ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY BY

BRENT BOWEN


N E B U L A S

Huge structures made of gas and dust.

Orion Nebula

One of the brightest nebulae in the sky, and one of the nearest star-forming regions.

Horsehead Nebula

One of the most photographed objects in the sky.

Horsehead Nebula

One of the most photographed objects in the sky.

California Nebula

1,000 light years away & 100 light year long.

The Elephant Trunk Nebula

Hundreds of light-years across and about 3,000 light years from Earth, stars are forming in this area.

Heart Nebula

A beautiful nebula located 7500 light years away.

Eastern Veil Nebula

A faint supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus.

Gamma Cygni Nebula

A nebula surrounding the star Gamma Cyngi, the center of the constellation Cygnus the Swan.

North America Nebula

Covers an areas 4 times the size of the moon.

S O L A R   E C L I P S E   2 0 2 4

I was in Torreon, Mexico on April, 8, 2024 for my fourth total eclipse.  The images I shot were by far my best eclipse images.

2024 Solar Eclipse

This was the amazing view for 4.5 minutes!

2024 Solar Eclipse with Bailey's Beads

The Sun shining between mountains on the Moon creat bright spots know as Bailey's Beads.

G A L A X I E S

Systems of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity.

Whirlpool Galaxy

A beautiful spiral galaxy that's interacting with a smaller galaxy.

Bode's Nebula

Galaxy wrongly identified as a nebula when discovered in 1774.

T H E   S U N

An 800,000 mile wide ball of of gas fusing Hydrogen into Helium creating energy for life on Earth. 

The Sun

A super high-res, 28-panel moasic of the Sun taken with a Hydrogen Alpha telescope.

Sunspot Region

A large group of Sunspots & filaments.

Solar Prominence

A very cool looking prominence in this negative image.

Sunspot Region

Hydrogen Alpha close up of a large region with white light data added for sunspot detail.

Sunspot Regions

Long trail of sunspots.

Sun

Created to look as if the Sun was miniture.

A N N U L A R   E C L I P S E   2 0 2 3

On October 14, 2023 the Moon blocked most of the Sun.  These images were taken from southern Utah.

(More images to come - as I find time to process them.)

Prominences imaged in Ha.

Solar Flares seen peeking out behind the moon. Imaged with Hydrogen Alpha Solar Dedicated scope.

Large Solar Prominence

A large Solar Flares slowly being blocked by the Moon. Imaged with Hydrogen Alpha Solar Dedicated scope.

Annular Eclipse Maximum

These clouds really give this a Ring of Fire look.

Annular Eclipse Maximum

Luckily some interesting clouds moved by during eclipse maximum.

S O L A R   E C L I P S E S

The Moon blocking the Sun never fails to generate excitement.

2017 Solar Eclipse

Composite of images showing Bailey's Beeds with the eclipsed Sun.

2017 Solar Eclipse

Composite of images showing Bailey's Beeds with the Hydrogen Alpha image of the Sun just prior to the eclipse.

2017 Solar Eclipse

The Sun's corona during totality.

2017 Solar Eclipse

A single photo of the eclipsed Sun showing the surprising pink prominences.

2017 Solar Eclipse

Partial Eclipse imaged with a Hydrogen Alpha telescope.

2014 Annular Eclipse

A series of images taken durning an Annular Eclipse.

T H E   M O O N

A 2,200 mile wide body that's 240,000 miles away - the farthest distance humans have traveled from earth. 

The Moon

The Moon, as if it were floating above the ground.

The Moon

Apollo 15 landing site.

The Moon

The less seen waning Moon.

The Moon

I vert high-res image created from 24 separate photographs.

Mare Imbrium

A close up of one of the more photographed regions of the moon.

The 3D Moon (use blue/red 3D glasses)

Created with images taken a day apart then separated into red & blue channels.

T H E   M I L K Y   W A Y

The mass of stars in our own Galaxy - about 100 billions of them. 

The heart of the Milky Way.

A wide angle view of the core of the Milky Way.

The Milky Way's Rho Ophiuchi region.

A colorful region just outside of the Milky Way's core.

The Milky Way.

A wide angle shot with a boulder in a desert foreground.

The Milky Way.

A wide angle view with a Pinyon Pine.

Rising above the Tetons (part 1)

A super-high resolution composite image with the Tetons.

Rising above the Tetons (part 2)

A super-high resolution composite image with the Tetons.

I M A G I N G   G E A R

B R E N T   B O W E N

I received a small telescope for Christmas when I was in Junior High.  For years I kept thinking I should buy a nicer telescope, one that I could take photos with.  In 2013 I bought a Celestron 11" telescope with a motorized mount - I'd never seen anything like it.  That was the beginning of what has become an obsession.


In 2023 I finished construction on a Observatory located in Boulder, Utah, on Black Bolder Mesa.  I named it Black Boulder Observatory.  I've only begun to take some 'real astrophotos.'

- Brent Bowen


Contact me at:  brentbowenstudios@gmail.com


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