Photo of my set up in the back yard.
First clear night (that I've been home for) in weeks. Weird rig because there are no ZWO or Svbony gear.
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Great to meet you as well! Hope to catch you again next year!
It was great to meet you, Naz!
Check out my NEAF highlights video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCPC...
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Wissenschaftlich annotierte Version der Astrophotografie des Leo-Tripletts im Querformat. Das Bild verfügt über folgende zusätzliche Informationsschichten: Koordinatengitter: Ein weißes, gestricheltes Gradnetz für Rektaszension und Deklination ist über das gesamte Sichtfeld gelegt. Objektmarkierungen: Die drei Hauptgalaxien sind mit farbigen Ellipsen umrandet und beschriftet: M65 und M66 mit blauen Markierungen (rechts und mittig oben), NGC 3628 mit einer grünen Markierung (links). Zusatzinformationen: Kleinere Hintergrundgalaxien und Sterne sind mit kleinen Kreisen und Identifikationsnummern markiert. Am oberen Bildrand befindet sich eine Kopfzeile mit technischen Dateiinformationen ("M_65_345x10sec_2026-04-07..."). Das Bild ist im Vergleich zur ersten Aufnahme horizontal ausgerichtet und zeigt die Galaxien in einer geänderten relativen Position zueinander.
Astrophotografie des Leo-Tripletts vor einem tiefschwarzen, sternenreichen Hintergrund im Hochformat. Im Zentrum und in den Randbereichen sind drei markante Galaxien positioniert: M65 (oben links): Eine geneigte Spiralgalaxie mit hellem Kern und diffuser Scheibe. M66 (zentral unten): Eine Spiralgalaxie in Schräglage, deren Spiralarme und helles Zentrum deutlich hervortreten. NGC 3628 (rechts mittig): Eine edge-on (von der Seite) sichtbare Galaxie, erkennbar an ihrer länglichen, schmalen Form mit einem markanten, dunklen Staubband in der Mitte. Das gesamte Bild ist von zahlreichen punktförmigen Sternen unterschiedlicher Helligkeit und in überwiegend weißen sowie bläulichen Farbtönen übersät.
Leo Triplet galaxies (with and without annotations) observed with Seestar S50 on 7 April. Exposure time: 1 hour. Location: Heidelberg, Germany. Processing with Smart Telescope Processing Script by @naztronomy.com on Siril. 🔭
Thanks, Mike :)
Thank you, Joe :)
Done with #NEAF2026 and #NEAIC2026... Made away with winning a new triplet refractor telescope in a raffle. I am never this lucky😄...NEAIC was lot of fun..NEAF less vendors this time around due to certain reasons but next yr 🤞...
Check out my 12 panel, 71 hour mosaic of the Large Magellanic Cloud in both broadband and narrowband: app.astrobin.com/i/7thh0y
Go full screen & zoom in!
I presented it at NEAIC/NEAF for the first time yesterday and it was the main subject of both of my talks.
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This was perfect.
#artemis2
Crescent Moon about to be eclipsed by crescent moon as seen from the Artemis II
What. a. view. Crescent earth about to be eclipsed by crescent moon.
#astronomy #artemis2 #moon #earth #integrity
Screenshot of NASA live stream after Artemis II crew goes farther than any any human
Congrats to the crew of Artemis II. They are now the furthest traveled humans in history, I've never been more jealous.
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Friday NEAIC Talk Schedules. I'm scheduled to gon at 1 pm with topic "Advanced Imaging with NINA from a different hemisphere" and at 2:30 titled "Siril Scripts: Making Stacking and processing easy"
Happy to announce that I'll be a speaker at NEAIC (Northeast Astro Imaging Conference) where I'll give two talks on Friday Apr 10th (also attending NEAF).
Due to my schedule, I won't get there until late on Thursday the 9th. I hope to see you there!
#astronomy #astrophotography #NEAIC #NEAF
Released a new version of my @siril.org OSC Preprocessing Script: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9pd...
Current version is v2.0.2 (has a minor bug fix after the video was released).
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My son watching the artemis ii launch
I don't post photos of my son online but making an exception since it's the back of his head. Go #artemis2
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That looks beautiful!
It's the ToupTek ATR2600M with their own LRGBSHO filters.
Thought about getting the Minicam8 as my first mono cam but i really wanted the IMX571 view.
M51 the Whirlpool galaxy with a green filter in monochrome with the Askar 120APO
Another mono image, this time it's M51 with my Askar 120APO with a green filter. 120 second exposure.
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30 second exposure of M13 the Globular Cluster in Hercules with the Askar 120APO and a monochrome camera (just the green filter).
M13 in monochrome with the Askar 120APO. 30s exposure.
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Tour the southern hemisphere skies with me in this live stream: youtube.com/live/kszS0-f...
Short stream because I'm doing this while my son naps. We'll tour some known nebulae down under!
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Quarter moon as see through an 8" dob
Quarter moon from yesterday. Eyepiece projection photo with my phone. The craters look so good. There was also a thin layer of clouds.
8" dob.
#astronomy #astrophotography #moon
Svbony told me I can giveaway a couple of SV241 power/usb hubs (this is not the pro version) so I set up a quick Gleam giveaway to pick some random winners: gleam.io/lSVGI/naztro...
They have a sale going on for their 9th anniversary where the hub is $39.99 here: www.rtx.ink/vxubn664
Picture of the Clark 9" Telescope Dome on the roof of the Harvard CFA.
Successful outreach at the @harvard.edu Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics despite the clouds. Kudos to the moon and jupiter for fighting through. It was a full house. Jupiter through the 9" Clark refractor looked magnificent!
#astronomy #outreach
A reminder that our President, in addition to killing millions between COVID and ending USAID, led an armed insurrection against the US, stole classified documents and kept them in a bathroom, is a felon and and adjudicated rapist as well as best friends with Epstein.
The star cluster and nebula of NGC 2264.
NGC 2264, 90 minutes, Seestar S50.
This region of sky contains what's known as the Christmas Tree Cluster, and if you flip this image upside down, the "cone nebula" is at the top of the "tree" and the bright star is kind of near the base.
It's a star forming region about 2,500 light years away.
For those who wanted to see a super high res version of the Tarantula Nebula, please see it on Astrobin. Go full screen and ZOOOOOM in: app.astrobin.com/i/fzfnq6
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Here's the first image out of that system. Golden Tarantula on top of the Magellanic Cloud.
More to come soon!
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We got a telescope in the Southern Hemisphere!!
Watch our first light adventure here. I know I did a meme thumbnail, it was a great 4 am idea.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApbZ...
It's a planetary nebula. It's basically the end stages of a star's life and a good look at what will happen to our sun billions of years from now.
