So with all the #artemis2 excitement tonight, here's a photo of the moon I took through my dreaded Astromaster 114 EQ.

This is at 50x probably similar to the view the crew is having now.

Taken through the eyepiece with pixel 6a

#astronony #astrophotography #moon #nasa

A painting desk covered in telescope parts and assembly instructions.

My 20 years with my company gift has arrived. Thus, my hobby desk has exploded in telescope parts. Yes, I have the old. #Astronony #DailyLife #MiniaturePainting #ChaoticQueer #GeekCrafts

This quasar is surrounded by a cloud containing 140 trillion times more water than all of Earth’s oceans.

#astronony 🧪

Image: NASA/ESA

Night of the Hunter: A Deep Dive into Orion Join us for a journey into the night sky for the week starting January 11, 2026.

This week’s episode is “Night of the Hunter”, a walk through Orion, which you can use as a guide to find your way around the winter sky.

We talk star-hopping, nebulae, stellar nurseries, Betelgeuse’s secrets, and why Orion has mattered to humans for thousands of years.

#astronony #podcast

The surface of the sun on November 9th. #astronony #astrosky #astrophotography

Pregaming the Black Forest Star Party at Cherry Springs State Park, PA, and making huge progress on my target list. I need a bigger list... 😂. #starparty #astronony #visualobserving

Orion’s Belt shines across cultures. To some, it’s a hunter. To others, it’s animals or sacred spirits. Same three stars, endless meanings.

When you see Orion in the night sky, do you think of strength, guidance, or mystery? Drop your story below👇

#orion'sbelt #astronony #groypers

Let’s talk Saturn, shall we? 🪐 #hmns #astronony #space

Galaxie d’Andromède

Galaxie d’Andromède au Champ du Feu peu avant la pleine lune 2h de capture #astronony #photography #galaxy #M31 #Skywatcher #ZWO

Le visage

Le visage #photography #astronony #cygnus #nebula

US physics departments expect to shrink graduate programs Student enrollment and guaranteed financial support are expected to fall amid anticipation of federal budget cuts, a new report finds.

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Sharp decrease in incoming #graduate students in #physics & #astronony in the US

Note survey carried out before NSF cuts, so more reductions are likely next year.

www.aps.org/apsnews/2025...

Survey by @physicstoday.bsky.social

Had a few more good nights on WR134. Here's the progress especially with the OIII layer, that's where this object really shines. Left is the first 1hr 30mins I captured. Right is after last night's run, puts it at 6hrs 30mins. The OIII detail is really popping.
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#astronony #astrophotography #WR134

Face on spiral galaxy M101

First serious effort with the Seestar S50. 229 minutes of data in 19.72 SQM skies. Even caught 14th magnitude background galaxy NGC 5477. No post processing by me, it's all the Seestar. #astronony #astrophotography #seestar #M101

The worst part?

This #space debris was designed to land on VENUS.

It may not break up on reentry.

#astronony

Full moon peeking out of pink and gray clouds.

In anticipation of tonight's #lunareclipse a #moonscape from last March. Let's hope for clear skies!

#astronony #nightsky #photography #moon #moonlovers #eclipse

The moon and likely Venus

Eastern PA sky tonight. The moon and likely Venus

#astronony

Crab Nebula using #Seestar S50

Had to edit this image quite a bit to rescue it from the cloud cover that showed up part way through. Still not a bad attempt!

2 hour exposure, 45 mins stacked in DeepSkyStacker, cleaned up with Photoshop and Siril

#astrophotography
#astronony
#deepsky
#canada

Finally had some clear skies tonight so I decided to target the (almost) full moon for my first test of Seestar S50

Unstacked, single shot.

#astrophotography
#astronony
#lunar
#solarsystem
#seestar
#canada

Tonight's Moon - Waxing Crescent Moon seen from the back garden Birmingham UK at around 6.00pm 03-02-25 #photography #moon #lunar #astronony

Photo of stars between dark trees lit from below but lights.

#conjunction #jupiter #orion #stakelake #nightsky #Astronony

Créditos de la imagen & copyright: Martin Mašek y Jakub Kuřák

#NASA #Astronony Imagen del día:
Hasta 6 colas podemos ver en el cometa C/2024 G3 (ATLAS). ¿Motivo?.

Tiene un enorme núcleo giratorio similar a un iceberg el cual parece haberse roto en su última aproximación al SOL.
Observatorio de Paranal, Chile. 🧊☄️☀️

Más info: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25012...

Photos of the crescent Moon, Venus and Saturn faintly in the top left on the first pic. View from Plaistow, Newham, east London last night.
#stargazing #astronony

NASA probe expected to make history with closest approach to the sun | CBC News A NASA spacecraft may have made history on Tuesday, flying closer to the sun than any object sent before.

Did we fly too close to the sun, or just close enough? It'll be a couple more days until we find out. #science #astronony

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

#jwst #astronony

While I prepare to chase Jupiter a bit later, here’s a single frame iPhone grab of Saturn, taken just now with my Questar Seven at 200X magnification.

#saturn #astrophotography #astronony