Amplifying the call from Marc Delcroix and co. over the weekend: the team are looking to verify/refute a potential impact on #Saturn on July 5th, 09:00-09:15UT. Videos taken by amateur observers at that time might hold the key. This 📸 credit: Mario Rana pvol2.ehu.eus/pvol2/news/v...

So this happened less than a foot away from me this morning. I can’t decide if the soundtrack should be Mortal Kombat or Let’s Get It On. #hummingbirds #birds #nature #naturephotography

There was a total lunar eclipse the other day. I was very excited to see it and potentially get a few photos. Unfortunately, because there was an interesting astronomical event, NJ weather obliged as it usually does.

Still haven't gotten the rig outside. Here's an image I did of NGC 3718. It's a rather interesting galaxy, reminiscent of Centauras A. Just over 17 hours LRGB with my 8" EdgeHD and 294MM Pro. #astrophotography #astronomy #space #nightsky #galaxies

What got me into #astrophotography? Sitting in my backyard taking pictures of various wildlife like this #downywoodpecker catching a meal. Captured with my #Lumix G9 at 400mm, f/8, ISO 1600, 1/60s. #birds #wildlifephotography

No new photons of my own. However, @sadrastro.com provided a dataset of the #northamericanebula and #pelicannebula taken at their remote observatory. Also, www.setiastro.com just released the "Perfect Palette Picker" tool. Here's the image I created. #astrophotography #astronomy #space #nightsky

In the center of the #heartnebula lies Melotte 15, a young cluster of stars whose stellar winds and radiation give rise to the fantastic cloud formations and structure. 8.5 hours of Ha/Oiii data taken with my 8" EdgeHD and 294MM Pro. #astrophotography #astronomy #space #photography #nightsky

I just got added to a #starterpack. How cool is that? Thanks @sbgphotography.bsky.social for adding me to go.bsky.app/HLsXa3n

This is a target I go back to nearly every winter. Bode's Galaxy (M81) shot with my 8" EdgeHD, 294MM Pro and Chroma LRGB filters. To the left is Holmberg IX. This is about 16.5 hours taken over a few nights in February of 2023. #astronomy #astrophotography #space #galaxy

Happy New Year everyone!

Ugh. 2024 can’t end soon enough. My mother passed away on Sunday. Today I was informed by the company I’ve worked with for the past 5 years that there just wasn’t anything in the pipeline for me in 2025 and they were terminating my contract. So, now I’m looking for work.

Luna is opening her presents and having a blast 😊. Merry Christmas everyone!

On December 24, 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts became the first humans to orbit the moon and capture the famous Earthrise photograph. #onthisday

Mom passed today. She went peacefully in her sleep surrounded by family.

Via the NASA Universe team: Since 1995, Astronomy Picture of the Day has assembled the largest collection of annotated astronomical images online. Join the Night Sky Network & Robert Nemiroff on Wed Dec. 18, at 6:00 p.m. PT (9:00 p.m. ET) for 2024 highlights: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHhi...

Here's something a little closer to home. I took this image of #Jupiter in 2022. Image is composed of the best 25% from each of 5x90" SER files. Stacked in AS!3, wavelets in R6 and de-rotation in WinJUPOS. 8" EdgeHD with a 2x Televue Barlow and 662MC. #astrophotography #nightsky #space #planets

Here is one of the very first deep sky images I took. No fancy telescope or mount or filters. Just my Panasonic Lumix G9 with a Leica 50-200 f/2.8-4 zoom lens on a Sky Watcher Star Adventurer back in 2020. 4.5 hours of data. #m45 #astrophotography #astronomy #space #astrophotos

Day 14 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar - A Sky Full of Stars. Open cluster Westerlund 1, some 12,000 light-years away, is a super star cluster: containing hundreds of very massive stars, some shining with a brilliance of a million Suns www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/1...

