Jeffrey O. Johnson (Jeff Johnson)

Astronomy and astro-imaging by Jeffrey O. Johnson
NOTE: *OF COURSE* I have posted... but X lies and says I haven't. Fact.

[Jeffrey O. Johnson (Jeff Johnson) @jeffjastro]

Hi all!
(ZERO AI!!)
Here is my most recent result from my backyard in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
M64 - Black Eye Galaxy (24 million light years away)

I captured this over 2 nights in May from my backyard using my 12" TPO RC, AP1100GTO, QSI 690wsg.

https://t.co/lH8hSgdwru

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*NGC 6853

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M27 - NGC 6863 (Dumbbell Nebula) (my most recent result from Las Cruces - data collected over 2 nights in May)
All data added.
This image is image is LHaRGB...and captured from my backyard 📷
I used my 12" Truss-tube RC telescope with an astronomy-specialized QSI ccd camera.
#M27

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Check out this post on Nextdoor: https://t.co/TvIWIynF6l

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M100 - NGC 4321 (spiral galaxy in Virgo Cluster)
Distance: 60 million light years
... I captured this using a portable setup from my backyard in Las Cruces, NM.

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Snow in mountains (and in our backyard), today! My daughter was so happy and immediately went out back to play. I took this picture from our backyard... 25 January 2026 ❄️❤️

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Honored!!
My NGC 6888 image is featured in the Astronomical League's "Reflector" magazine (Dec 2025, Vol 78, No 1). PRINTED.
(and featured as First image in Gallery!!!)

"Reflector" is a *printed* national magazine.

Original: https://t.co/aj94Gh5gL2

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We arrived back home today in Las Cruces around 1:30pm.

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Yesterday.

Have wanted to see this for a long time. As part of our last-minute road trip, we went by it, yesterday (13 Nov 2025). Incredible views 😍🤩❤️

#RioGrandeGorge

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Sun(spots) today - 5 Nov 2025
Hi all,
I did the wider view (similar to before), and then extended the FL to check out the interesting sunspots and prominences area of the Sun, today (5 Nov 2025).
Just the longer FL shown here - full disk data are separate.

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Milky Way (Cygnus area) from New Mexico backyard.

https://t.co/HUPDOG7N1O

#MilkyWay #Cygnus #Astronomy @BBC @AstronomyMag @SkyandTelescope

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Hi all (btw, for X/Twitter: "I'm baaaack..."),
Here, I also have this on my site, now: https://t.co/riPcqAk19W
Earlier here I had a narrowband-only (H-alpha) image.
Now, here is the final of NGC 6888, aka the Crescent Nebula.

#astronomy #nebula #NewMexico #LasCruces

[Jeffrey O. Johnson (Jeff Johnson) @jeffjastro]

Finished heavy bag workout... my better half wanted to take a picture of me as I was headed to the kitchen to get some protein...

#fighter #bodybuilder

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NGC 3389 (and friends!)
Here is the second target of three targets I had on 21 May 2025 from my backyard here in Las Cruces.
Main target here for me was NGC 3389 (the spiral galaxy with "structure").

#astronomy #galaxies #ngc3389 #ngc3384 #M105