Michael W. Dean
@FreedomFeens
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My astro pix: My music, BipTunia: My old band Bomb (reason I'm on this list):
Intergalactic Prairie Studios.
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@ThreatNotation
Hit the note hard, then aggressively wheel the piano quickly toward the listener.
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Iris Nebula I shot last night. 5 hours and 34 minutes.
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
@isastroatelier
@xipteras
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@ThePlanetaryGuy
You can even see a bit of how irregularly shaped Phobos is. (Too small to round itself completely, 17 x 14 x 11 miles)
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M31 showing dust lanes, 4 hours 20 min, forest fire smoke last night, 755 mm at F/3. Quattro 250P 10". (with Nexus) Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro. ZWO ASI2600MC. ASIAIR Pro.
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M51 Galaxy I shot from my yard last night.
5 hours and 8 minutes full color, plus 1 hour of Hydrogen Alpha filter I shot the other night. No star reduction.
You can see several tiny (to us) distant galaxies in this.
Going to shoot more of this if weather allows, it's
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@thechosenberg
Also, "weed my garden" is a Victorian euphemism for having sex, and a modern euphemism for shaving public hair.
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4th of July Fireworks Galaxy I shot! Woot!
5 hours and 24 min.
two nights worth.
#astrophotography
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@pdubdev
Does Wyoming have one? About half of people have masks here.
You probably left Wyoming off the list because people forget it exists, which is why I live here.
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I shot this the last 2 nights...The Great Globular Star Cluster in Hercules, 5 hours 10 minutes.
It's an important one to me because it's the first thing I ever found by accident with an optical scope a year before I got into
#astrophotography
.
1000 MM. F/4
Full tech stats:
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@stillgray
This is the police libertarians want.
Countdown to all Seattle being no-go zone.
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7 Sisters (a.k.a. Pleiades, Subaru, M45) I shot this last night. 2 hours, 8 minutes.
@ibstreit
#astrophotography
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Second take processing Andromeda Galaxy, I shot this with two different scopes, total exposure 6.5 hours. IR-modified Canon 90D.
#astrophotography
#CS2U
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@Rothmus
Some parts of NJ are gorgeous.
It's not all "Tony Soprano's drive from home to the Pork Store."
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Reprocess of my 2023 shot of The Mighty Cygnus Loop.
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
Footage Josh shot of me setting up my astro gear:
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Henry Draper in his barn with rope (hand)-guided telescope with built in camera, and his 1880 photograph of the Orion Nebula, the first ever taken.
Also my photo of Orion Nebula, just showing how much this hobby has changed. (I do not use a rope for guiding, for one. lol.)
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My M33 OSC no filter 90 minutes with Celestron EdgeHD 8" and .7x reducer (Re Process)
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
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My M16 Eagle Nebula / Pillars of Creation, 78 minutes (repro, starless and stars).
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
Tech specs:
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My latest
#astrophotography
photo. It's the Orion Nebula top right, Horsehead Nebula bottom left.
Taken over two nights this week. IR modified Canon 90D, RedCat 51 telescope, Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro mount.
5 hours and 9 minutes of 60-second exposures, 800 ISO.
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My photo of NGC6888 (I call it "The Big Brain in the Sky"), 4 hours integration.
I'm going to post updates to this as I shoot more hours of it, to show how we do
#astrophotography
and what more hours does.
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My new scope with me, and the photos I've taken with it so far.
It's a Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P (10") Newtonian .
#astrophotography
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I'm pretty new to
#astrophotography
.
Had an EQ mount for less than 2 months, and only got to use it 8 nights.
Can't wait until forest fire smoke clears (and moon goes away.)
These are my 4 best images.
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My Eastern Veil photo (Cygnus Loop area), 750 mm, F/3, 2 hours and 40 minutes. No filter. No star version, plus some star reduction (Repro2).
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
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IC1871 Nebula I shot last night, Ha/OIII filter, two different color variations. 1000mm. Full tech details:
8 hours, 10 min integration.