PSA: *please* do not follow accounts like this, which scrape other people’s content without credit. As a general rule of thumb, if accounts are posting cool photos w/o links or credit (unless it’s clearly their original work), UNFOLLOW

TONIGHT- Join me along with a FAN-tastic cast for a live radio performance of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. This rendition of the timeless holiday classic benefits the #EdAsnerFamilyCenter, a truly worthy cause!!! 🎄 ❄️ 🎅 🤶 ✨ 🎁 🔔 ☃️ 🌟 J Streaming SATURDAY at 8pmET/5pmPT on TrillerTV PPV

Here’s an image of SH2-86 I did this past summer. It is composed of over 45 hours of Ha, L, R, G and B data taken with my 8” EdgeHD and Poseidon-M Pro. I also wanted to share this slick bot written by @quantumkat.bsky.social that provides astrometry data: @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

Day 11 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar - Gazing Deeply Through Time. Using the JWST, astronomers detected massive star clusters in the Cosmic Gems arc, a strongly-lensed galaxy emitting light from when the Universe was roughly 460 million years old. www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/1...

Hard to believe this is #Disney! View from the boat launch at Wilderness Lodge.

Moonlight Magic at #WDW #animalkingdom was fantastic! Our favorite park open at night for DVC owners. Pandora is stunning and truly shines at night. Here’s Harambe:

One of the new female lions surveying her habitat at #WDW #animalkingdom

If you’re not paying attention, you might walk right by #DiVine and not even know she’s there. #animalkingdom

For those who aren’t rope droppers, the new multi-pass at #WDW is terrible. Multi-tiered system where you have to pick rides 7 days out. The old system was much better.

So I rented a Tesla Model 3 for the week. After driving it for 4 days, I’m not impressed. Lots of road noise. Rather uncomfortable ride all around. Guess I had higher expectations for it. Definitely a lot of cool tech in it, though. Too many bells and whistles at the expense of substance.

I didn’t think these still existed…

Oh and we got to watch Luminos from our table. Topolino’s really is spectacular. If you get the opportunity, definitely spend an evening here and ask for Rae to be your server.

The branzino at #Topolinos is phenomenal!

Construction outside of #Sanaa and they’ve frosted all the windows. No views of the animals while eating lunch 😢. But the food is amazing as always! #Disney #AKL. Here is the Tandoori Chicken

Went to #jollywood last night. So much better run this year! The ice skating show was a nice addition to the program 😊

Even the power armor gets in the holiday spirit on Navi 😂

I’m not always pointing a camera and scope up to the skies. Sometimes I like to enjoy a bit of magic right here on this blue marble we call home. Today I got to try a little bit of culinary magic. These are called cheeseburger pods and are available at Satu’li Canteen at Animal Kingdom. So good!

Day 5 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar - Beyond the Mane. This JWST image shows one of the sharpest infrared images to date of the Horsehead Nebula, roughly 1,300 light-years away, and a night sky full of distant galaxies beyond. www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/1...

Here’s an HaRGB image I did of the Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146). It’s only a total of 3.5 hours of data and needs a whole lot more to bring out the details on the dark dust. Data captured with my 294MM Pro and GT81. #astrophotography #astronomy #astrophoto #space

So William Optics just put the Ultra-Cat 108 up for preorder. Is it time to sell my SharpStar 15028HNT and GT81? williamoptics.com/products/ult... #astrophotography

Who says you need to be underwater to see sharks? Here's an image of one in space! This area of dark dust and reflection nebulosity is known as the Dark Shark Nebula. Image is about 13.5 hours of LRGB data captured with my GT81 and 294MM Pro. #astrophotography #astrophoto #astronomy #space

A winter favorite: the Rosette Nebula. This is only a total of 4.5 hours of Sii, Ha and Oiii data taken with my GT81 and 294MM Pro. #astrophotography #astronomy #astrophoto

I’d like to share my latest deep sky image. This is the Cygnus Wall, an area of a larger structure called the North America Nebula. The image was created by combining data I collected over multiple nights using an 8” EdgeHD scope and Sii, Ha and Oiii filters with a mono camera. #astrophotography