Jerome Hollon

The Needle Galaxy - Deceptively Small The Needle Galaxy is really cool, it’s the brightest, edge on galaxy that we can see from earth, thanks in part to its high density of globular clusters.

Why I Blog and Why You Read Blogging is a lot of work, you can tell by how few updates there are to this site, and how many of my images come along with the body text “Nothing here yet, enjoy the pretty pictures.”

The Crab Nebula - Light Show from the Tenth Century What happens when you mix a supernova from a star so massive to decay into a neutron star, and nearly a thousand years?

Cave Nebula Not much to see here yet, enjoy the pretty pictures.

Cocoon Nebula - The Star Chrysalis Not much to see here yet, enjoy the pretty pictures.

Heaphone Nebula - 100 Million Times Dimmer than Pluto The headphone nebula is an exceedingly rare nebula to have a photo of.

Cigar Galaxy - A Stellar Nursery The Cigar Galaxy is a unique starburst type galaxy.

Bubble Nebula Nothing to see here yet, enjoy the pretty pictures.

Crystal Ball Nebula Nothing to see here yet, enjoy the pretty pictures.

Crescent Nebula Nothing to see here yet, enjoy the pretty pictures

M27 The Dumbbell Nebula - Beauty From A Dead Star This is the Dumbbell Nebula, also known as the Apple Core Nebula.

M3 Globular Cluster - A Wandering Starburst This is one of my favorite objects it image each year as it goes by.

NGC 6949: Fireworks in the Sky - The Fireworks Galaxy Nothing here yet, just enjoy the image

NGC 660 A Unique Galaxy Galaxy season is in full swing and I’m making full use of my new telescope, the EdgeHD 11.

Pinwheel Galaxy with Supernova 2023ixf I’m posting this image a little bit out of chronological order, but only because I’m super excited about it.

Orion Nebula Not everyone spends their Christmas editing a photo of Orion’s Nebula (m42) but I do!

A Nebula With Heart, the Heart Nebula Nothing here yet, enjoy the pretty pictures.

Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia This is a very faint emissions nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

Elephant’s Trunk Nebula in Cepheus This mesmerizing image showcases Elephant’s Trunk Nebula (IC 1396), a diffuse emission nebula located in the constellation Cepheus, about 2,400 light-years away from Earth.

NGC 7822 in Cepheus This captivating image showcases NGC 7822, a star-forming region located in the constellation Cepheus, about 3,000 light-years away from Earth.

M45 in Taurus This image captures the beauty of M45, also known as the Pleiades.

Cygnus Loop, 2 Panel Mosaic This is the Cygnus Loop (also known as the Veil Nebula), first discovered by the English astronomer William Herschel in 1784.

Eagle Nebula in Serpens This is my own capture of the open cluster and emissions nebula called the Eagle Nebula.

LDN 889 in Gamma Cygni Nebula (IC1318) This nebula is sometimes called the butterfly nebula thanks to its dark dust band in the middle making it look like a butterfly.

Emission Nebula NGC 6823 & Open Cluster NGC 6820 This is an interesting, little imaged area of space.

Help Me Obi-Wan KenChatGPT, You’re My Only Hope Inside view of my joint.

Whirlpool Galaxy The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy, even before our own was classified as one.

Monkey Head Nebula This is the Monkey Head Nebula.

Tadpoles Nebula Had a clear weekend and got a chance to setup the telescope.

Bode’s Galaxy Group This is a galaxy cluster I can’t resist imaging every year.

NGC 2403 This is an unnamed galaxy designated NGC 2403.

Triangulum Galaxy As part of my commitment to disclose AI authorship, this article was partially authored with AI This is M33, or the Triangulum Galaxy.

Orion Nebula As part of my commitment to disclose AI authorship, this article was partially authored with AI This is one of my favorite nebulae to image.

Wizard Nebula As part of my commitment to disclose AI authorship, this article was partially authored with AI This is the Wizard Nebula, or NGC 7380.

Iris Nebula The Iris Nebula, or NGC 7023.

Andromeda Galaxy The one galaxy I can’t resist photographing every year!

Eastern Veil Nebula This is the Eastern Veil Nebula.

Leo Triplets M65, M66 & NGC 3628 The Leo Triplets!

M106 & Its Companions in the Canes II Galaxy Group This is an interesting photo.

Bodes Galaxy & Cigar Galaxy This is a two for one!

What is NINA?

NGC 2404 This is NGC 2404, an unnamed galaxy, part of the M81 group.

Jellyfish Nebula This is the jellyfish nebula (IC 443)!

Orion Nebula Not everyone spends their Christmas editing a photo of Orion’s Nebula (m42) but I do!

Triangulum Galaxy This is the triangulum galaxy again!

Western Veil Nebula This is a Halloween special!

Triangulum Galaxy This is the triangulum galaxy (M33)!

Iris Nebula This is the Iris nebula, also known as NGC 7023 or Caldwell 4.

The Problem with Webex Teams While I was working at Hilton, they adopted webex as their de facto meeting and chat tool.