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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

That’s incredible! I’ve got a few staples inside but nowhere near that many

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Thank you - I hope it will not be too long.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Thanks. Already have a physiotherapist who comes weekly and has worked wonders.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Thanks. It was actually 2 surgeries as 1 failed - the first was robotic (small scars), the second old school.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Beautiful Moon tonight. Unfortunately I can’t move my scope outside due to major surgery in August which has me learning to walk, breathe and think all over again. They say 6-10 months recovery and I am guessing it is going to be closer to 10.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Found this cute spider between the sheds. It is humongous! Cat-faced spider according to Google

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Thanks Becky. Been busy with other things for a while but hopefully can get back into it again.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Starless narrowband shot of M16, the Eagle Nebula. H@, Oiii and Sii images combined and processed in Pixinsight. The Pillars of Creation show up nicely on the first image but my editing skills need some work.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Been gone for a while but hopefully can catch up on some of the past couple of months work. This represents 12 hours integration time on M63, the Sunflower Galaxy.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

In like a lamb, out like a lion - so true

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Northern Lights out again tonight. I thought it was springtime

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

A slightly wider field of view than the last post of the Rosette Nebula. This is only 35 minutes of exposure time so the detail and colours are not as good but I like it.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

A hearty greeting to Galaxy season with the M81 group - Bode’s Galaxy, the Cigar Galaxy, NGC3077 (bottom right) and PGC28225 (the smudge on the upper left of the starless shot). This was ~2.5 hours exposure time on a Vespera Pro.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

As Nebula season is quickly coming to an end, what better way to say goodbye than a quick capture of M42, the Orion Nebula.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Chillin’ behind the shed.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Wednesday evening’s Moon.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

An hour and a half on the Rosette Nebula in between clouds.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

45 minutes on the Horsehead and Flames Nebulas last night. With nebula season rapidly drawing to a close there won’t be much opportunity for anything in the Orion region until autumn.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

As the cold weather has dissipated, so have the clear skies. This is IC 417, the Spider Nebula, captured over the last week (4 hour’s exposure) while the temperature was below -30 degrees C.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I think it was closer to full last night than tonight. Hope you guys are doing well.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

February 11 99% Moon. Close enough to full for me.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Hard to say as it is a stack of frames from a video - it was 30 fps so that would give an approximation.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Last night’s ~75% waxing gibbous Moon. A quick shot since neither I nor the scope do well at -40 degree windchills

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I have taken many photos of the Andromeda Galaxy over the years but this has always been a fav. Canon DSLR with a 135mm Rokinon lens - nothing fancy but it captured it well.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

It is but we have had them before in Saskatoon so maybe sometime again.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I would rather see a strong Liberal in Saskatoon University but that’s just me

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Yup, and probably the only one with a name

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

January 12th full Moon before the clouds rolled in.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Last night’s Moon, ~95%.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

This was the winter rig - Vespera Pro, dual band filter, 1.5 hours, Bortle 7.5ish skies. The regular rig is an Askar V, 2600mc duo but it stays inside until the temps are closer to freezing.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Thursday’s 80% waxing gibbous moon shot in both B&W and colour. The blue regions are rich in Titanium while the browns are iron-rich.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

IC 1805, the Heart Nebula, shot on Christmas Eve. The Fish Head Nebula is also tagging along at the lower right. Next up - its partner, the Soul Nebula.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

The Flaming Star Nebula captured over the past two nights – due to the rather cold temperature (below minus 30), the telescope did not stay outside very long! The bright star with spikes in this capture, AE Aurigae, originated in the Orion Nebula but became a runaway star after a collision.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

M81 and M82, Bode’s and the Cigar galaxies, respectively. Imaging was done in December 2024

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Star cluster NGC 2169 shot last night on a lark. If you look at the inset on the left and the image on the right it is obvious why it is aka the “37” cluster.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

A quick 30 minutes on the Andromeda Galaxy from November.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

2024 was a relatively good year for astrophotography, with 281 observation sessions for 73 different targets and 76,899 images captured & processed.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

RIP Jimmy Carter. I was in the garden at the Carter Center years ago and out of the blue he came over to talk just for the heck of it. A truly great man, the likes of which we are not likely to see for a very long time.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

I should have photoshopped it in? Next year for sure. Merry Christmas to you as well and wishes for a great 2025.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Globular Cluster M3 from yesterday AM.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

This morning’s 33% Waning Moon shot through trees and ice fog, hence the cruddy quality.

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Andy Potter @aap53.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

A beautiful clear night for some astrophotography but I am waffling due to the temperature. Maybe just an hour or so.

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