Here’s 7 hrs of M33 for your viewing pleasure! I love all space photos, but I’m a galaxy lover at heart. The Triangulum is at the sweet spot in size that makes it one of the more approachable targets for mid-focal length telescopes (400-600mm). #astrophotography

Be still my heart! I recently had the chance to use my friend’s Hyperstar setup and camera. What an incredible light bucket! I can see why these setups are so popular 🤯 Time: 10.5hrs Scope: C9.25 with Hyperstar Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI294mc Pro #astrophotography

The Teddy Bear Nebula 🧸 I don’t get the name, but it is pretty cute! Total Time: 14hrs Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

Hopefully back to quicker turnarounds on projects; I snagged 6hrs on the Pac-Man nebula last night! Used a slightly different narrowband palette, which I feel highlights the core a bit more! Total Time: 6hrs Scope: Carbonstar 150p Mount: Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophotography

Quite possibly my longest project to date, I finally finished my mosaic of the Andromeda galaxy! I learned a ton from this one, and feel much more comfortable with now. Still, I’ll be sticking to one-offs for a little while 😅 Total Time: 24hrs (12 per tile) #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

I just realized I never posted my third photo in my Cygnus Loop series! This is the Eastern Veil, and was caught a bit over a month ago during a window in the early summer storms here in MT #astrophotography

The Crescent is an expanding cloud of gas ejected by a dying red supergiant-turned Wolf-Rayet star in Cygnus. I’ve always thought it looks more like a 🧠 though Total Time: 11hrs Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophotography

Another night of imaging let me push the dark nebula a bit farther to the forefront. Seasoned APers, any advice on pulling out more detail? What’s your process? Thanks! Total Time: 11.5hrs Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophotography

Happy Independence Day! Pickering’s triangle felt suitably patriotic for a day like today! Total Time: 8.5hrs Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

The Iris nebula! I’ve been working on my skills in post processing to pull out the fainter dust lanes in dark nebula like this. Not perfect, but liking it so far! Total Time: 8.5hrs Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophotography #astronomy

Another shot I forgot to post! The Pelican Nebula sits right next to the North America in Cygnus, and shares the Dark Nebula in between them that gives them so much personality! Total Time: 6hrs Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophotography

The Western Veil Nebula Acquisition: Total Time: 8.15hrs Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

If today’s space news is breaking your heart, here’s NGC 4565 to remind you that space is enchanting and will always be there to explore… whenever our country decides it’s a priority again. Time: 2hrs Scope: Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophotography

This is so depressing. Jared was and is the clear choice, and is another casualty of this administration’s crusade to replace competence with blind loyalty. NASA’s future looks much more dim now. I’m so sad…

A first for me; I was finally able to snag a bit of time on the Lagoon Nebula! This is a tricky target for me where I live, and I’ll definitely be putting a couple more nights on this guy. Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophotography

Quick capture while waiting for the main target to rise the other night: The Hercules Globular Cluster! Total Time: 2hrs Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

The 📌🛞 Galaxy! Captured a couple weeks ago during a brief break in the rain! Total Time: 6.5hrs Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

The Cygnus Wall! I’ve been so excited to shoot this target with my new scope! This is only 4ish hrs and already the details are incredible! Total Time: 4.25hrs Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

When you troubleshoot for months and finally figure out a weird star shape issue:

The Elephant Trunk Nebula in Cepheus! What a beaut in narrowband 😍 Total Time: 8.5hrs Scope: Carbonstar 150p Mount: Eq6-R Pro Camera: ASI533mc Pro If you wanna help me buy more gear, you can buy prints through the link in my bio! #astrophotography #astronomy

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted anything! Long story short; (new scope+learning curve)x weather = 🫥 Hopefully that’ll change moving forward! Total Time: 4.5hrs Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

More learning, more galaxies! Newts are tricky to master! I had my first full clear night in weeks and decided to capture M106 and its neighbors! Total Time: 7.5hrs Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophotography

First light! After a couple weeks of tuning and learning the ins and outs of imaging with a Newtonian, I was finally able to get some time on Bode’s and Cigar Galaxy! Total Time: 3.5hrs Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophotography

After months of saving, I was finally able to pick up my first dedicated astrograph! I decided on the CarbonStar 150p for the combo of aperture, price, and ease of use. I’ve never imaged on a Newtonian before, so this’ll be quite the learning curve over the coming months! #astrophotography

