Wednesday Highlights from PAUC 2025 are UP ultiphotos.com/pauc/2025/highlights/wed - Photos by @jeffbellphoto.bsky.social @CUTCamps, @WorldFlyingDisc @wfdf_pauc

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At about 49 million light years from Earth, NGC 7331 and friends are wishing you all a great Thanksgiving. This was an 18 hour LRGB capture taken from my yard, under Bortle 5 skies in central MA using an 8” SCT at 1422mm focal length. Happy Thanksgiving! 🔭 #Astrophotography

Quick and dirty (literally) process of a project I'm working on. This could be a really cool image after I get more data, and new flats to get rid of the dirt in the image train. #astrophotography

M 78, "The Friendly Ghost" RGB ~3hrs #astronomy #astrophotography

A decent guide 👇 #Dogs #Doglovers #DogsOfBlueSky #BlueSkyDogs

ONE WEEK until the 2025 USAU Club Nationals Championships! Tune into all the action on Ultiworld! Who are you most excited to watch?? buff.ly/tMr09Pd

particle of light just reaching earth from a distant star in a terrible mood as it had come all this way to see dinosaurs and now it has to go all the way to the other dinosaur planet

Finally got enough data to be happy with this result. Over 55 hours of narrowband data, and some broadband data for the stars. I processed this using the Foraxx palette to get some orange color. #Astrophotography #Supernova #Space

A sneak peak on what I'm currently working on. These are from 10 minute subs. I still need a lot more data since it's such a dim target but I'm hype to see what I'll be able to get out of it. The moon's finally out of the way so it should hopefully only be a few more days. #astrophotography

Two nights of 3:45am alarms, blazing full moon lighting the sky like daytime and washing out the light of everything else, comet included. Then two days of post-processing battles, as comet processing is maddeningly tricky. But I finally pulled it off: here is C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 🔭 #Astrophotography

Here is my fun new article about him suing the New York Times for a lot of money and the judge saying pls get the fuck outta my face with this shit and come back when you can act like you got some sense ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

M17 Omega is like the TEMU version of M42 Orion. It kind of has the same shape and colours but looks like it's been hitting the crystal pipe and has fallen on hard times. Apertura 75Q (Native) QHY Minicam8 + OAG SkyWatcher 100i 35 x 2m R 11 x 2m G (oops) 35 x 2m B Total: 2.7hrs

This is an important time to remember that responsibility is not a zero-sum game — recognizing one person’s fault does not necessarily diminish another person’s. The Trump administration is fascist. And ABC cynically caved and abandoned American values for money. Both are worthy of your contempt.

Last year I gathered a lot of data on the Pacman Nebula, but never processed it in a way I was happy with. One of the big challenges with this nebula is that the surrounding hydrogen is much fainter than the main nebula. #Astrophotography #Space #nebula #pacman 1/

Last year I gathered a lot of data on the Pacman Nebula, but never processed it in a way I was happy with. One of the big challenges with this nebula is that the surrounding hydrogen is much fainter than the main nebula. #Astrophotography #Space #nebula #pacman 1/

My latest project is a combination of broadband and maintenance data in Cygnus. In the bottom are 2 reflection nebulae, and the top right is the propeller nebula. #Astrophotography #Space #nebula

It's been a while since I've posted one of my photos. This is still a work in progress, but it's coming along. This is a faint supernova remnant in Cygnus. I'm about 25 hours in, and I probably want to double it to bring out more details. #astrophotography #supernova

Yeah… I got a bit emotional watching this emerge on screen as my #SeestarS50 began to capture photons. I’ve seen the star cluster in M16, and once a few years back on an exceptional summers night of seeing, I got a hint of nebulosity. But this was always THAT […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Happy to see my Senators @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov among those who voted for this resolution

On my way back to home from spending a week in Atacama Desert. There are no words to describe this sky. I have tons of data to spam, and here is just a quick processing I did in the floor of Calama’s airport. Ara’s dragons fighting over his egg… starless edition. #AstroCostaRica #Astrophotography 🔭

This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received. Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙

Happy Pride month!! 🏳️‍🌈

one day i hope we see "efficiency" as the anti-human concept it is. pray to the god of efficiency and live the dogma that walking is a waste of time, reading takes too long, and democracy is an obstacle to progress.

Not sure who to root for this weekend? We've got you covered with the Bandwagon Fan's Guide to Men's D-III Nationals -> buff.ly/9SEL4S7 [Pres. by Spin Ultimate | Photo: @UltiPhotos.bsky.social ]

USAU College Nationals start Saturday. D3 is always unpredictable and D1 could have some new top contenders. Let's go! youtu.be/I4O1m0gseOg?...

The Eagle Nebula — almost done. 🧑‍🚀 This piece is part of my journey to become astronaut. 🚀 If it speaks to you, you can help by sharing, supporting, or even adopting it. #SpaceArt #OilPainting #EagleNebula #NebulaArt #ArtInSpace #SupportArtists #AstronautInTraining #SpaceInspired #Astroart

Everyone needs M13 in their lives, despite Trump MAGA sullying it's poor name. The Great Hercules Cluster is relatively nearby us, about 25,100 light years away. M13 has an absolute magnitude of -8.7, which corresponds to a luminosity of a quarter million suns. #Astrophotography

Sometimes it feels like Trump's main criterion for choosing a cabinet position is the person who is most likely to personally benefit from the position apnews.com/article/dona...

Do you have a favorite space nebula? I think I like all of them personally. (All of these shot from my driveway.) 🔭🧪 #astrophotography

Anything above 75 is too hot

Happy Twenty-fifth Birthday, USB! Wait… ¡qsn 'ʎɐpɥʇɹıq ɥʇɟıɟ-ʎʇuǝʍʇ ʎddɐɥ Dammit, had it right the first time! www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/...

Keeping an iPod with just that single U2 album around out of spite

This is how the default blender cube is made btw

God: next Gabriel: do You want a break o Lord God: no my grace is tireless Gabriel: ok I have JD Vance with a prayer for You God: oh. Um. Actually I think I hear a sparrow falling Gabriel: it's a wind chime God: I better be sure. Have St. Damien take J.D. Gabriel: the leper dude? God: mmhmmmm

Friendly reminder to scientists/science communicators - the images you share (and thus grow followers, trust, credibility upon) are 100-fold better when you use alt-text because they are more accessible to broader audiences. Want to go one step further? Attribute the source! It's the BlueSky way.

💯This!!! I don't think people realize that Tate spews his garbage in every English speaking country. Every. English. Speaking. Country. In the US, Black boys and girls are online the most, by far. But in the US, Tate's garbage has the biggest effect on fashy, racist, sexist, patriarchal, boys. 🙂🙃

First light from the Minicam8 Mono. Working on this I realized how much I need to learn LRGB processing, and I didn't do myself any favors by making it more complicated adding in Ha to the mix. I'll look to add more data in the coming days as we go through Galaxy season. #Astrophotography #mono

First light from the Minicam8 Mono. Working on this I realized how much I need to learn LRGB processing, and I didn't do myself any favors by making it more complicated adding in Ha to the mix. I'll look to add more data in the coming days as we go through Galaxy season. #Astrophotography #mono

Steve Mooney, a staple for Boston Death or Glory, reflects on the key decisions and habits that fueled DoG’s still-unbeaten run of six national championships in a row -> buff.ly/76X7LWm [Photo: Rick Collins]

Get yourself a senator willing to rescue you in a foreign country after your messy president wrongfully deports you… …seems like a sentence I shouldn’t have to write in 2025 but here we are. Senator Chris Van Hollen leaves for El Salvador tomorrow to initiate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Full Coverage from WAFC YCC Tryouts #1 2025 is UP — over 700+ shots to browse at ultiphotos.com/wafc/youth/ycc/tryouts/2025/tryout1 🤩‼️ Photos by @kevinleclairephoto.bsky.social

Elon Musk failed to pay what he agreed? I'm shocked.

I was just reminded that this was a year ago today. We had some thin clouds where I was, but that didn't detract from the experience. For this image, I came back to the same patch of sky about 6 months later to get the stars. #eclipse #astrophotography

Adorable. The Boston ducks have protest signs #handsoff

Here is a fun interactive infographic I am posting for no reason. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f040...

That's what I call efficiency. Well done, DOGE.

chef’s kiss