The Triangulum Galaxy, M33 is the 3rd largest galaxy in our local group. It is a spiral galaxy and is approximately 3 million light years from earth, and approximately 60,000 light years across.  #astrophotography

First Try at Lunar Photography I'm still way behind in processing and writing up so many of the deep space photos I've taken, but since it's a full moon, I decided this month to give that a try. I took two minutes of video with SharpCap, stacked it in AutoStakkert! using this workflow. I'm pretty…

Supernova SN2025rbs It's been a while since I imaged this in early August. I'm really happy with how this turned out given all the struggles I had. I managed to get lucky with the weather, and get a smoke free night. Then I had a few self-induced struggles. I forgot to put the IR/Cut filter back…

I haven’t finished processing yet, but after 3 nights of collecting data on the Cygnus Loop I think I’ve got enough. #astrophotography

NCG 7331. This is a spiral galaxy about 40 million light years away from earth. On July 14th a supernova was observed in this galaxy. It is the blueish star just to the lower right of the galaxy core. The second photo is a zoom in on NCG 7331 #astrophotography

Something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, capture a supernova. There is a recently discovered supernova in nearby galaxy NGC 7331, and I finally got an enough of a break in the weather an wildfire smoke. Below is single 3 minute subframe, stacking in process. #astrophotography

The Crescent Nebula and some of the surrounding nebulosity. Capture details: Celestron AVX mount, Apertura 60mm FPL-53 doublet with flattener, Optolong L-enhance filter, ZWO ASI2600mc pro, and ZWO ASI120mm mini guide camera. #astrophotography

Starless and star-filled version of the North American Nebula. This is a first quick cut a processing in the Foraxx Palette. Weather looks promising for later in the week, I plan to collect more data, and include the nearby Pelican Nebula #astrophotography

Reworked some data from over a month ago, fought through a thick smoke cover. About 3 hours on the Elephant Trunk Nebula. I’ve been experimenting with the Foraxx Palette, I feel I really struggle to get stuff not looking like washed out goo…reasonably happy with this. #astrophotography

The weather has been very uncooperative, and I'm also struggling with backfocus, but I finally managed to collect for about 3 hours on the Tulip Nebula. #astrophotography

Here is my (likely) final shot for galaxy season, NGC 4565, the Needle Galaxy. This is about 3 hours with the ZWO ASI 2600mc and Apertura 60mm FPL-53. The Needle Galaxy is an edge-on spiral galaxy, between 30 and 50 million light years away. #astrophotography

Another one for galaxy season. M94 is a spiral galaxy about 16 million light years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. #astrophotography

It’s been really tough getting clear skies lately. Managed about 4 hours on M101. Will have to return to this target but I like how it’s looking so far. #astrophotography

New camera! The Leo Triplet, a group of three interacting galaxies approximately 30-35 million light years from earth. This was an early target of mine for visual observation, all three just barely visible to me through a 12 inch Dob. #astrophotography

NGC 7635 - The Bubble Nebula The Bubble Nebula is 7 light-years across – and about 7,100 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia. #astrophotography

NGC 3359, a barred spiral galaxy approximately 59 million lightyears from earth. This was a tough shot, with a more than 50% moon and some clouds, but for the conditions it didn't come out too bad. #astrophotography

Messier 97, the Owl Nebula, is a planetary nebula (supernova remnant) approximately 2300 light years away from earth. #astrophotography

I wrote up my current workflow for processing of my nebula shots. Check it out - let me know what you think! 5minuteastrophoto.com/pixinsight-o... #astrophotography

M108 - the Surfboard Galaxy. This is a barred spiral galaxy, the same type as the Milky Way, located approximately 46 Million light years from earth. #astrophotography

What I Did Last Week: Since 5 bullet points without context seem to the most efficient way to communicate these days, here goes: -Carried my telescope outside -Pointed it at M106 -Collected data for 6 hours -Packed everything back up -Post-processed the data in PixInsight #Astrophotography

The Medusa Nebula, a planetary nebula. Photographed over two nights in January. #astrophotography

