NGC 3344 - The Sliced Onion Galaxy captured from my patio on seven nights this month 😊🔭 It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of about 46 hours in LRGB and Ha to reveal the star forming regions. #Astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social‬ what do you see?

Around the Iris Nebula, faint cosmic dust (IFN) glows with the light of the Milky Way itself, turning the background into the subject. @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social What do you see ? #BlueSkyArtShow #Background

After over 80 days of clouds an a 5 day cloudless streak, I'm glad I could catch a few distant photons 🙂. This is M106 shot with a Newt. Where is this exactly @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social ? Post 1/4

About 80 days with clouds and rain and clouds....and then , a 5 day moonless spree...😇....didn't sleep much but surely you guys can all make out all those Galaxies (it is Galaxy season after all 😊!). M51, M106, Leo Triplet and IC342 😍

I think my new pastime is drawing little figures with guiding glitches 😂🔭 #Astrophotography

Galaxy Messier 96 - First light for my Touptek SkyEye24AC and initial functionality test of the Touptek StellaVita. Check the blog for more details. ▼ Vixen VC200L | ToupTek SkyEye24AC astrocamp.eu/en/messier-9... #astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky #astroimaging #nightsky

NGC 2841 - The Tiger’s Eye Galaxy captured from my patio on five nights in February and March 😊🔭 It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of 40 hours in LRGB and Ha to reveal the star forming regions. #Astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social‬ what do you see?

#horizontal railway stone bridge stretching across the Dordogne River #blueskyartshow

The spiral galaxy M 94 in Canes Venatici is an easy object to observe due to its bright centre with an inner ring of young stars. This photo, which I took over 3 nights in January with an exposure time of 12 h, also shows the faint outer ring of stars. #astrophotography 🔭 @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

The Boogeyman Nebula - LDN 1622 High-resolution: app.astrobin.com/i/cdhqmx Let's boogey man! 😎 #astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #nebula #eastcoastkin #photography

I photographed the Rosette Nebula again after five years. Several attempts, incorrect framing, discarded color channels, and unfavorable lighting conditions turned the project into an adventure ▼ Baader Apo 95 CaF₂ | SkyEye62AM ’26 astrocamp.eu/en/rosette-n... #astrophotography #astronomy #nature

LBN 728 - another very faint nebula in Ursa Major. I collected these photons in January 2025 at Observatory Hoher List with my mobile Apo setup. ▼ Baader Apo 95 CaF₂ | SkyEye62AM astrocamp.eu/en/lbn-728/ #astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky #astroimaging #nightsky #clearsky #telescope

PuWe 1 captured from my dark site in southern France 🇫🇷 😊🔭 This was shot on the EdgeHD 8 with Hyperstar at f/2 for a total integration time of about 6.5 hours using an OSC cam with the Baader UHCL filter. PuWe 1 is one of the largest and faintest planetary nebula known! #Astrophotography

The Crab Nebula (M 1) in the constellation Taurus was the second prominent supernova remnant that I captured this January. It is already visible with larger binoculars, but all the nice filaments only show up in the photo. Total integration: 6h 26min #astrophotography 🔭 @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

The Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443), a prominent supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini, was my first attempt at a mosaic. The idea only came to me during data collection, but after some challenging editing, I am kind of happy with the result. 🔭 #astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

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Sh2-234 (IC 417) The Spider Nebula captured from my patio on six nights in December 😊🔭 It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of about 50 hours in mono using Ha, SII and OIII narrowband filters and combined with RGB stars. #Astrophotography

LDN1251 Angler fish or rotten fish nebula, a dark nebula in Cepheus. Taken over many nights, starting in May last year. For a better image, more information and equipment see astro.foto-album.com/portfolio/ld... #astrophotography

I haven’t posted in a while, so here we go. The Flaming Star Nebula, captured from my backyard. Gear: TS-Optics apo 130/910, ASI 2600mm pro, Antlia narrowband & RGB filters. Exposure: about 48 hours #astrophotography #space #nebula #astronomy

Messier 45 - The Pleiades My last project of 2025 — over 10 hours of exposure across three evenings. Here is my „release candidate“ ;) #astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky #astroimaging #nightsky

Snug as a bug in a rug – but Kaikai's story could have ended very differently. Thank you for making moments like this possible. By adopting, donating, following, and spreading the word, you help us give orphans a safe place to call home. Happy New Year! See you in 2026.

That was a tough one: The galaxy M74 in the constellation Pisces (and the weather) gave me some trouble, but I'm quite happy with my final image. This is a combined exposure time of 13 h with the L-Pro & IDAS NB12, which brought out the H-alpha regions #astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

I just finished reading this amazing book 🙂 After enjoying “Under Alien Skies” so much this is another book written by Philip Plait that I can highly recommend! Don’t get fooled by its cover: It’s serious and scientific stuff! I’ve read lots of books about space but learned lots of new things here.

