I’m presenting at the Colorado Springs Astronomical League (CSASTRO) Club’s Monthly Meeting, 19 August 2025, on my adventures imaging in the Atacama desert…I hope you can join me in person or online!
The story told here, earlier this year…
You may remember the Blog (https://beersastrophotography.com/recent-adventures/2nd-annual-most-amazing-astrophotography-trip-to-the-atacama-desert/) and Newsletter telling the story of my most recent Atacama Chile adventure. If you’re interested in hearing me tell the story, please join me at the CSASTRO Monthly Meeting on 19 August 2025, either in person or on-line!
CSASTRO Monthly Meeting Notice
Join Us for the Monthly CSASTRO Meeting!
We invite you to attend our next CSASTRO meeting on Tuesday, August 19th, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM (Mountain Time) at the Space Foundation. If you cannot join in person, you can still participate online using the link below. This month’s presentation by Suzanne Beers is “Atacama Desert in Chile: A Most Amazing Astrophotography Destination!”
Tuesday, August 19th @ 6:30pm CSASTRO General Meeting
Meeting Location
Space Foundation Discovery Center
4425 Arrowswest Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Monthly Meeting location sponsored by The Space Foundation! CSASTRO appreciates the support!
Virtual Meeting Invitation
CSASTRO 2025 August General Meeting
August 19th, 6:30 – 8:30 PM (America/Denver)
Please join our meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
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We hope to see you there! Mike Schmidt, CSASTRO President
A brief reminder of the images from 2025…
Just like last year’s trip – the clear, dark skies of the Atacama Desert were phenomenal! I imaged five nights, capturing seven deep sky objects. The last night prior to my departure, I imaged the Milky Way – which was glorious spanning from east-to-west horizon in the early morning hours.
If you want to just cut to the chase, I put together a summary gallery that contains all the images I captured with a simple high-point sentence or two and a link to each object’s gallery page where you can read the fun facts, capture notes, and processing information. That summary gallery is: https://beersastrophotography.com/gallery/southern-hemisphere-march-2024/ with my “trip favorite” included below…
Six nights, seven DSO images and three Milky Way images…
The full capture story of each of the images is included in the gallery pages, which are listed below.
Or you can head to the Nebula Images page: https://beersastrophotography.com/deep_space_objects/nebulae/ where the images are posted in (reverse) chronological order by the day they were captured. (I also created a separate Southern Hemisphere Nebula gallery page, that shows all the images I captured during both this and last year’s trips – but I haven’t figured out how to publish it yet! When I do, I’ll come back and put that link here: XXX )
Or you can head to the summary gallery ( https://beersastrophotography.com/gallery/southern-hemisphere-march-2024/ ) that contains all the images with a simple high-point sentence or two and a link to each object’s gallery page where you can read the fun facts, capture notes, and processing information.
Below are the links to each night’s images, to allow you to quickly access the gallery page that has the target fun facts, capture details, sequence information, and of course the image. Although it’s a little like Sophie’s Choice in picking one or two favorites, I’ve added my other favorites (besides the NGC3372 Carina Nebula that I already posted above) below, along with its link. I’ve also included a thought or two on each targets…
#1. Night#1: Thursday, 27 March 2025; Chamaeleon III – Rippling Flames & Moa Nebulae 2-tile mosaic https://beersastrophotography.com/gallery/chamaeleon-iii-rippling-flames-moa-nebulae/
#2. Night #2: Friday, 28 March 2025; IC4628 Prawn Nebula: https://beersastrophotography.com/gallery/ic4628-prawn-nebula/
#3. Night #3: Saturday, 29 March 2025; Chamaeleon II: Haast Eagle & Possum Nebulae & Chamaeleon III: Talon and Thumbprint Nebulae 2-tile mosaic: https://beersastrophotography.com/gallery/chamaeleon-ii-haast-eagle-possum-nebulae-chamaeleon-iii-talon-and-thumbprint-nebulae/
#4. Night #4, Target #1: Sunday, 30 March 2025 (20:37CDT – 31Mar2025, 01:04CDT); SH2-308 Dolphin Head Nebula: https://beersastrophotography.com/gallery/sh2-308-dolphin-head-nebula/
#5. Night #4, Target #2: Night of Sunday, 30 March 2025 (31Mar2025, 01:18CDT – 06:46CDT); IC4604 Rho Ophiuchi Nebula 2-tile mosaic: https://beersastrophotography.com/gallery/ic4604-rho-ophiuchi-nebula/
#6. Night #5, Target #1: Night of Monday, 31 March 2025 (31Mar2025, 20:39CDT – 1Apr2025, 02:52CDT)
NGC3372 Eta Carina Nebula 2-tile mosaic: https://beersastrophotography.com/gallery/ngc3372-eta-carina-nebula/
#7. Night #5, Target #2: Night of Monday, 31 March 2025 (1Apr2025, 0303CDT – 0656CDT) IC4812 Anteater Nebula: https://beersastrophotography.com/gallery/ic4812-anteater-nebula/
#8. Night #6, Night of 1 April 2025 (2 April 2025, 03:48 – 06:54CDT): Milky Way over the Cerro Toro Mountain, SPACE Atacama Lodge #1 hut, and a 7-tile panorama of the Milky Way stretching from the west-to-east horizons. https://beersastrophotography.com/gallery/milky-way-over-space-atacama-lodge-chile-2025/