I spent some time reprocessing my data on Andromeda from last year. I followed lukmatico’s tutorial, and I’m really happy with how it came out. 1st photo is the reprocess, 2nd is my original. youtu.be/B8UXjefiuQM?... #astrophotography

The Flaming Star Nebula. I'm still playing with the different views and color combinations, so I'll likely have a different take on this data in a few weeks, but for now, here's a few I'm happy with. #astrophotography

Here’s a timelapse i captured last night of the lunar occultation of Mars. #astrophotography

M1 - the Crab Nebula. I’m really excited with how this one came out. After a near complete equipment fail on the first night, the weather unexpectedly cleared and I got some good time in on this image. Pulled out the 8 inch SCT for this one for the long focal length. #astrophotography

The Tadpole Nebula, designated NGC 1893 and the Flaming Star Nebula, designated IC 405. Although they appear close together, they are entirely separate structures and are superimposed by chance. #astrophotography

Another reprocess of an older shot of the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) with some of the newer PixInsight tools. I really had fun transforming this one into the HSO pallette. #astrophotography

I tried a new technique for post processing and noise reduction on my B33 image. I think it improved quite a bit. In a nutshell, the idea is to remove the luminance and do noise reduction there. It helps bring out finer detail. New image-luminance-Original. #astrophotography

I'm really loving the Multiscale Gradient correction in PixInsight v1.9. This is a reprocess of data from last month, but it really did a flawless job removing the gradient, and it made it easy to make the dark nebula areas of this image pop without overcooking the rest. #astrophotography

A reprocess of some earlier data. M13, the Great Cluster in Hercules, a great example of a fascinating stellar structure. #astrophotography

Markarian's Chain. This area has always fascinated me because it is a good illustration of how unbelievably large space is. This small slice of sky contains a couple dozen easily visible galaxies, each containing a trillion stars....give or take. #astrophotography

I was reprocessing some old data, and I went down a rabbit hole finding all the galaxies and their distances. I wasn’t able to find all of them, but it’s just mind-blowing to me that I was able to look 1.6 Billion years back in time with a backyard telescope and a Canon camera. #astrophotography

After 4 nights I'm calling a lid. I wanted to bring out the texture in the dark gasses, not just the bright portions of this nebula complex. The Horsehead was one of the things I remember seeing as a kid at the Hayden Planetarium and was one of the things that drew me to astronomy. #astrophotography

PSA: To all parents interested in getting your kid a telescope for Xmas... Please please please don't go on Amazon and buy something that looks good. Visit your local dealer or a bonafide online telescope dealer that will take care of you properly and fairly. #astronomy #astrophotography

I started on the Horsehead and Flame Nebula last night. About 6 hours done, definitely will collect a few more nights, I want to get a lot more definition in the wall behind the horsehead. #astrophotography

I did a false color reprocessing, in a Hubble Palette, Sometimes it comes out really well, this time I felt like I struggled to get something good, and in the end it was just OK.

JWST continues to impress!

Despite all the weather forecasts indicating we'd be socked in, I got two clear hours yesterday evening, in between rains. This is what I did with it. It's the globular cluster M15 in Pegasus. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Early morning spot light hits the summits of the Écrins national park in the french Alps… #photography #bluesky #mountains #nature #landscape #naturephotography

Coming back to #astrophotography after doing it in the 90s with film feels like Rip Van Winkle waking up after a 20 year sleep. I was proud of the image of M31 on the left after getting the print back from the developer 30 years ago, but want to do better than the image on the right taken last year!

Sometimes, the simplest questions lead to the most profound of results. For example, a child might ask, "Why is the sky dark at night?" Astronomers asked that for centuries, but it took a poet to answer it. And you'll never guess which one… www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-... 🧪🔭

The Elephant Trunk Nebula. This is special one for me because I remember learning about it at the Hayden Planetarium as a young child. I did not get enough time on it, and will come back to it next year. First view is standard color, 2nd is starless, and 3rd is a false color. #astrophotography

Going to give this bsky thing a try too…I’m learning astrophotography and trying to document my process to help others along as well. Here’s some of my photos from this year. #astrophotography