Zoom in on the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) #astrophotography #M31 #Andromeda#galaxy #astronomy #space #science #photography #art #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnite #BlueSkyArtShow @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social Image details, see ALT 👇

Continue experimenting with Schlieren Photography, A DIY setup using reflections of a pinhole light in a parabolic mirror to visualize air turbulence. Light bends as it passes through rising heat, revealing invisible airflow from a candle. More details 👇 #BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse

1/ The Spaghetti Nebula (Simeis 147, Sh2-240) is what remains of a supernova and the second project which, up to now, had been on my list of “black beasts” — targets I considered impossible to capture under my sky — that I have finally brought home after a three-year battle. ⬇️ 🔭 #Astrophotography

A neonate orphan has lost its family, food source, and protection. Our Keepers fill that void – sleeping beside them, swaddling them, hand-picking their greens, scooping mud onto their skin. Offering round-the-clock care, for as long as it takes: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/n...

Long exposure turned the water into a symphony, each flying droplet sketching its own note. Captured while hiking in the south of France last summer #favoritethings #blueskyartshow

1/ The Flying Dragon nebula (Sh2-114) | December is driving me crazy: over the last two weeks the weather has alternated grey, rainy days with others sunny, seemingly crystal-clear at night—except it isn’t, because the sky is constantly crossed by fog banks and “sheep-clouds”. ⬇️ #Astrophotography

Sh2-200 The Bearclaw Nebula captured from my patio on six nights last month 😊🔭 This was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of about 55 hours in mono with Ha and OIII narrowband filters and combined with RGB stars. #Astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social‬ what do you see?

I was going to just get three hours of this and move on to something else, but now it seems promising and I think I'll try to get four more hours tonight. It's IC405, the Flaming Star Nebula. #Astronomy #astrophotography

I released a new Astrophoto: A Planetary Nebula - Sharpless 188, Nov’25 Made optimal use of two nights. Quickly refreshed the collimation of the Cassegrain. Result and Making Of: astrocamp.eu/en/sharpless... #astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky #astroimaging #clearsky #photography

✨The Horsehead and Flame nebulae. The difficulty of this capture was keeping Alnitak, one of the brightest stars in Orion’s belt, under control. 📷Setup : Sony A7S, Newton 130/900. @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social what do you see ? #blueskyartshow #sky

Yay! My VdB 14 and VdB 15 image was voted Top Pick Nomination on AstroBin! 🥳 #Astrophotography

Meet Kaikai, who has captured every heart at Kaluku. Daphne Sheldrick once said when orphans play, you know they've turned a corner. For Kaikai, who had a heart-breaking start to life, seeing her turn a wave “hello” into a game shows her recovery is well underway. Adopt her: www.swt.bio/kaikai

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One more sleep… set your alarms as tomorrow, we’ll be running a very special #GivingTuesday Matched Giving campaign. It’s your chance to donate or adopt, knowing your gift will have double the impact for Kenya’s wildlife. Stay tuned, we’ll share more tomorrow on our website and social feed!

Et voilà ! Merci à vous, vous êtes 1000 ! Et pour fêter ça, voici une nouvelle photo des Pléiades ! Et je pense que c'est ma meilleure photo, toute cible confondue... Et chose amusante, pour obtenir ce résultat, j'ai tenté : je n'ai mis aucun filtre ! 😁 Vous en pensez quoi ? 😇 #astrophotography 🔭

🔭 The Triangulum Galaxy, M33 is a beautiful sight. 2.73 million light years from earth it's the third largest galaxy visible. I took this photo using LRGB and Ha filters for about 20 hours. #astrophotography #trevinca #m33 #triangulum #astronomy Large: app.astrobin.com/i/ymzzmc

Ça fait tellement bizarre de voir ses propres photos dans un journal 🥳🥳

A rise of moon on an autumn sky. I came out ready for a full night of astro, but once again the weather won… and somehow still offered me this quiet moment. #warmth #blueskyartshow

Another couple of clear nights gave me a chance to collect about 12 hours of photons on M33. Shot in LRGB + H-alpha with my SW Esprit 80ED 80-mm f/5 refractor and ASI2600MM Pro camera. More info on Astrobin: app.astrobin.com/i/4tmgil #Astrophotography

VdB 14 and VdB 15 captured from my dark site in southern France end of September 🇫🇷 😊🔭 This was shot on the EdgeHD 8 with Hyperstar for a total integration time of about 5.5 hours using an OSC cam with just the UV/IR-Cut filter. #Astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social‬ what do you see?

Newborn rhinos are extremely vulnerable. They need to be shielded from even the slightest chill, hence Chamboi's woollen, cherry red blanket. It was such a favourite when he first came into our care, that he flatly refused to wear anything else! Meet the rhinos currently in our care: t.co/CvOTGiQk8X

Menkib and the California Nebula. After failing to get the whole nebula into the FOV, I tried something different: focusing on the tension between that beast of a star and the nebula. Gear: 130/910 mm APO, ASI 2600MM Pro & SHORGB filters. Total exposure: ~15 hours over 4 nights. #astrophotography

The Pacman Nebula NGC 281 in Cassiopeia had been on my wish list for several years, and now, over the course of 4 nights in September & October, I finally got it. Visually not an easy object due to light pollution, but really fun to photograph (tech. details in image) 🔭 @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

A bit of #astrophotography drizzling, cropping, and sizzling on #M82 to show just how gorgeous those H-alpha jets are 😍. Can you please plate-solve this @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social ?

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