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
@isastroatelier
@xipteras
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My photo of Orion Nebula, Running man Nebula, Horsehead Nebula, and flame Nebula, all stars removed.
#astrophotography
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30-minute Orion with Trapezium in summer at 45N. Half shot at end of night, half in Astro Twilight.
Was 40 minute, but I threw out the 5
120-second bad frames (from wind) and re-tried this.
Full tech specs:
Bortle 2. No filters. F/4, 1000 mm.
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@Rothmus
lol. already do. Even did in the 70s when I was in grade school. Though back then I was also taught what "Arabic Numerals" meant.
Anyone saying "No" probably also thinks that "cursive writing" means cussin'.
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My pic of Altair star and region, 13 minutes, 20 seconds, no star reduction, reprocess.
I'm going through a lot of my old photos, starting the processing over, and solving a problem a lot of them have.
This page explains it, and shows a before and after, if you want to read:
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My M31 shoot from July, 4 hours, 20 min, reprocess.
Plus plate solving for the very distant galaxies in my Cocoon Nebula pic from the other day, easy to see in the starless version.
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
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Wizard Nebula I shot last week, not great not terrible.
4 hours 14 minutes.
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
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Alpha-Centauri. The closest possible planet with life is in here somewhere.
This is my first shaky attempt at stacking and processing narrowband SHO remote telescope data in PixInsight.
#astrophotography
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Lion Nebula I shot months ago, 250 mm 10 hour integration.
Re-stack and reprocess.
WBPP stack took 7 hours on old computer, took 1 hour 40 min on new computer.
#astrophotography
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I shot this heart of the Heart Nebula, 18 minutes during Astro Twilight this morning.
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
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My photo of Orion Nebula and Running Man Nebula from about 14 months ago. 250 mm (crop), 6.5 hours integration. Bortle 2.
#space
#astrophotography
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My photo of Horsehead Nebula and Flame Nebula, reprocessed, BlurX.
#astrophotography
#CS2U
@ibstreit
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NGC89 I shot this week. aka "The Outer Limits Galaxy" and "The Silver Sliver Galaxy." 4 hours integration.
30 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. Also seen are some tiny (to us) much further galaxies (easier to see in the starless version)
Stars are not
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11 hours and 54 minutes I shot of M51. Whirlpool Galaxy (galaxies).
1000 mm. No star reduction (so you can see all the little bonus galaxies.)
Finally got around to stacking this while waiting for the Moon to get lost.
#astrophotography
@ibstreit
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My Cave Nebula shot, 1 hour and 48 minutes.
Early this morning, Friday the 13th, I realized the smoke was gone and the clouds were gone, and I had just a little over TWO HOURS pick a spooky target, set up, polar align, focus, and shoot before twilight.
Nailed it. Got some
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GOD'S CERVIX
(Cocoon Nebula IC5146).
All stars, no stars, some stars. Star reduction via StarXterminator.
1000 mm, F/4.
7 hours, 24 minutes, over the last 2 nights.
Quattro 250P 10". ZWO ASI2600MC. Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro. ASIAIR Pro. Bortle 2.
Full tech specs:
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My Rosette Nebula photo as 16-meg for printing (for a friend), link here:
(don't use the one below if you want highest, use the zipped link. If you need the 147-meg uncompressed Tiff, let me know)
And it's covered by the BipCot NoGov license, v1.2
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My first attempt at adding Hydrogen-Alpha I shot to color image I shot. Whirlpool Galaxy.
Total integration: 20 hours and 18 minutes.
Some star reduction.
Nice effort, but I can do better. Will try next on other targets. Shooting Ha gives me something to do when the Moon is
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My 18 minute shot of Rosette Nebula (skull!) I shot last night before clouds rolled in. 448 mm.
#astrophotography
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Tonight's
#astrophotography
I did of the California Nebula (NGC 1499), an emission nebula in the constellation Perseus.
Total exposure 195 minutes.
195 Lights. 60 second exp each at 800 ISO.
44 Darks. 5 Flats. 24 Dark Flats.
Bortle 3, average seeing. (Backyard Oregon farm.)
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Rosette Nebula 1000mm, F/4,
I shot this for 30 of minutes last night before it went behind a tree. No star reduction.
Quattro 250P Imaging Newtonian 10" scope.
#astrophotography
#space
@ibstreit
@LtNo2
@erfmufn
@uhd2020
@drbecky_
@numanofficial
@AstroOtus
@astrobiscuit2
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Image of the Day on AstroBin today. NGC 6744 "the Milky Way's twin" (Southern Hemisphere view), photo by Michael Sidonio.
Full details:
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Little Dumbbell Nebula (M76) I shot 2 nights ago.
Ha/OIII (
#HOO
), 2 hours and 40 min, no star reduction. 1000 mm.
It's 2,500 light years from Earth and 1.23 light years across.
Tech specs of my pic:
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
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My photo of the Soul Nebula and Heart Nebula. 11 hours.
William Optics Redcat 51
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro
ZWO ASIAIR Plus
ZWO 30mm Mini Guider Scope
ZWO ASI120MM Mini
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Pleiades, 20 min. Very low in sky during astro twilight this morning. (first this year at 45N?)
750 mm, F/3.
Quattro 250P 10" / Nexus. ZWO ASI2600MC. Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro.
#astrophotography
#space
@ROGAstronomers
@astrobiscuit2
#Newt
#M45
@ibstreit
@xipteras
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Crescent Nebula I shot last couple nights.
#astrophotography
#space
Braaaains! 5 hours, 39 minutes
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15 hours, 8 minutes of the California Nebula.
#astrophotography
#space
#dust
#SpaceDust
#redCat
@zwoasi
@ibstreit
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@ShouldHaveCat
Dad's probably on post-surgery painkillers and forgot he does not have a cat.
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Andromeda Galaxy, I shot this with two different scopes, total exposure 6.5 hours. IR-modified Canon 90D.
@skyatnightmag
@AstrophotoRocks
@AstronomyMag
#astrophotography
#CS2U
@ibstreit
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M31 showing dust lanes, 4 hours 20 min, forest fire smoke last night.
755 mm at F/3. Quattro 250P 10". (with Nexus) Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro. ZWO ASI2600MC. ASIAIR Pro.
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
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I shot this last night. Eastern Veil of the Cygnus Loop, 750 mm, F/3, 2 hours and 40 minutes, some star reduction.
#astrophotography
Tech details and alternate version with all stars is here:
@ibstreit
@xipteras
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My photo of Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan and a bunch of distant tiny (to us) galaxies.
Full tech specs:
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
#demonology
@JesseWNews
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Whirlpool Galaxy - M51, 20 hours total integration. Plus the Ha one and the OSC one I shot, then combined for the first one.
Full tech specs here:
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
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Star cluster Liller 1, imaged with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3.
So we're at 90 members. Who wants to push it over 100 by inviting some people who'd enjoy this group
"ONLY REAL SPACE PHOTOS."
They don't have to take space photos (but can), just enjoy them. Thanks!
--MWD
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@RobertSkvarla
My fave (which I don't believe but like) is that the FIRST Moon landing was faked (to keep up with the Russians), but the rest of them were real.
They were all real, but as someone who grew up in the Cold War, I could TOTALLY see this one.
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I shot this Elephant Nebula the other night. Was going to shoot more but the forest fire smoke is back.
3 versions, all stars, no stars, and some stars.
Full tech specs:
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
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First post on new group I started "ONLY REAL SPACE PHOTOS." Come on and join, whether you take pix or not.
My 30 min integration of Rosette Nebula.
(F/4, Bortle 2).
Quattro 250P 10". ZWO ASI2600MC. Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro. Bortle 2. StarX, BlurX, NoiseX, PixInsight, Photoshop.
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Cygnus Wall I shot last night, 20 minutes integration, no star reduction, no flats. (was problem solving, shot this as test, but liked how it looks.)F/4, 1000mm.
Plan to shoot same target with Nexus at 750 mm, F/3 over the coming nights, maybe with some Ha too.
