Mike Read
@astromike.bsky.social
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Amateur astrophotographer from Wiltshire, UK. Software Developer.
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Messier 45 - The Pleiades. 7hrs integration over a few nights panning 2022, 2023 and last night. Imaged using a RedCat51
#astronomy
#astrophotography
about 1 year ago
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Last nights Aurora in Tromsø
#NorthernLights
5 months ago
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Multi panel MW , Cygnus region.. ASI2600 + sigma 50mm
#astronomy
6 months ago
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Airborne Pyrotechnics tonights
@longleatofficial.bsky.social
8 months ago
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Last nights Perseid capture. Corsley, Wiltshire. Using A Canon R6II and Sigma 20mm ART
#astronomy
9 months ago
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Red Arrow
#RIAT
#Aviation
10 months ago
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Friday
#RIAT
#Aviation
10 months ago
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Saturday
#RIAT
#Aviation
10 months ago
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This mornings Robin...
11 months ago
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Freya - Mid yawn
#catsofbluesky
11 months ago
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Last nights Strawberry Moon rising through Longleat Forest
#strawberrymoon
#astronomy
#moon
#wiltshire
11 months ago
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Final Messier 106 A total of 66 x 300s images stacked using PixInsight. Acquired using NINA. 8" Edge native + ASI2600MC Astro Dark disappears this week :-(
#astronomy
#astrophotography
about 1 year ago
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Messier 106 discovered in 1781 lies 22-25 million ly from Earth. 2hrs of integration using an 8" Edge at native 2000mm. Imaged from my garden
#wiltshire
#astronomy
about 1 year ago
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A 5 panel mosaic - Corona Borealis. I've also marked approx where T Coronae Borealis "Blaze Star" is - the possible location is where the nova event might happen.
#astronomy
#astrophotograpy
about 1 year ago
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18 panel mosaic of Ursa Major using a RedCat & ASI 2600MC. each panel consists of approx 30 x 300s frames. Assembled in Pixinsight and Affinity Photo. Pixel peekers - spot the galaxies...
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#astrophotography
about 1 year ago
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OK - here's my largest mosaic todate - 8 panel on the Taurus Molecular Cloud - including the Pleiades.
#astronomy
#astrophotography
about 1 year ago
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Tonights Moon with "Earth Shine"
#astronomy
about 1 year ago
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Same 6 panel mosaic (Ursa Major), merged and process in PI
#astronomy
about 1 year ago
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6 panels , roughly stitched from last night , Ursa Major stars Merak and Phecda
#astronomy
about 1 year ago
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More panels needed - Jupiter is currently in the way :-)
#astronomy
#astrophotography
about 1 year ago
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Started on a mosaic of the TMC, 3 panels assembled in PixInsight.. RedCat51 + ASI2600MC
#astronomy
#astrophotography
#Wiltshire
about 1 year ago
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Star Trails from last night from the Indi All Sky Camera
#astrophotography
about 1 year ago
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Part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud, possibly the closest star forming region to Earth. Images last night from my Garden in Wiltshire. Using a RedCat51 and ASI 2600MC camera.
#astronomy
#astrophotography
#wiltshire
about 1 year ago
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Messier 42 - Orion Nebula, along with "running man" 27mins integration using a RedCat51 from my garden in Wiltshire
#Astronomy
#astrophotography
about 1 year ago
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Messier 45 - The Pleiades. 7hrs integration over a few nights panning 2022, 2023 and last night. Imaged using a RedCat51
#astronomy
#astrophotography
about 1 year ago
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Apache
over 1 year ago
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A capture of last nights moon halo from Wiltshire
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over 1 year ago
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Pretty starry from the garden tonight. Testing my new 10mm full frame lens from 7Artisans. This fits on my Canon R6mk2 as an RF lens giving 183deg view. Images are 20s, f3, ISO 3200 (quick edit in PS)
#astronomy
#astrophotography
over 1 year ago
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My M45 that appeared in this months Sky At Night Magazine :-)
#astronomy
#astrophotography
over 1 year ago
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reposted by
Mike Read
Adrian Jannetta
over 1 year ago
For the past couple of nights I've been chasing the Crescent Nebula with the SeeStar S50. This is an emission nebula in Cygnus, formed by the stellar wind from a Wolf-Rayet star interacting with its expelled outer layers. It spans about 25 light-years and is about 5,000 light-years away.
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reposted by
Mike Read
Adrian Jannetta
over 1 year ago
It's taken 4 years to get 15 hours of exposure time on the Andromeda Galaxy. This is a combination of exposures with the RedCat 51 / ZWO ASI533MC Pro and Altair Astro triband filter. Processed in PixInsight. Taken from my home in Northumberland
#astronomy
#astrophotography
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reposted by
Mike Read
Adrian Jannetta
over 1 year ago
M33 (Triangulum Galaxy) taken with the RedCat 51. 6 hours of exposure time with ZWO ASI533MC Pro (3 with triband filter, 3 without). This galaxy is around 2.7 million light-years away and bursting vibrant HII star forming regions!
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#snow
#wiltshire
over 1 year ago
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The artist and her artwork
#cats
over 1 year ago
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Our Luna xx
#Cats
over 1 year ago
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Merry Christmas from our rescues - Freya and Luna
#Cats
#CatsOfBlueSky
over 1 year ago
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5 hrs of integration , data captured from my garden. The "Ghost" in Cassiopeia. Very quick edit. HaRGB - using an Esprit 100 + QHY268m (cropped)
#astronomy
#astrophotography
over 1 year ago
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After a drought of imaging….
over 1 year ago
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1hr of HA on "The Ghost"....from my garden in Wiltshire...terrible seeing, mist and fog descended rapidly.
#astronomy
#astrophotography
over 1 year ago
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How it started and how it ended 🎉🎉🎉🎉
over 1 year ago
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At the O2 ready to see Level 42 🎉
over 1 year ago
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NGC 7380 - Wizard Nebula, mainly 2022 data, reprocessed today. 6 hrs per Ha, Sii, Oiii filters from my garden in Wiltshire.
#astronomy
#astrophotography
over 1 year ago
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Final Image: NGC 281 PacMan Nebula , is a bright emission nebula in Cassiopeia. Imaged from my garden in Wiltshire 4hrs per narrow band filter (Ha, Sii, Oiii). assembled in the Hubble Palette.
#astrophotography
#astronomy
over 1 year ago
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A pair of B-52s over the village
#wiltshire
#aviation
over 1 year ago
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NGC 281 - PacMan Nebula , Imaged from my Garden over 3 nights in Wiltshire. 3hrs per Ha, Sii and Oiii filters. Processed in PI using a Hubble palette.
#astronomy
#astrophotography
over 1 year ago
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Yesterday we had a little Goldfinch in the garden
#birds
#ukbirding
over 1 year ago
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reposted by
Mike Read
Keith Bramley
over 1 year ago
This is
#SH2-206
known as the Fossil Footprint nebula 9800 light years away. I gathered 29 hours narrowband data on this with my Atik 383L+ and 190MN scope. Not many people image this so I thought it was a good target for a change
#astrophotography
#space
#nebula
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Happiness is a wet pigeon....
#birds
#rspb
over 1 year ago
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An A400M overflight....
#aviation
over 1 year ago
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This mornings 57% waning moon, photographed from my garden in Wiltshire.
#Moon
#Lunar
over 1 year ago
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NGC 281 - PacMan Nebula , Imaged from my Garden over 2 nights in Wiltshire. 2hrs per Ha, Sii and Oiii filters. Processed in PI using a Hubble palette.
#astronomy
#astrophotography
over 1 year ago
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