The Pacman nebula (NGC 281), some 9500 LY from the center of my driveway. This was imaged with an 8" Celestron RASA and ZWO ASI2600MC camera with a dual narrowband filter. #astrophotography #astronomy

I've got the William Optics GT-81 out this week. This scope never fails to deliver incredible views! #astrophotography #astronomy

My #astrophotography complaint about smoke on Twitter (remember that thing?) a few years ago was used in research on Wildfires.

Them: You don't need to double-stack a Daystar Quark solar filter. Me: A Quark double-stacked with a Lunt LS40F filter. I designed and 3D printed a couple of adapters. The ZWO ADC tames Newton's rings like magic. This project created many cloudy days in the PNW! #astrophotography #astronomy

NGC 6503, a dwarf spiral galaxy that lies 18 million light years distant in the constellation Draco and on the edge of the Local Void. Imaged with my 11" SCT over two nights this month. Image details on my Astrobin page at app.astrobin.com/i/au7oe5. #astrophotography #astronomy

Spiral galaxy NGC 6015 in Draco, about 60 million light years from the center of my driveway. This is the result of nearly 12.5 hours of imaging over 3 nights in June. Image details are on my Astrobin page at app.astrobin.com/i/lcolg9. #astrophotography #astronomy

The Draco Triplet, in the constellation (you guessed it) Draco! The spiral galaxy at the top (NGC 5986) is about a third larger than our Milky Way and 140 million light years distant! Image details on my Astrobin page at app.astrobin.com/i/jccmmy #astrophotography #astronomy

Having some renovations done on the house and and getting my #astrophotography fix is taxing on my old body. Late nights with the scope and early mornings with the contractor.

This is how the galaxy group Hickson 44 looked some 80 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Photons collected with my RASA in 2020 and reprocessed this week! #astrophotography

Star #Lines This photo is a stack of hundreds of shots over 2 hours, revealing Earth's rotation. Each star shows its spectral color, forming a palette dancing around Polaris, the near-static star near the celestial pole. #blueskyartshow #circumpolar

The morning after the night before. Clouds have moved in, so I get a few nights off. #astrophotography

Arp 104, Keenan's system in Ursa Major. A bridge of galactic material spans between the two galaxies as they interact. I had to dodge clouds for 3 nights to get this shot! Image details on my Astrobin page at app.astrobin.com/i/3hnqng. #astrophotography #astronomy

Messier 63, the Sunflower galaxy. Data from last year was combined with my imaging sessions from this spring to bump this to over 19 hours of total integration time from the driveway. Image details on my Astrobin page at app.astrobin.com/i/ql3yos. #astrophotography #astronomy

The Eyes Galaxies in Markarian's Chain, approximately 52 million light years from Earth. NGC 4438's distortions are due to past interactions with other galaxies, likely NGC 4435 & M86. Image details on my Astrobin site at app.astrobin.com/i/enzh4a. #astrophotography #astronomy

The Whirlpool galaxy (Messier 51), about 31 million light years from the center of my driveway. Total integration time was nearly 14.5 hrs in LRGB. Image details on my Astrobin page at app.astrobin.com/i/02phmv. #astrophotography #astronomy

IC 2574 Coddington’s Nebula captured from my patio on four nights in early March 😊🔭 It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of about 18 hours in LRGB and 10 hours in Ha to enhance the star forming regions. Processing this irregular dwarf galaxy was challenging! #Astrophotography

642 - the number of galaxies in this image of the Markarian's Chain neighborhood! Imaged from the driveway last week with the William Optics GT-81 refractor. More image details on my Astrobin page at app.astrobin.com/i/1lkrwb. #astrophotography #astronomy

The Needle galaxy (NGC 4565), a beautiful edge-on spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. Imaged with my 11-inch Celestron SCT last night from the driveway. Image details are on my Astrobin page at app.astrobin.com/i/ubhujj. #astrophotography #astronomy

Since this is the current ChatGPT rage, here's my contribution. Not sure what's up with the groin-level telescopes, But with three clear nights starting this weekend, I'm obviously happy. #Astrophotography

I've been a bit under the weather this week and it was cloudy last night, so I skipped the lunar eclipse. Here's something from the archive instead. Messier 1, the Crab nebula. Imaged in narrowband from the driveway with the 8" EdgeHD in Jan & Dec 2022. #astrophotography #astronomy

Don't forget Thursday night into Friday, it's total lunar #eclipse night! , 🔭

The Rice Hat Nebula on the left is a verrrrry faint supernova remnant. It was hard to pull out even with my fast (f/3.3) scope in the Bortle 1'ish skies of SW New Mexico and over 34 hours of exposure time. But...here it is. #astrophotography #photography

The galaxy Messier 96, 31 million light years from our solar system in the constellation Leo. Imaged during our late February "false spring." More rain & snow incoming! Image details on my Astrobin page at astrob.in/rmlk70/0/. #astrophotography #astronomy

NGC 1491 The Fossil Footprint Nebula captured from my patio in November last year 😊🔭 It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of about 20 hours in mono with Ha and OIII narrowband filters and LRGB filters for the stars. #Astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social‬

Combining old data with new, I was able to reveal Messier 82's H-alpha "Cap," that slight, red smudge in the upper left of the image. It's extremely dim! This represents a total of nearly 25 hours of imaging from the driveway in 2022 & 2025. #astrophotography #astronomy

When you see the words “the clearest photo ever taken of [planet, moon, etc.]” RUN AWAY! These accounts suck because they often don’t credit properly, many don’t use alt txt, share misinformation, are anonymous with unknown credentials, and are not here to teach you science but to engagement farm.

