added some more HA/OIII data to this image which enhanced the nebulosity. More details in my gallery: www.astrobin.com/m7k8v4/C/?fo...
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We all need some peace today, so here is a ten second video from the garden this morning with the only legitimate Monarch in the United States. #Butterflies

Good man!

On the right side the glowing nebulosity around the bright star Alniyat, and two globular clusters on the left, M4 on the lower left and the smaller NGC6144 on the upper left. More details in my gallery: https://www.astrobin.com/m7k8v4/B/?force-classic-view=

This is the region in Scorpius around Alniyat, including the globular clusters M4 and NGC6144. It is only visible from my backyard for about 2.5 hours each summer before it hides behind the neighbor's roof. #astrophotography More details in my gallery: www.astrobin.com/m7k8v4/B/?fo...

Monarch butterfly caterpillar under a narrow-leaf native milkweed leaf.

#Butterflies Closeup of a newly hatched Monarch caterpillar on a narrow-leaf native milkweed this morning.

Look close to see a pearl-like Monarch egg on right under a leaf that will hatch in a few days. #Butterflies

#Butterflies One of the first visits by Monarch butterflies this year.

A circular “pinwheel like” spiral galaxy.

This is NGC3184, an unbarred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major that is often called the Little Pinwheel given its resemblance to the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101). A full resolution version is available in my Gallery: app.astrobin.com/u/JimCase?i=... #astrophotography

Bright circular cluster of stars growing more dense as you approach the center of the image. More details in my gallery: https://app.astrobin.com/i/74e8qp

This is the iconic globular cluster (M13) that I captured over the last two almost full moon nights. It is the brightest globular cluster visible in the northern sky. #astrophotography

Image of a bright orange Mars on upper right side with the bright Beehive Cluster (M44) on the center left side.

This is Mars and the Beehive cluster (M44) on May 2nd, captured with the AT115EDT with the .65 reducer (35 x 2 minute exposures) and the ASI2600MC. #astrophotography

A large circular form with red and orange at the edge with green and blue in the core of the circle. More details in my gallery: https://app.astrobin.com/u/JimCase?i=7

This very dim planetary nebula (SH2-290) in Cancer includes 7.41 hours of exposures from 2022, 2023, and 2025. At the end of our Sun's life billions of years in the future it may look much like this beauty! #astrophotography More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/u/JimCase?i=7

This is a closeup of NGC 2237, a series of dark nebula bands on the Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. The bands extend in the photo from the middle left to the upper right and include dark structures sometimes referred to as Bok Globules. More details in my gallery: https://app.astrobin.com/u/JimCase?i=brgp40

This is a close-up of NGC 2237 in the Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. It is composed of two nights of 5 minute exposures in the short two hour window when it is available from my backyard. More details in the ALT TEXT and in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/u/JimCase?i=...
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Saving human lives, especially in an emergency, has been the work of USAID for decades, and has built the U.S. its reputation as a dependable neighbor in a crisis. How many lives might have been saved had these cuts not been made? Will we ever be seen as a dependable neighbor again?