Fine Art Astrophotography by Scott Johnson

Total exposure time 9 hours. Photographed at my home observatory near Bloomington, In.

Exposure time 33 hours. Photographed at Sierra Remote Observatory. Data acquired by Bret Charles, John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Jose Mtanous, Rick Stevenson and Scott Johnson.
Processing by Scott Johnson.

Lots of dust in this shot.

Exposure time 27.5 hours. Photographed at Sierra Remote Observatory. Data acquired by Bret Charles, John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Jose Mtanous, Rick Stevenson and Scott Johnson.
Processing by Scott Johnson.

Total exposure time 6.5 hours. Photographed at my home observatory near Bloomington, In.

Photographed from Texas in 2018.

Total Exposure Time: 23 hours

Data acquired by: John Kasianowicz, Josh Balsam, Justin Lian, Michael Bushell, Mike Shelby, Rich Johnson, Dhaval Brahmbhatt and Scott Johnson.

Processing by Scott Johnson.

Total exposure time 9.5 hours. Photographed at my home observatory near Bloomington, In.

An interesting pair of galaxies on a cosmic collision course. No turning back now.

Photographed from Texas in 2018. Total Exposure Time: 40 hours

Data acquired by: John Kasianowicz, Josh Balsam, Justin Lian, Michael Bushell, Mike Shelby, Rich Johnson, Dhaval Brahmbhatt and Scott Johnson.

Processing by Scott Johnson.

There are relatively few images of M95 posted on the internet, perhaps because it is faint and difficult to process. Captured at Deep Sky West in New Mexico with over 21 hours of total exposure.

This is an interesting example of a galaxy and planetary nebula in the same field. The halo surrounding the owl nebula is faint oxygen that is only revealed with very long exposure times.

Exposure time 49.5 hours. Photographed at Sierra Remote Observatory. Data acquired by Bret Charles, John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Jose Mtanous, Rick Stevenson and Scott Johnson.
Processing by Scott Johnson.

Total exposure time 17 hours. Photographed at my home observatory near Bloomington, In.

Total exposure time 11.8 hours. Photographed at my home observatory near Bloomington, In.

Captured at Deep Sky West in New Mexico with over 29 hours of total exposure.