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Triangulum Galaxy (M 33). I shot this low in the sky last week before the moon came up, through forest fire smoke. 100 min.
Is raining non-stop now, good, puts out the fires. But I can't do
#astrophotography
for at least 2 weeks.
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Took a photo of Jupiter tonight. Not great, not terrible.
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Double Cluster I shot for 10 minutes during Astronomical Twilight last night. (Image rotated once clockwise)
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
Tech details for the images I uploaded here today are on my AstroBin:
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Bubble Neb (NGC7635) I shot last night (with forest fire smoke in sky.) 4 hours 10 min. 1000 mm, F/4.
Some star reduction. No crop (showing open cluster Messier 52 in bottom left), and crop version.
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
@isastroatelier
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My photo of LBN 345 nebula in Cygnus.
Ha/OIII. 1000 mm, F/4, full tech specs here:
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
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Shot this tonight, Heart Nebula.
448 mm. Some star reduction.
First time I've been able to shoot in a month, due to clouds. I shot 2 hours of subs and used an hour (because of clouds.)
#astrophotography
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My pic from tonight of Pinwheel Galaxy, (Messier 101).
21 million light-years from Earth. 2 hour and 8 min of shooting.
First light (first
#astrophotography
) with my new Newtonian scope. 1000 mm, F/4. No star reduction.
Also, un-cropped image with overlay of what's what (PGC
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Shot this the other night. M81 Group.
Bode's Galaxy, Cigar Galaxy, and a friend. (Messier 81 + 82 and NGC 3077.) 12 million light-years away and they interact with each other.
314 min integration. AT80ED 3.1" f/7.
448 adjusted focal length
@ibstreit
#astrophotography
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My shot of the Camel's Eye Nebula in Ha/OIII
3 hours, 26 min.
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
#NotGreatNotTerrible
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My photo from last night of "The Eyes" of NGC 6914 Nebula (reflection nebula approx 6,000 light-years away in Cygnus)
F/4. Bortle 2. No filters. 1000 mm. 60 min integration.
#astrophotography
#space
@xipteras
@ibstreit
@clarkjames70
@erfmufn
@astrobiscuit2
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4 of my favorite
#space
pix I took in 2023.
I started doing this in Aug 2022, I enjoy doing it, and on the rare occasion the Pacific Northwest skies are clear, I do it.
Clockwise from top left: California Nebula, Earth's Moon, Triangulum Galaxy, Soul + Heart Nebula.
All
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Reprocess of my 2023 shot of Soul and Heart nebulae.
11 hours, 20 minutes integration. RedCat 51 scope.
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
Full tech specs:
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Tulip Nebula 70 minutes, no Flats. Repro.
Quattro 250P 10". ZWO ASI2600MC. Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro.
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
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Bernes 142 - The Chameleon Molecular Cloud, by Distant Luminosity. Tech specs:
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Whirlpool Galaxy I shot last night in Ha/OIII near in the sky to bright Moon.
3 hours 20 minutes integration. 1000mm.
#astrophotography
#space
#GalaxySeason
Going to shoot more tonight, then combine with the 2 nights of OSC I did of this target last week.
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Andromeda Galaxy I shot for 3 hours the other night before clouds came to stay. It's overlaid with plate solve.
Every PGC designation has a little circle next to it, each circle is a distant galaxy.
Download, open it up, you can see some of them as tiny ovals.
#astrophotography
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My pic from tonight of The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49).
2 versions: Normal and starless.
65 light years across, 5200 light years away from Earth.
Total integration: 4 hours, 43 minutes.
#astrophotography
More info:
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Cygnus Wall photo I took over the last few nights with my telescope from the sheep paddock.
750 mm F/3, 6 hours, 24 minutes.
More tech info:
#astrophotography
#space
@ibstreit
@xRMMike
@Vicar0fChrist
@xipteras
@clarkjames70
@Nirvana
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When you realize your photo of the Heart Nebula is basically fall pumpkin spice color theme.
#HaOIII
#Astrophotography
#Space
#OnlyRealSpace
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