Ian Lauer Astro
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On a mission to reconnect 1 million people to the night sky. Astrophotographer, adventure astronomer, metal music fanatic.
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If more people looked up at the stars
Disconnected from the rat race to be in the moment
Pondered the mysteries of the universe
And shared in the awe and beauty of it all
We would be much kinder to one another
And the world would be a better place.
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HUBBLE vs JWST: Here's the difference. Welcome to a new era of astronomy.
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HUBBLE vs JWST: Southern Ring Nebula. Peering into the death of a star with mind-blowing detail.
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Practice makes progress!
One of my first attempts at the Orion Nebula vs now
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In awe of the universe
A single exposure in from Death Valley, a few minutes before the totality during last years lunar eclipse.
Definitely one of my favorite shots from last year.
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Stardust
The color of the Iris Nebula is caused by the same physics that explain why the sky is blue: light scatter.
Long wavelength (red) light passes through the dust, but short wavelength light (blue) hits it & scatter towards our line of sight, resulting in a blue color.
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Proud of this girl. She just gave CPR to a man having a heart attack at STS airport and potentially saved his life. He left with the EMTs and still had a pulse.
She’s an incredible human.
@cathrinmachin
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Drove out to shoot comet NEOWISE at 3:30am from Laguna Beach. Here’s a quick single shot of it over Orange County
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Just got back from camping in the Sequoias! Attempted my first ever "rainbow" Milky Way shot
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I heard it’s Milky Way season so I backpacked up a mountain, camped out, and woke up at 3am to shoot it and share it with you 🙂
@FujifilmX_US
XT20 & 16mm f1.4 lens
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The stars above Utah ✨
The beauty of the night sky is no longer limited to what we can see.
Cameras reveal what the eye cannot, and we’ve only just begun to explore the night sky.
A lot of exciting things are just spring the corner, and I can’t wait to share it with you 🔭💫
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The Blood Moon and the Milky Way
I never thought I would find myself chasing the Milky Way during a full Moon.
Ended up at the sand dunes in Death Valley, got a ton of amazing shots of the Moon and Milky Way. Can’t wait to share!
#BloodMoon
#LunarEclipse2021
@FujifilmX_US
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I didn’t know I loved astronomy until I was almost 20 yrs old
I didn’t know I loved the outdoors until I was almost 30
It’s okay to not know what you want to do with your life. All that matters is that you’re doing something you enjoy. You never know what opportunities lie ahead
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Happy Friday! This is your reminder that we live on a floating rock traveling through space, and we are the only life (that we know of) that exists in this vast ocean of stars.
So please be kind to each other, no matter our differences…we only have each other
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Thanks for the 3k followers 🥳
To celebrate, here’s my shot of Rho Ophiuchi!
After many failed attempts, I can proudly say I’ve photographed a region of space that has inspired me since I started my astronomy journey over 10 years ago.
Taken w/ my
@FujifilmX_US
GFX50S
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Who wants to learn to shoot the Milky Way?
I made a video showing you how easy it is to photograph it.
Here’s the link, Check it out/bookmark it if you want to learn how 🙏
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Comet NEOWISE! So happy with how this one turned out.
This comet has been a beacon of inspiration, leading people out of their homes to view it, and inspiring many to go out of their way to photograph it, filling social media feeds with spectacular results.
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Time for some mid-day Milky Way! Here’s Natural Bridge and the Milky Way from
@BryceCanyonNPS
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Astrophotographers! What software are you currently using?
Right now I’m using the ASIAir and PixInsight + Photoshop for deep space.
For Milky Way/Nightscapes I use Lightroom + Photoshop
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I typically don’t post non-astro stuff but I just wanted to say that I absolutely love
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Comet NEOWISE, the first comet I’ve ever seen. If it doesn’t break up as it passes around the Sun, everyone will be treated with a spectacular view of this comet during sunset. I couldn’t take my chances though; I just had to see it, in case it didn’t make it and was lost forever
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2017 vs 2021
Always keep your early work, it’s humbling and inspiring to see how far you’ve come. Its a reminder that you have to start somewhere.
My first ever Milky Way photo vs one of my most recent ones.
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Go stargazing. Your mental health needs it.
Give yourself the opportunity to disconnect.
Look up and enjoy the view. Allow yourself to be in the moment.
Give your mind the opportunity to recalibrate.
You’ll be glad you did.
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The Milky Way rising over the sailing stones in Death Valley
Took this earlier this year during one of my astrophoto adventure workshops in Death Valley
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Happy Saturday!
Here’s a time lapse of the Milky Way rising in Joshua Tree, using my
@FujifilmX_US
XT20 and the
@RhinoCameraGear
Arc II time lapse rail
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Hey everyone, thanks for such a warm welcome to Twitter! Here’s my shot of the Eagle Nebula. In the center you can see the Pillars of Creation, made famous by the Hubble Telescope. It’s amazing what modern amateur equipment is capable of.
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Take a moment, spend one night under a clear dark sky, and reconnect with your past.
That sky you’re seeing is the same sky your ancestors saw every night, walking down that starlit path as they pushed onward towards wherever life took them.
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HUGE NEWS!!!!
Because so many of you have reached out asking for prints, I’m STOKED to announce that I’ll be launching a store soon & make these astrophotos available!
Thank you everyone for your kind words on my work, it’s given me the confidence to move forward with this idea
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I love space. I love waterfalls. And I love when the two are combined
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Take a moment to enjoy the view of the center of your home galaxy
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This lonely tree stands tall in a pothole carved out of the Entrada sandstone in southern Utah.
After driving down miles and miles of dirt roads, hiking up sandstone in the desert heat, we stumbled upon this tree that lined up perfectly with the Milky Way.
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The Big Dipper, the guidepost of the night sky!
Went backpacking before heading to Jamaica, so I only brought a basic setup.
@FujifilmX_US
XT4, 16mm lens at f1.4
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Cat and I took this photo of the Trifid nebula from our telescopes new home, a remote observatory,
@starfront_obs
, in Texas!
This nebula combines emission (red) and reflection (blue) regions, making it a beautiful gem of the night sky
~15 hrs total exposure time
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Happy Earth Day and Dark Sky Week! Sharing the beauty of the night to everyone 🤙
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It got a little frosty last night while comet hunting
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Thank you for allowing us to share the beauty of the cosmos with you 🙏
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Orion is one of the most recognizable constellations, dominating the winter sky, chasing after the Pleiades.
On his left shoulder is the orange-red star Betelgeuse, which can go supernova at any moment.
In the lower left is Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.
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When I was studying astrophysics, my idea of imaging the cosmos was limited to scientific imaging.
It’s only now that I understand the power of this kind of photography.
The places it takes me, the adventures it leads to, and most importantly, the people I’ve met along the way
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SUPERNOVA ALERT!
I just shot the supernova that’s happening right now in the Pinwheel Galaxy, and if you have a telescope, you can image it too!
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What’s that strange glowing light on the right of the observatories at Haleakala?
The Zodiacal light, only prominent in dark skies, is what you see beaming out of the horizon. This light is caused by dust particles in the solar system scattering light from the Sun.
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A biker with lights on rode into my long exposure of the stars, creating a nice aesthetic in this image.
Something about the feeling of motion from the moving lights adds to the stillness of the night.
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A glimpse of our home galaxy, the Milky Way! The brightest point of the Milky Way is the center of our home, roughly 30,000 light years away.
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Cosmic brain
I'm very grateful for the access I have to telescopes around the world to take images like this.
I aim to use this access to share the beauty of the stars to inspire, excite, and bring the stars back into your life🤘
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How does this make you feel?
For me, laying back looking up at the infinite universe makes me feel pure awe. Just look at it... it’s so stunning
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Made a road trip to the Eastern Sierra mountains near Lone Pine for the meteor shower. While I didn't see too many meteors, the Milky Way was clearest I've seen in years!
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Happy New Year friends!
I'm excited to bring you along on the astronomy adventures that await.
Whether it's in-person, via social media, on a workshop, or anything between...Cheers to you, and 2022. Let's brighten this year up with starlight!
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I used my
@FujifilmX_US
GFX50S camera to shoot a string of galaxies over 50 million light years away.
This one is called Markarian’s Chain!
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Comet NEOWISE over Irvine, California.
Taken before sunrise back in 2020
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Hey there, I’m Ian, a Twitter newbie 👋
I’m the Director of Marketing at the worlds largest telescope retailer, and I LOVE metal music (Prog and Djent in particular)!
One of my life missions is to inspire you to look up, gaze into the cosmos, and connect you with the stars above!
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The past few months I’ve been having loads of fun learning how to do time lapse photography.
I hope you enjoy this compilation from my past few adventures 🙂
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Last night’s Moon. I’m always caught in Luna’s gaze 😌
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I've dedicated my life to sharing the stars with you, and this is how I want to do it
I know not everyone can visit these places or join my workshops, so I want to bring the stars to you through videos like this.
check it out! The video premieres Friday June 14, at 11am Eastern
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GUESS WHAT?! Today I fly to the U.K. to finally see my love
@Cathrinmachin
! It’s been 7 months since I’ve seen her, I’m SO stoked right now 😁
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It’s hard to describe the excitement that flows through me every time I see the Milky Way. It constantly puts me in a state of awe. It has this incredible ability to inspire.
Here’s a shot taken with a
@FujifilmX_US
XT1. From a camping trip in the Sierras back in 2020.
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Happy Sunday
The rose of the sky, the Rosette Nebula
Ultraviolet light from the hot cluster of stars in the center of this nebula causes the surrounding gas to glow red 🔥🔥🔥
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I get a lot of requests for getting started with Milky Way photography, so I created a blog to help! If anyone is interested in getting started (regardless of camera brand), have a read and let me know what you think 🙏
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It’s shocking to know that 80% of people in the US can’t see the Milky Way because of light pollution. But you know what’s even more shocking?
That stat was from 2016. I hope these photos inspire you to journey out & experience a truly dark, moonless night sky in its purest form
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If you look closely, you can see some GEO satellites in the frame. They look like dim, fixed lights against the moving background of stars.
(Also, I think I found the flight path for planes going in and out of San Diego)
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I want to inspire 1 million people to get under a sky full of stars.
There are plenty of reasons why I can’t do it.
There are plenty of naysayers who don’t understand.
But I don’t need their permission.
All I need to do is keep moving towards my goal.
One step at a time.
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There’s nothing quite like spending time with a telescope under the stars
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When you stargaze for the first time, something incredible happens
You realize space isn’t just a place in sci fi movies, or in pretty pictures
It’s all around you, all the time, in constant motion
And you’re flying through it on this spaceship we call Earth
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The return of the Orion nebula
With winter constellations rising earlier and earlier, I'm excited to see everyone's winter target astrophotos 🔭
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Just working on some time lapses from the past few road trips 😍
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How it started: "Hey Ian let's build an observatory"
How it's going:
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It’s always above at night, even if you can’t see it because your polluted with artificial light.
The Milky Way over a house in Julian, California.
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Hello! I'm Ian 👋 an astronomer, astrophotographer, and adventurer with a passion for sharing the wonders of the night sky.
I'm here to share my adventures as I explore the world, the stars, and the cosmos" (all while blasting metal music 🤘)
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You, me, and the Milky Way…dancing under the starlight ✨
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The Moon lighting up the Sierra Mountains as it rises behind the camera
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How it started vs how it’s going
Practice makes progress!
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Yesterdays eclipse, captured at the Temple of the Sun and Moon in Utah
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Spending time under the stars is an incredible experience.
Sharing that experience with friends is even better.
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Some people look up and are afraid of the unknown & the vast expanse of the universe
When I look up, I feel connected with both my ancestors and the future
There's something primal about looking at the night sky...a similar feeling I get when gazing into a fire
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This monster telescope system is from a private observatory I used to work at...which was a 5-star health spa!
I gave presentations and ran the scopes to help guests discover the cosmos. Honesty the best part was the questions & thirst for knowledge the guests had.
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When you look deeper into the bright core of the Milky Way at night, gems hidden from the unaided eye are revealed.
Spectacular nebulae like the Trifid nebula (left) and Lagoon nebula (right) stand out like islands of stellar birth, in what seems to be a sea of stars.
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As we move into October, our position around the Sun will cause the core of our home galaxy to be obscured. This means Milky Way season is coming to a close.
I’ll be waiting for next season, when I can once again begin the chase for the perfect Milky Way photo.
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That light you see in this photo is not a sunrise, sunset, or moon glow
It’s the Zodiacal Light - the faint glow of sunlight reflecting off dust in the solar system
Here it is seen from the top of Haleakala, Maui’s volcano that houses some of Hawaii’s observatories
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NorCal Milky Way
Panorama from Eel River in the California Redwoods. A car drove by and lit up a lone tree in the foreground as the exposure was running, which made for a really cool scene!
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