28 December 2025, Moon at 66%. A closer shot from the 28th. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-1600 1/1000 sec | ~8,100 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Space #Colorado

28 December 2025, Moon at 66%. Some clear and kind of warm (barely below freezing) nights to end the year. My fingers barely went numb, that’s a win. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-1600 1/1000 sec | ~8,100 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Space #Colorado

Found this emoji on the moon tonight (dead center): 😐 Last moon of 2025! (iPhone held through 10mm lens on my CPC 800) 🔭 #AstroPhotos

Happy new year everyone! Loved seeing all the amazing astro / photography / art on Bluesky this year. It’s a welcome light to the chaos. Keep posting your work! Here’s a few more details from the 27th. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

27 December 2025, Moon at 54%. A few details from the 27th. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2000 1/1000 sec | ~5,400 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

27 December 2025, Moon at 54%. Lucky breaks and timing on this one. Missed the early clear skies but caught the late evening cloud breaks. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2000 1/1000 sec | ~5,400 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

26 December 2025, Moon at 44%. Managed a few shots through very light clouds. I wasn’t sure I’d get anything at all but it turned out pretty clean. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2500 1/640 sec | ~5,400 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

25 December 2025, Moon at 33%. The Christmas moon! Super clear skies, but I forgot to let my telescope cool long enough to get a better shot. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2500 1/800 sec | ~5,400 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space

"How will you enter 2026?" Me:

06 December 2025, Moon at 94%. Last shot for a bit! The new moon, clouds, and a deep sky project have me tapped out. This is a shot of Langrenus Crater. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-8000 1/800 sec | ~1,800 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

06 December 2025, Moon at 94%. A close up focused on Petavius Crater with a 2x Barlow. It has a diameter of 177km and the central peaks summit at 1.7km. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-8000 1/800 sec | ~1,800 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

06 December 2025, Moon at 94%. Toying with the Barlow lens. Mare Crisium is almost the exact same size, and quality, as North Dakota! (I used to live there) #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-8000 1/800 sec | ~1,800 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

06 December 2025, Moon at 94%. Crop from the 6th. Tycho Crater is prominent center left, and some of its bright rays that stretch outward reach 1,500km! #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2000 1/1000 sec | ~10,800 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

06 December 2025, Moon at 94%. Crop of the full moon shot from the 6th showcasing some interesting craters along the terminator. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2000 1/1000 sec | ~10,800 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

06 December 2025, Moon at 94%. Crop of the full moon shot from the 6th to show some details. Mare Crisium is on the lower right, always a favorite target. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2000 1/1000 sec | ~10,800 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

06 December 2025, Moon at 94%. Ok definitely finding my groove! My sharpest hi-res image so far. I need to revamp my website to host these in full size. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2000 1/1000 sec | ~10,800 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

04 December 2025, Moon at 100%. Clouds interrupted the full moon but I was able to get one small corner in a cloud gap. Not bad with the haze around it. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-1250 1/1000 sec | ~1,350 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

01 December 2025, Moon at 89%. Focused on Mersenius (lower left, 52 mi diameter) and Gassendi (upper right, 69 mi diameter) craters with a 2x Barlow lens. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-6400 1/500 sec | ~1,800 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

01 December 2025, Moon at 89%. A few more details from the 1st! #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-1600 1/1000 sec | ~8,000 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage #Astrophotos 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

01 December 2025, Moon at 89%. A few details from 1st! Got some super sharp results this time. The full image clocks around 5200 x 5200. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-1600 1/1000 sec | ~8,000 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

01 December 2025, Moon at 89%. Ya’ll, this is my best shot yet! Finally figuring out the right shooting and processing. Even got to mess around with 2x Barlow shots! #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-1600 1/1000 sec | ~8,000 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

29 November 2025, Moon at 70%. A closer view from the 29th, working on getting better overall clarity for higher details on full size images. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2500 1/1000 sec | ~4,000 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

29 November 2025, Moon at 70%. Miraculously got a few clear nights in a row. Makes for good practice with the new gear, it’s fun learning all of the quirks. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2500 1/1000 sec | ~4,000 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

28 November 2025, Moon at 59%. A slightly closer view of (half of) Mare Imbrium and some prominent craters. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2500 1/800 sec | ~4,000 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

28 November 2025, Moon at 59%. Sometimes you get clear skies and things just work. #Celestron #CPC800 #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2500 1/800 sec | ~4,000 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

27 November 2025, Moon at 48%. A few (more!) details from the 27th. Had to catch up on a little processing lately. Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2500 1/800 sec | ~2,700 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

27 November 2025, Moon at 48%. A few details from the 27th. Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2500 1/800 sec | ~2,700 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

