Each image in this collection represents hours of careful work.
The images were captured over many hours, most over multiple nights, with long-exposures and narrow-band filters,
then refined through multiple post-processing techniques.
ART & SCIENCE
These photographs reflect both my fascination with the science of cosmology and my desire to present them as compelling, high-quality, pieces of fine art.
APOLOGIES! This website in under construction. I'll add images & update information when I can. Please check back soon. -Brent
NEBULAS
distinct luminescent parts of interstellar medium, which can consist of ionized, neutral, or
molecular hydrogen and also cosmic dust. TYPICALLY located BETWEEN 1,000 AND 8,000 light years away.
GALAXIES
Millions of light years away AND containing billions of stars, A galaxy is a system of stars,
stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity.
STAR CLUSTERS
groupS of stars IN THE MILKY WAY held together by self-gravitation.
GLOBULAR CLUSTERS CONTAIN TEN THOUSAND TO MILLIONS OF STARS.
OPEN CLUSTERS CONTAIN LESS THAN 100 STARS.
ECLIPSES
THE INTERACTION BETWEEN OUR SUN AND MOON.
SOLAR ECLIPSES ARE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO IMAGE BECAUSE OF THEIR SHORT TIME SPAN
AND THE NEED TO TRAVEL TO THE PATH OF TOTALITY.
SOLAR SYSTEM
Our local cosmic neighborhood is undergoing constant change.
THE SUN IS IMAGED USING A SOLAR DEDICATED HYDROGEN ALPHA 120MM TELESCOPE. tHE OTHER OBJECTS ARE
IMAGED THROUGH THE TELESCOPES AT THE BLACK BOULDER OBSERVATORY.
MILKY WAY
our galaxy is 88,000 light years wide and 1,000 light years thick.
THIS COLLECTION OF IMAGES ARE TAKEN USING A SMALL PORTABLE STAR TRACKING MOUNT AND STANDARD
PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS FULL COLOR CANON CAMERAS AND 14MM TO 85MM LENSES.
