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I decided to properly image Caldwell 49 and Caldwell 50 with my #seestars50 after six months. I'm super happy with how it came out. The image at the end is what I took six months ago, after one month of owning my seestar. I like seeing how much I've progressed in my astrophotography. #astronomy

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WOW WOW WOW LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW HUBBLE IMAGE OF NGC 346!!! 🌌

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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

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europa had quite the glow up from 1973-2022!! imagine the BEAUTIFUL images that clipper will take when it arrives 🥹

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what are your thoughts on the drake equation?

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I will actually learn French just to live here bro This is idyllic

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thinking about this today

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space sucks and is soooooo lame, why does anyone even like it 👎

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hubble’s recent images 🌌 can’t believe this telescope is almost 35 years old and still giving us these BEAUTIFUL images of our universe 🥹

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Hopefully some more astrophotography stuff soon. I want to try going for the markarians chain.

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Doing details is a pain

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if only light pollution didn’t exist 😭

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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

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HAPPY PI DAY!! HERE’S A NEW HUBBLE IMAGE 🌌

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The blood Moon Lunar Eclipse 🌕 ₊˚⊹🩸

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BREAKING: Experts Warn Public to Prepare for Potential Bird Flu Pandemic "The H5N1 virus has crossed species barriers, adapting to mammalian hosts, including dairy cattle, leading to widespread exposure and sporadic human infections."

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P i xeL a rT i N Ou T e R S p aC e ✨ #pixelart #art #ドット絵 #space

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Eta carina. 32 minutes, 190 stacks, mosaic, editing in photo gallery. Still a work in progress. Taken on a seestar s50.

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Wyoming H5N1 bird flu case uploads to GISAID —PB2 E627K mutation detected Partial sequence from a Wyoming patient confirms H5N1 D1.1 genotype with PB2 E627K It’s a key adaptation for mammalian replication.

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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

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Heads up: Jupiter is super bright. At least you can see all four moons :)

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From Friday night, here's the Leo Triplet of galaxies. NGC 3628 (left), Messier 65 (upper right) and Messier 66 (lower right). 🔭

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it’s during uncertain times like these that i turn towards the beauty of the cosmos 🌌

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Messier 42 - Orion Nebula, along with "running man" 27mins integration using a RedCat51 from my garden in Wiltshire #Astronomy #astrophotography

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orion’s belt last night ✨

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this shouldn’t have to be a hot take, but science is IMPORTANT.

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Yesterday was a decent grab of objects. Centaurus A, Omega centauri and Ngc 1365 (as well as 1386 and 1369) Will probably have more next week

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

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Will hopefully photograph NGC 1232 or the rosette on Saturday. In the meantime, take this from when I first used my seestar on my birthday

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Maybe if we all get on that Mediterranean diet we can live long enough to see it again. lol (Edited 1:42 PM via @skeetsapp.com)

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