The Spiral Galaxy M64 in Coma Berenices, commonly referred to as the black eye galaxy. #astronomy #astrophotography

The crescent moon at sunset. #astronomy #astrophotography

I'm still glad I took another crack at the processing. I posted the better one.

Thanks. I reprocessed it later, and it came out much better.

It's 20 or 30 million light years away, so someone will have to volunteer to go find out.

Yeah, I'll be the first to admit that Hubble did it better.

Fortunately, I decided to take another crack at NGC 2683. I'm really glad I did because it came out much better this time. #astronomy #astrophotography

A not too wildly successful image of the galaxy NGC 2683 in the constellation Lynx. It's sometimes called the UFO galaxy. It's really too small for my equipment, especially my north-facing equipment upstairs. #astronomy #astrophotography

Globular Cluster M3 in the constellation Canes Venatici. #astronomy #astrophotography

Thanks, Steve.

Yup.

M104, the Sombrero Galaxy in Virgo. #astronomy #astrophotography

Thank you so much for tagging me, Annie. I'm happy that you enjoyed it and I love this review.

This is the other thing I was working on last night. The Galaxy M101 in Ursa Major. But there was a lot of cloud action in the early part of the night, and I ended up with less than five hours of it. At least they were hours in a very dark sky. #astronomy #astrophotography

You read a lot online about how this is brightening as the month goes on, but what they forget to tell you is that it's also dipping below the horizon during any reasonable nighttime hours, when you might... you know... see it. At least from here.

Comet C/2025 R3 Pan-STARRS. Not the best picture of a comet, but this was tricky. It's very close to the horizon where the sun is rising in the morning. By the time it comes up it's really a little too light for photography. That's likely why I didn't capture much tail. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Markarian's Chain of Galaxies in Virgo. #astronomy #astrophotography

M36, the Pinwheel Cluster (upper left) and M38, the Starfish Cluster (lower right) in Auriga. #astronomy #astrophotography

The open cluster M37 in Auriga. #astronomy #astrophotography

Thanks!

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A handful of days ago, I posted that the sun had decided to get interesting again. Please add the word "very" to that assessment. #astronomy #astrophotography #skying

Done!

Jupiter in a lunar halo. That other spot of light is just a lens flare. #Skying

The moon and Jupiter tonight. #astronomy #astrophotography

Thanks! Always my pleasure to share.

Thanks!

The phrase "quarter moon" doesn't mean that the moon is one quarter illuminated. It means it's one quarter of the way through its cycle.

Keep me posted. I take a lot of pictures of the sky.

The Quarter Moon with Jupiter, Castor and Pollux. #astronomy #astrophotography