A wide-field astrophotography shot of the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) against a dark, star-speckled background. The galaxy is a face-on intermediate spiral, showing a bright, warm yellowish core surrounded by intricate, sweeping spiral arms. These arms are accented with subtle blue tones from young star clusters and vibrant pinkish-red patches indicating H II star-forming regions. The entire galaxy has a soft, ethereal glow, and the surrounding black space is dotted with numerous sharp, distant stars of varying brightness. A small white logo for Paramount Observatory is visible in the bottom right corner.

Whilst cloudy skies are still persisting here, spend a bit more time working on older data. This is my image of C12 the fireworks galaxy from August 2025. I do like this Galaxy with all it's star forming areas in it's spiral arms 🔭

#Astrophotography #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour @liverpoolas.org

@moonhour.bsky.social waning gibbous moon this morning #moonhour #waninggibbousmoon #photohour

Tonights Full Pink Moon rising

It's not actually pink but don't be disappointed. The 'pink' pays tribute to the early spring bloom of Phlox subulata.

Here is a 'natural' shot, no filters and a black & white one.

#photography #moon #moonhour #nikonphotography

@moonhour.bsky.social waxing gibbous moon 🌖& Jupiter tonight #moonhour #waxinggibbousmoon #jupiter #photohour

@moonhour.bsky.social waxing gibbous moon #moonhour #waxinggibbousmoon #photohour

@moonhour.bsky.social waxing gibbous moon this morning #moonhour #waxinggibbousmoon #moon #photohour

@moonhour.bsky.social Jupiter & it,s moons last night #moonhour #jupiter #moons #photohour

@moonhour.bsky.social first quarter moon tonight #moonhour #firstquartermoon #moon #pics #photohour

A large bubble with red ha gasses on a dark background

Re-processing more 🔭 older data, this time C11 the Bubble Nebula, using the newer python tools in #Siril and getting some nice clean images. However, not happy with the bright star, couldn't figure out how to improve it?

#Astrophotography #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour @liverpoolas.org

@moonhour.bsky.social waxing crescent moon tonight #moonhour #waxingcrescentmoon #photohour

#Venus in the Sunset tonight, 🤞 & hoping to maintain clear skies tonight 🔭

#Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup
@liverpoolas.org

@moonhour.bsky.social waning gibbous moon this morning #moonhour #pics #moon #waninggibbousmoon #photohour #stormhour

@moonhour.bsky.social #moonhour #pics #moon #fullmoon #wormmoon #photohour #stormhour

@moonhour.bsky.social Full Worm Moon & Jupiter #moonhour #pics #moon #jupiter #fullmoon #wormhour #photohour #stormhour

@moonhour.bsky.social waxing gibbous moon #moonhour #pics #moon #waxinggibbousmoon 🌖 #photohour

@moonhour.bsky.social waxing gibbous moon & Jupiter #moonhour #pics #moon #waxinggibbousmoon Photohour

@moonhour.bsky.social waxing gibbous moon #moonhour #pics #moon #waxinggibbousmoon #Photohour

@moonhour.bsky.social Moon & Jupiter #moonhour #pics #moon #Jupiter #photohour

@moonhour.bsky.social waxing crescent moon #moonhour #pics #moon #waxingcrescentmoon #photohour

Detail -1 Our natural satellite, the Moon 🌙 Captured Feb 21, 2026 at 19:46 — 22.6% illumination, from my backyard. 🔭 WO Pleiades 111 (528mm) 📷 ASI 2660MC 50% best of 2000 frames

Detail -2 Our natural satellite, the Moon 🌙 Captured Feb 21, 2026 at 19:46 — 22.6% illumination, from my backyard. 🔭 WO Pleiades 111 (528mm) 📷 ASI 2660MC 50% best of 2000 frames

Here's some close-ups

#Astrophotography #Space #MoonHour #Astronomy

Our natural satellite, the Moon 🌙 Captured Feb 21, 2026 at 19:46 — 22.6% illumination, from my backyard. 🔭 WO Pleiades 111 (528mm) 📷 ASI 2660MC 50% best of 2000 frames

(1 of 2)
Our natural satellite, the Moon 🌙
Captured Feb 21, 2026 at 19:46 — 22.6% illumination, from my backyard.

🔭 WO Pleiades 111 (528mm)
📷 ASI 2660MC
50% best of 2000 frames

#Astrophotography #Space #MoonHour #Astronomy

@moonhour.bsky.social waxing crescent moon #moonhour #pics #moon #waxingcrescentmoon #photohour

@moonhour.bsky.social third quarter moon this morning #moonhour #moon #pics #moon #thirdquartermoon #photohour #Stormhour

@moonhour.bsky.social Jupiter & It,s Moons & waning gibbous moon #moonhour #moon #Jupiter #Moons #Waninggibbousmoon #Photohour #Stormhour

When the skies stay gray, the hard drives come out. The "Continuous Cloudy Skies" streak continues, so I’ve been diving back into old data to see what I can pull out. Here is a fresh look at the Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6992) from sept 2025.
#Astrophotography #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour

A wide-field astrophotography shot of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) showing its bright, glowing galactic core and distinct spiral arms of dust and blue stars, set against a dense backdrop of distant stars in deep space

While clouds are killing the opportunities to do any astronomy currently, still re-processing older data. Today #M31 #Andromeda

I'm practicing using the new #VeraLux scripts and getting 'interesting' results.

What are your thoughts?

#Astrophotography #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour

INFO: IC 1396. 🐘🌌
​Also known as the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, this cosmic cloud is over 100 light-years across. For context, our entire solar system is just a tiny speck compared to one of those dark "fingers" of dust.

#Astrophotography #Astronomy #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour
@liverpoolas.org

@moonhour.bsky.social last photo of waning gibbous moon this morning #moonhour #waninggibbousmoon #Waningmoon #Photohour #stormhour

@moonhour.bsky.social waning gibbous moon this morning #moonhour #waninggibbousmoon #photohour #stormhour

@moonhour.bsky.social waning gibbous moon #moonhour #pics #moon #waninggibbousmoon #photohour #stormhour