In 2019, I was just getting into narrowband and attempted to image the faint planetary nebula Yerkes-McDonald 16 in Serpens Cauda. The image was a mess and my processing skills suspect, but I kept the data. Reprocessed today and was pleasantly surprised! #astrophotography #astronomy

Mare Imbrium on a ~75% illuminated #Moon. Increased saturation. Captured at 5.4m focal length through a 7" Maksutov. #astrophotography

The Serpens Molecular Cloud, with the reflection nebula vdB 123 at the top-center and the Flaming Skull (planetary) nebula on the right. This was imaged as a 2-panel mosaic with the 8-inch RASA in 2023. #astrophotography #astronomy

When things get serious 🔭 #astrophotography

The Cigar galaxy (Messier 82), about 12 million light years from the center of my driveway! Image details on my Astrobin page at astrob.in/o7f0wk/0/. #astrophotography #astronomy

The Medusa nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Gemini. I shot this over two nights this week from the driveway. Image details are on my Astrobin page at astrob.in/f1reae/0/. #astrophotography #astronomy

I watched Star Trek: Section 31 the other night. Unfortunately, the good storyline must have been a couple of aisles over, in Section 33. Afterwards, I felt like I needed the flashy thing from Men in Black to remove the memory of watching it.

Galaxy NGC 2841 in Ursa Major, approximately 46 million light years from the driveway! Image details on my Astrobin page at app.astrobin.com/i/n0g7hz. #astrophotography #astronomy

January 8th's moon in monochrome! I'd planned to do some narrowband imaging that night, took a peek at the moon, then the fog rolled in. C11 with 0.7x reducer, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro, and 3nm Ha filter. #astrophotography

This is my image of SH2-101 the Tulip Nebula, 6,000 light years away, imaged with Atik 383L+ and 190MN over 3 nights, 12 hours total exposure. A really colourful nebula that works well as a narrowband target #astrophotography #space #nebula

The globular clusters NGC 5053 (top) and Messier 53 (bottom), as viewed from my Southern Oregon driveway in May, 2023. #astrophotography

I'm back! I've been ill for the last month or so, but the docs finally have me on the mend. As I get older, I don't bounce back as quickly as I once did. Anyway, here's Messier 45, imaged from the driveway in Jan 2023 with the 8" RASA. #astrophotography

The galaxy NGC 7331 at 40 million light years, with its visual group some 300-350 mly distant. Imaged from the driveway this week. Acquisition details are on my Astrobin page at astrob.in/75f4kb/0/. #astrophotography #astronomy

I had a small window of opportunity last night (no smoke!) and pointed my 11-inch SCT at the Western Veil nebula. 5 hours, 10 minutes in SHO narrowband. #astrophotography #astronomy

Sh 2-86/NGC 6820/NGC 6823 from the driveway! 13hrs 50 min with the Celestron 8" EdgeHD & ZWO ASI2600MM Pro camera with SHO 3nm narrowband filters. Image details on my Astobin page at astrob.in/jrag82/0/. #astrophotography #astronomy

NGC 3184 The Little Pinwheel Galaxy captured from my patio on three nights earlier this year constantly struggling with passing high clouds 🤷‍♂️😊🔭 This was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of 8 hours with a QHY294C cam using the L-Pro filter. #Astrophotography

We had a stretch of really nice weather in So Oregon and I spent 4 nights on Messier 57, the Ring nebula. 19+ hrs of narrowband & RGB. #astrophotography

Messier 94, the Cat's Eye galaxy, imaged from the driveway this week! Celestron 8" EdgeHD, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro with LRGB filters, iOptron HAE69CEC mount. #astrophotography #astronomy

4-panel mosaic of the Flame, Horsehead, and Orion nebulas. Imaged from the driveway last November with the 8-inch Celestron RASA, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro, and Antlia ALP-T high-speed dual-band filter. Total integration time was just under 3 hours! #astrophotography

This is Jones-Emberson 1, a.k.a. the Headphone Nebula in Ha-OIII-RGB. 1600 ly distant in the constellation Lynx. 25+ hours over 4 nights from the driveway. Details on my Astrobin at astrob.in/v7aix1/0/ #Astrophotography #astronomy

Solar prominences on February 24th, as seen from the driveway. I used the Pixinsight Solar Toolbox by Bill Blanshan & Mike Cranfield to process this.

Dipping into the driveway archives for some 2022 data on the Cocoon nebula in HaRGB. I imaged this with the 8" EdgeHD, ZWO ASI294MM Pro, and iOptron CEM70G.

Seems all the astro stores are fresh out of clear nights, so here's NGC 6888, the Crescent nebula, imaged from the driveway last summer. Celestron EdgeHD 8, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro, Antlia 3nm SHO, and iOptron CEM70G mount.

A reprocess of Messier 81, imaged from the driveway in LRGB mono in February 2022. Less than clear nights here at the moment! #astrophotography #astronomy