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Talk about #astrophotography! It’s been cloudy for what seems like months, but at least we just got our space selfie back from Crunch Labs! space.crunchlabs.com/selfie/aODjoYV #astronomy #space

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Sometimes there’s a steep learning curve to #astrophotography. Last night was a struggle to focus my Sky-Watcher 127 to my new ASI662MC. This only compounded by my complete inability to plate solve, so I could only rely on manual polar alignment. I guess it’s to the YouTubes. #astronomy #space

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

First light for my new #Dwarf3 smart telescope. It was easy to navigate the app and polar align the scope. I left it out for a total of 5.45 hours of integration with no problems and only 6 rejected subs. This thing will shine when summer targets are back! #astrophotography #astronomy #space

submitted 75 days ago • 3 comments

I imaged my first globular cluster of the year! The M3 cluster is one of the largest and brightest and is made up of around 500,000 stars. It is estimated to be 11.4 billion years old and roughly 32,600 light-years from Earth. #astrophotography #astronomy #space

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

We had quite a bit of cloud cover last night, but my little #Seestar tried its best to capture the Blood Moon. Here’s a timelapse of the evening on 20 second intervals #astrophotography #astronomy #space

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

I took a two minute video on my #seestar in raw and stacked the video in ASI Studio - Planetary Stacker as a bit of practice for tomorrow. Fingers crossed for clear skies! #astrophotography #astronomy #moon

submitted 102 days ago • 1 comment

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. I’ve been swamped at work and needed a little break from social media. Here’s 8 hours of integration on Markarian’s Chain from my #Seestar S50. I’ve been working on some other multi-night images and will post soon. #astrophotography #astronomy #space

submitted 102 days ago • 4 comments

There has been an abundance of clouds over the last two weeks hampering any real astronomy time. However, I brought some telescopes to my kid’s school for their STEM night! We took these photos on my #Seestar S50 while waiting for it to get dark. #astronomy #astrophotography #space

submitted 116 days ago • 4 comments

Just going to post this here if you’re looking for different scientific lists to follow on Bluesky! Happy Reading. blueskydirectory.com/lists/all?q=...

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

“Fifty years ago, on February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.” This is a quick and inspiring read that will make you want to cherish and protect our precious planet even more. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/77201...

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

I highly encourage everyone with an iOS device to pre-order the Flashes app. It’s a phenomenal instagram replacement based on Bluesky. I’ve been beta testing it and each update has been better than the previous. Android users, the sole freelance developer has stated your time will come!

submitted 122 days ago • 1 comment

Anyone have any ideas on the best way to print and display #astrophotography? Does anyone have any examples of custom backlit printed astro work?

submitted 122 days ago • 2 comments

I shot Bode’s Galaxy as the first DSO target for my Skymax 127mm. It appears this focal length really shows the backlash from my SA GTi. I guess more fine tuning is needed. This was 4 hours of 1 min subs. #astrophotography #astronomy #space

submitted 125 days ago • 2 comments

Finally some clear skies and calm winds tonight! After a week of clouds and rain we had clear skies last night, but it was so windy I thought it was going to blow over my telescope. Whomp whomp. I’m thinking the Jellyfish Nebula for the Seestar and maybe Bode’s Galaxy for the Skymax 127.

submitted 126 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Valentine’s Day, Bluesky! To celebrate, here’s an image I took of the Heart Nebula. I hope your day is as beautiful as this region of space. #astrophotography #astronomy #space #valentinesday

submitted 128 days ago • 2 comments

It’s been cloudy and raining all week so I went back and reprocessed an old stack of M33 the Triangulum Galaxy. I guess we call this an official #TBT. #astrophotography #astronomy #space #seestar

submitted 129 days ago • 0 comments