I was able to spend a few hours on this beauty for the first time! This is NGC 2359, or Thor’s Helmet. It’s suuuper low on the horizon where I live, so I was only able to get a couple hours so far! Total time: 3.5hrs Scope: AT72edii Mount: Eq6-R Pro Camera: ASI533mc Pro #astrophotography

Galaxy season is almost upon us! This is Bode’s Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy. This is about as small as I can go with my current scope, though I still think I got a decent level of detail out of them! Total time: 13hrs Scope: AT72edii Mount: S.W. Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophotography

I spent another 2 nights on the Pleiades over the past couple nights and was able to pull some fainter dust lanes over my previous attempt! The 7 sisters are so majestic 😍 Total time: 14hrs Scope: AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophotography #astronomy

Alright, I’m sad with modern American life, and I need to escape to the stars for a bit. Here’s a mosaic of the Tadpole and Spider Nebulae in Aurigae! Total time: 9hrs Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

First half of a mosaic I’m working on! This is the Tadpole Nebula in Auriga. This little guys has been tough fighting halos on the brighter stars at the top. Let me know if it’s successful! Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophotography

It’s not quite there, but I figured it was good enough to show a v1! Here’s Bodes Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy in Ursa Major! Total time: 7hrs Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

With the great 2024 Christmas cloud siege, I was only able to get 4hrs on the Christmas Tree Cluster. Definitely more noisy than I would have liked, but decent regardless! Total time: 4.5hrs Scope: A.T. AT72edii Mount: S.W. Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophotography #astronomy

We’ve been under cloud siege here for weeks now, so I’m going back and re-editing old data! Here’s the Crescent Nebula from earlier this year! 🧠😶‍🌫️ Total Time: 5.5hrs Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

Alright, got another night on Orion, and spent more time on refining and pulling detail out of the core. Too far? Not enough? Let me know! Total Time: 7.25hrs Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

The Soul Nebula! For some reason, I always seem to not have quite enough time on it to be satisfied. 🤔 I might have to try a different editing process… Total time: 9hrs Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

Here’s my initial edit of the M42 ?The Orion Nebula. Orion is tough from my house, due to tree blockage. Still was able to snag about 5.5hrs overall though! Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

Still working on a comp from last night, so in the meantime, here’s another portfolio migration image! This is Pickering’s Triangle in the Veil Supernova Remnant! Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

Today is Galaxy day! I shot M33 (The Triangulum Galaxy) at a dark sky site a couple hours out of town in August of this year. Total time: 6.5hrs Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy #galaxy

The Horsehead Nebula is a tough target to get for me being so far north. Still, i'm pretty happy with the detail I was able to pull out in spite of some rough guiding! Time: 5.5hrs Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

The Heart Nebula in Cassiopeia! I’ve seen a ton of AI generated versions of this, and none of them come close to just how beautiful the real thing is. Total time: 14hrs Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

The space photos keep on rollin! This is the California Nebula in the constellation Perseus, taken by me a couple months ago! Total time: 6hrs Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

Is it just me or is there A LOT of engagement on this app? Like… a suspicious amount? I’m really curious how much is genuine and how much are bots? My content is getting 5x what it was getting on IG/X, and while that’s awesome, it’s… 🤔

One of my all-time faves, the Rosette Nebula. There’s so much going on inside the ‘petals’ that I tend to see new little details every time I stare at it ✨. Total time: 15hrs Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

Continuing my ‘moving my portfolio over to bsky because the community is way better’ series, here’s the Pleiades! Shot by me about a month and a half ago! Total time: 6hrs Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

Okay last one today, and I’ll slow down! This is my most recent from last night after a 2-week cloud siege. The Flaming Star Nebula Total time: 5.5hrs Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

And another! Here's The Cygnus Wall from Sept. This was one where I finally felt like I had started to find 'my style.' Gear: Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

Parity posting for a bit to get my bsky account up to snuff! This is a shot of M31 I took a couple months ago when it was waaay warmer 🥶 Gear: Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

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Okay I’ve spent 5 seconds on this app and have realized it’s already filthy with fake AI space photos. I want to fix that by adding real space photos. To start, here’s my most recent image of the Elephant Trunk Nebula! #astrophoto #astrophotography #astro #astronomy #astronomyphotography