Nelz Astro
@nelzastro.bsky.social
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Astrophotographer, engineer, surfer, based in Somerset. All images ยฉNelzAstro
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The Deer Lick group. This beautiful little cluster of galaxies gives a handy perspective on cosmic distance. The larger galaxy, NGC7331 is 40 million light years away. The smallers ones in the cluster are likely as large but sit around 300-350 million light years away! Shot from my UK backyard. ๐ญ
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Leo Triplet Some more Seestar S30 action from the dark skies of Nusa Lembongan in beautiful Indonesia ๐ฎ๐ฉ. The tiny aperture of the S30 isn't really suited to galaxy work but I thought I'd give it a go. ๐ญ Clear skies all!
#astronomy
#seestarS30
#astrophotography
#zwo
#seestar
6 months ago
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Sh2-129 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebula This was one of the most difficult targets I shot last year. The faint Oiii signal in the Squid Nebula is really more suited to a mono setup and required over 20 hours of integration to really pull the details out using an OSC.๐ญ
#astrophotography
#spacepics
6 months ago
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Lagoon and Trifid nebulae. Been away on the beautiful island of Nusa Lembongan in Indonesia. Dark skies gave me an opportunity to let the Seestar S30 do it's thing. ๐ญ Clear skies all!
#astronomy
#astrophotography
6 months ago
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NGC 7380 - Wizard Nebula With the recent weather in Jakarta not allowing any astrophotography, I thought I'd reprocess some data I shot from back in September/October of last year. Shot from the backyard in Somerset. ๐ญ Clear skies all!
#astronomy
#astrophotography
#space
#spacepics
8 months ago
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Messier 82 - Cigar Galaxy Shot this again over christmas using the Touptek ATR585C this time. This starburst galaxy is very active and the hydrogen jets give an interesting spectacle. Shot from my backyard in Somerset UK. Clear skies all!
#astrophotography
#astronomy
9 months ago
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Hey everyone let's all welcome Antonio to BlueSky! Looking forward to seeing some amazing work.
#astronomy
#astrophotography
add a skeleton here at some point
9 months ago
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AntonioAstro ๐ช๐ญ
9 months ago
Hello bluesky! I am a lecturer of Electronics and Physics, and an amateur astronomer. I share all of my astrophotography, astronomy tips, and other photography to my socials. I have recently switched away from X, Facebook, Instagram, and am now only on Bluesky.
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Veil Nebula and Pickering's Triangle When a star dies, its outer material gets thrown off and can leave behind beautiful structures in the night sky. These gases can go on to produce new stars. The beauty of rebirth. Shot from my backyard in Somerset UK Clear skies all!
#astrophotography
9 months ago
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Well, the weather here in Jakarta hasn't allowed the Seestars to produce anything yet, so here is a throwback to when I used an APS-C astronomy camera to image the moon through my 8 inch Newtonian ๐ญ. 126GB of data were used to make this. Clear skies all!
#astrophotography
#moon
#space
#spacepics
9 months ago
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A wider look at Messier 31. Really enjoying using the Samyang 135mm lens. Really gives a different perspective to so many familiar objects in the night sky. As ever, shot from my backyard in Somerset UK Clear skies all. ๐ญ
#astrophotography
#space
#spacepics
#astronomy
9 months ago
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Messier 27 - Dumbbell Nebula Another of my favourites. Sitting in the constellation of Vulpecula around 1300 ly away, this was the first 'planetary' nebula discovered by Charles Messier. ๐ญ Shot from my backyard in Somerset UK in Sept 2024. Clear skies all!
#astrophotography
#space
#spacepics
9 months ago
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Messier 45 - Pleiades Cluster A winter favourite here in the northern hemisphere. This beautiful open cluster reveals it's nebulosity when imaged using standard DSO long exposure astrophotography, through a modest telescope ๐ญ Clear skies all!
#astrophotography
#space
#spacepics
9 months ago
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More Seestar testing. This time the S50 is trying it's hand at lunar. Hitting the RAW button allows the scope to capture .avi video files that can be stacked and processed just like with any other planetary setup. Clear skies all!
#astrophotography
#moon
#space
#spacepics
9 months ago
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As promised here is M42 from the Seestar S50 for comparison with the S30 shot i posted yesterday. Roughly same integration time.
#astrophotography
#space
##spacepics
9 months ago
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M42 - Seestar S30 testing. So what can you do with 30mm of aperture, a tiny planetary camera, all wrapped up in a tiny form factor and controlled by your phone? I wasn't expecting much from the little @zwoasi Seestar S30 but I'm actually quite impressed. ๐ญ
#astrophotography
#space
#spacepics
9 months ago
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2024, my second year doing astrophotography. It's been a year of progression with some some truly mesmerising moments. Capturing and witnessing the aurora twice from the southern UK being the highlight. Clear skies to you all in 2025!
#astrophotography
#space
#spacepics
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10 months ago
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The Crab Nebula - Messier 1 is a vibrant supernova remnant located in the constellation Taurus, about 6,500 light-years away. Shot from my backyard in Somerset, UK. Clear skies all!
#astrophotography
#space
#spacepics
10 months ago
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Back in the UK and back with the astro rigs. Managed one night of imaging last week before the clouds came. Here's a widefield look at the Flaming Star/Tadpoles region in Auriga. Shot from my backyard here in Somerset. Clear Skies All!!
#astrophotography
#widefield
#nightsky
#space
#spacepics
10 months ago
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One from the back catalogue while I'm on my astro hiatus. ๐ญ M81 and M82 - Bodes Galaxy and Cigar Galaxy. The Cigar Galaxy is particularly interesting as it's a starburst galaxy and very active. There is likely tidal interaction between these two causing this. Shot this between Jan-Feb 2024
11 months ago
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IC1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula Approx 2400 light years away in the constellation of Cepheus is this beautiful star forming region. Can you see the Elephant's Trunk or do you see another shape or shapes in the gas? Shot from my backyard in Somerset. Clear skies all!
#astrophotography
11 months ago
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On an
#astrophotography
hiatus here in Jakarta, Indonesia at the moment. Missing seeing the stars and missing my scopes!! Here's a city sunset though. Clear skies all!
#travelforwork
#indonesia
#sunset
#jakarta
11 months ago
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The Deer Lick group. This beautiful little cluster of galaxies gives a handy perspective on cosmic distance. The larger galaxy, NGC7331 is 40 million light years away. The smallers ones in the cluster are likely as large but sit around 300-350 million light years away! Shot from my UK backyard. ๐ญ
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Melotte 15 - The Heart of the Heart Nebula A closer view. Sky-Watcher 200P-DS Touptek ATR585C Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro Altair Astro 4nm Dual Narrowband Ha Oiii 18 hrs 30 mins integration. Shot from my backyard in Somerset. Clear skies all!
#astronomy
#astrophotography
#space
#spacepics
11 months ago
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Chepheus shares up some dusty delights. 29 hours of integration on a widefield project through September and October. The dusty IFN combined with flares of Hydrogen Alpha made this a challenge to process. Clear skies all!
#astrophotography
#astronomy
#widefield
#space
#spacepics
11 months ago
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Hello Bluesky
#astrophotography
and
#astronomy
peeps. What's your favourite night sky objects and are you a visual or EAA observer? Share your setups and your favourite objects and lets talk all things
#space
. Clear skies all!
11 months ago
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The Heart Nebula and Melotte 15. From a wide field of IC1805, Heart Nebula to a detailed close up of the "Heart of the Heart", Melotte 15. Deep sky objects never fail to captivate me. Shot from my backyard in Somerset.
#astrophotography
#astronomy
11 months ago
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Messier 106 Well we're heading back towards galaxy season, will hopefully get some more data on this beastie and finally add the hydrogen jets that make this galaxy such a glory to behold! Clear skies all! Sky-Watcher 200P-DS Touptek ATR585C Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro
#astrophotography
12 months ago
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Hello neighbours!! Galactic neighbours that is. Here is Messier 31, Andromeda Galaxy, a cool 2.5 million lightyears away and speeding straight towards us. Shot from the glorious dark skies of Dartmoor earlier this year. RVO Horizon 72ED RisingCam ATR3CMOS26000KPA EQ6R-Pro
#astrphotography
12 months ago
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More Comet goodness from Thursday evening at Trinity Hill, Devon. Using my Samyang 135mm f/2 lens I tried to focus on the anti-tail. This fainter tail points away from the comet's direction of motion while the primary tail is from the solar wind. Clear skies all!
#astrophotography
12 months ago
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Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan A beautiful evening down at Trinity hill shooting the comet. Nikon D750a Nikon 24-120mm f/4 ED VR 6s at ISO 1600
#comet
#astrophotography
##nightsky
#nightscape
12 months ago
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Jwst Feed
about 1 year ago
Arp 107 - colliding galaxies. Webb + Hubble data. Processed by ะะปะตะบัะตะน ะัะดัั (Alex_A_Lex on X). ๐ญ ๐งช
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Borderlands- Cepheus and Cassiopeia More widefield goodness from the Samyang 135mm. So many nebulae in this region. 24 hrs 35 mins total integration
#astrophotography
#astronomy
#amateurastrophotography
#amateurastronomy
about 1 year ago
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Trying to achieve true SHO with a one-shot colour camera. I've added just over 9 hrs of data with an Askar Colour Magic C2 Sii Oiii filter. With the 12 hrs of Ha Oiii data collected previously, this is the reault.....
#astronomy
#astrophotography
#space
#spacepics
about 1 year ago
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Martin Bracken - FRAS -CitySpaceAstro
about 1 year ago
IC 63 Ghost of Cassiopeia- 7.5 hours and counting....
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Sergio ๐ท๐ญ๐ฒ
about 1 year ago
A trip along our Solar System the same night. Not the best conditions, wind and clouds, but I won't complain at all ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ท
#astrophotography
#photography
#nature
#sky
#planetary
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Mike Christie
about 1 year ago
NGC6781 or the Snowglobe Nebula in the constellation of Aquila. Imaged with
@astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social
remote Murrell 12โ Newtonian in Spain. Processed in PixInsight and heavily cropped to show detail in the nebula.
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Jwst Feed
about 1 year ago
Open cluster NGC 602. Processed JWST/NIRCam data by
@thocarp.bsky.social
www.flickr.com/photos/19746...
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Thomas Hanrath
about 1 year ago
Cygnus Loop - a fresh astrophoto This 22-hour project fits nearly perfectly within a full-frame sensor. The Cygnus Loop is an excellent late summer target, and I consider this project a significant milestone. Blog:
astrocamp.eu/en/astrophot...
Baader APO 95 | EOS R(a)
#astrophotography
#astronomy
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Naztronomy
about 1 year ago
Couple of good friends got married today (on International Observe the Moon Day) so I took this pic for them. This was taken with my 300mm Lens. Stacked 7 frames & did some color balance, saturation, & sharpening in Photoshop. I wish I had the energy to take out a telescope.
#Astrophotography
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Rob Tilsley
about 1 year ago
My first look at the ringed planet this season. Great to see it again! Rings so much more closed now ๐ช View here is the red channel in monochrome. Taken at 3000mm with an 8" reflector, best 9% of 5,000 frames.
#Astrodon
#Saturn
#Astrophotography
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Lt Nono
about 1 year ago
A close up view of NGC1499 the
#California
nebula...loads of Hydrogen and Sulfur ๐. ASI1600GT - Astronomik 6nm SHO filters - EQ6-R pro. All subs 180s : 40xHa - 40xOIII - 32xSII. RPi5 running Stellarmate OS. Processed with Pix Insight.
#Astrophotography
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The North American Nebula - A wider view This gorgeous bright emission nebula region in Cygnus contains the classic North American nebula, the Pelican nebula and more. Really enjoying these wide fields and will hopefully get more over the autumn. Clear skies all!
about 1 year ago
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NGC7635 - Bubble Nebula One of my favourites. I've tried to recreate an image that inspired me. Back in 2016 @nasahubble released an image of the Bubble nebula that I always found captivating.
#astrophotography
#astronomy
about 1 year ago
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Cocking about with planetary astrophotography while admittedly not having a clue what I'm doing.....
#astrophotography
#astronomy
#planetary
#saturn
#wheredoesthiscablego
about 1 year ago
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A little trip down to a local dark sky site and here we have.... The Heart and Soul Nebulas, with a cheeky appearance from the Double Cluster at lower left. Clear skies all!
about 1 year ago
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Tulip Nebula - Cygnus Shot from my backyard in Somerset, I just love all the features Cygnus has to offer. Sky-Watcher 200P-DS 1000mm f5 RisingCam ATR3CMOS26000KPA Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro Altair Astro 4nm Dual Narrowband Ha Oiii 2" filter. Clear skies all!
about 1 year ago
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The Iris Nebula My first attempt at a dusty IFN type nebula. This is 10.5 hrs of data split across 4 nights, 2 in Cornwall and 2 at home. Processing this was quite challenging. Still so much to learn in PixInsight! Clear skies all!
#astrophotography
#astronomy
about 1 year ago
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The recent
#aurora
combined with the
#perseidmetorshower
as seen from Somerset. I've been so lucky to witness and capture the aurora twice this year from this far south. Mesmerising beauty that reminds us we leave on a beautiful planet.
#astronomy
#astrophotography
#space
#spacepics
#northernlights
about 1 year ago
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Sh2-129 - Flying Bat and Squid nebula Well hello! Thought I'd have a look on here and post some content.
#astrophotography
and
#astronomy
are my thing. I love to capture the night sky from my home in Somerset and dark sites around the UK. Clear skies all!
about 1 year ago
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