This is a shot of the Orion Nebula, also known as Messier 42. It's a stack of 7 images taken on March 3, 2015 using the "T11" telescope located in Mayhill, New Mexico and operated by iTelescope.net.

My first attempt at more serious astrophotography: This is the galaxy known as The Whirlpool Galaxy, or more technically, Messier 51a. It is "is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus in the constellation Canes Venatici." (Thank you Wikipedia) It is anywhere from 15 to 35 million light years distant from the Milky Way. The image was captured early in the morning of February 25, 2015 by combining L, R, G and B images captured using the "T20" telescope in Mayhill, New Mexico through itelescope.net. And thank you to Nicole Mortillaro who introduced me to this really cool service, through which one remotely controls a network of telescopes around the globe. Nicole's images are amazing and make this first attempt by me look, well, like a first attempt. I have much to learn...