27 November 2025, Moon at 48%. Clear skies, though I definitely haven’t been giving my scope enough time to acclimate in the cold yet 😬 Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2500 1/800 sec | ~2,700 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

26 November 2025, Moon at 37%. Skies were a bit turbulent for this shot, but I love this new setup and want to keep trying new things. Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-3200 1/640 sec | ~2,700 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

25 November 2025, Moon at 24%. Hazy blues and yellow hues of the midday moon. Hope everyone had a happy holiday! We had a great Friendsgiving here in Denver. Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-1250 1/800 sec | ~900 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

22 November 2025, M45, The Pleiades. Crop shot of The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters. Didn’t quite have enough time to catch a full mosaic of this one yet. Telescope: #Seestar S50, 01:32:40 Exposure, Stacked in Seestar 🔭 #Space #DeepSpace #Colorado #M45 #Pleiades

22 November 2025, M42, The Orion Nebula. Easily one of my favorite targets. Just a quick shot to get started for the year! Telescope: #Seestar S50, 00:27:40 Exposure, Stacked in Seestar 🔭 #Space #DeepSpace #Colorado #M42 #Orion #Nebula

22 November 2025, M33, Triangulum Galaxy. Got a few brief shots with the Seestar this weekend while thinking about some bigger winter projects. Telescope: #Seestar S50, 01:04:00 Exposure, Stacked in Seestar 🔭 #Space #DeepSpace #Colorado #M33 #Triangulum #Galaxy

09 November 2025, Moon at 80%. Last crater and edge details from the other night! I wasn’t sure if this angle would turn out but now I love it. Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-1600 1/1000 sec | ~5,400 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

09 November 2025, Moon at 80%. More crater and edge details from the other night. I love this shot. Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-1600 1/1000 sec | ~5,400 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

09 November 2025, Moon at 80%. Edge details from the other night. By far some of the best shots I’ve taken of the moon so far! Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-1600 1/1000 sec | ~5,400 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

09 November 2025, Moon at 80%. A very early morning with clear skies and not much atmospheric turbulence. Got some pretty clean shots! Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-1600 1/1000 sec | ~5,400 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

08 November 2025, Moon at 83%. A few crater details from the other night. Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2000 1/1000 sec | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

08 November 2025, Moon at 83%. Clear but turbulent skies made for some fairly good results. Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2000 1/1000 sec | ~5,400 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

A few comparisons I ran to see what differences there are depending on atmospheric turbulence, camera settings, and processing techniques. It’s fun to read about it, it’s way more fun to test it! Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

07 November 2025, Moon at 91%. A few crater details. Learning to use Autostakkert and RegiStax, pretty excited to see the results already! Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-2000 1/1000 sec | ~1,740 images | AS! RS6 #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

07 November 2025, Moon at 91%. Having some fun getting to see these craters change with the new scope and camera. This is two single images combined (top/bottom). Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 ISO-1000 1/1250 sec #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

04 November 2025, Moon at 100%. Beaver Supermoon, with slight crater details showing along the edge. Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 ISO-400 1/1000 sec #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado #Supermoon

04 November 2025, Moon at 100%. Behold, the Beaver Supermoon! Created using two images (top/bottom halves). Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 ISO-400 1/1000 sec #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado #Supermoon

02 November 2025, Moon at 93%. First shots with my new telescope! A few crater details. Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-800 1/1000 sec | ~300 images | AS! #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

02 November 2025, Moon at 93%. First shots with my new telescope! This image came in at a whopping 5K x 5K pixels! Resized to 2K for social media. Telescope: #Celestron #CPC800 and #Nikon #D7500 4K ISO-800 1/1000 sec | ~1,800 images | AS! #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado

Special thanks to @denverastro.bsky.social for their recent auction. I was able to snag this incredible upgrade from my Astromaster to this CPC 800 XLT! Working out the imaging quirks of this monster this week, can’t wait to share my first results! 🔭 #Celestron

17 October 2025, NGC 281, Pacman Nebula. I had four targets planned for a clear night but the universe gave me clouds an hour into it. Not bad for the conditions. Telescope: #Seestar S50, 00:43:10 Exposure, Stacked in Seestar 🔭 #Space #DeepSpace #Colorado #NGC281 #Pacman #Nebula

17 October 2025, Moon at 16%. Caught a little earthshine this morning! Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200 ISO-800 1/13 sec | ISO-1600 1/60 sec #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado #Earthshine

13 October 2025, Moon at 53%. Early this morning, about 30 mins before Culmination. The sky was a pretty deep blue but I couldn’t quite capture it. Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200 ISO-200 1/125 sec #SpaceGarbage 🔭 #Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado