Some Astrophotos I took on my birthday (August 4)

[Cinjin]

Beautiful. I have no idea on what the hell all of this means ......

NGC 7023 - The Iris Nebula, in Cepheus.
Image:
9x7 minutes - 63 minutes total exposure at ISO 1600 (UNGUIDED!)
Camera:
Hutech Modified Canon T1i with baader Coma corrector and Baader UV-IR cut filter
Equipment:
200mm f5 Modified Konus Newtonian OTA
Losmandy G-11 Gemini.
80mm f5 Orion Shorty Autoguide scope with Orion Star Shooter autoguider (not used for this image)
Losmandy heavy duty tripod.
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M33 - Cropped
Image:
12x5 minutes - 60 minutes total exposure at ISO 1600 (Autoguided)
Camera:
Hutech Modified Canon T1i with baader Coma corrector and Baader UV-IR cut filter
Equipment:
200mm f5 Modified Konus Newtonian OTA
Losmandy G-11 Gemini.
80mm f5 Orion Shorty Autoguide scope with Orion Star Shooter autoguider
Losmandy heavy duty tripod.
Imaged on August 4, 2011 at LAS Observatory, Curby, Indiana

....but your pictures are epic. Thank you for sharing.