Rod Heyd

@rodheyd.bsky.social

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Ops team member on multiple NASA and ESA orbital instruments with interests in astrophotography, scuba diving, science, and nature.

This is an image of Comet Lemmon acquired on the evening of October 26, 2025. Gear: Askar ACL200 astrograph lens, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro camera, ZWO AM5 tracking mount. This image is the result of 179, 10 second exposures, processed in PixInsight with a few small touch-ups in GIMP.
Image of M101, the Pinwheel galaxy. Acquired over three nights in May/June 2025. Total exposure time 9 hours, 45 minutes using an Askar 103APO refractor at 700mm focal length, and a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro camera. Processed in PixInsight.
This is an image of the whirlpool galaxy acquired in April of 2025 using an Askar 103 APO telescope at f/6.8, and a ZWO asi2600MC pro camera.
This is a n image of M13, a globular star cluster in the constellation of Hercules. The cluster contains several hundred thousand stars.
Image of M95 acquired over the March 20 and 21, with an askar 103 APO refractor and an asi2600 mc pro camera.
1-millisecond test photo of the Moon taken this evening (2025-03-09), with an Askar 103 APO telescope and an ASI2600 MC pro camera.
This is an image the galaxies M81 and M82 acquired on February 21 and 22. The image is derived from 177, 180 second exposures, for a total exposure time of 8 hrs & 51 minutes. Equipment used: Askar 103 APO telescope, ZWO 2600MC pro cooled camera, ZWO AM5 mount with an ASIAir Plus controller. Processed in PixInsight.
This is an image of the Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree cluster in the constellation Monoceros, acquired on February 4th, 2025.
An image of the Rosette Nebula in the constellation Monoceros, acquired on January 23, 2025. This image is the result of 90, 180 second exposures acquired with a ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro camera attached to an Askar 103 APO telescope. Processed in PixInsight.
An image of the Horsehead and Flame nebulas near the start Alnitak in Orion.
Rosette Nebula
This is an image of the North American and Pelican nebulas. The data for this image was acquired in September of 2024.
This is a picture of a roadrunner perched in an ocotillo in a desert park in Tucson.