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JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I captured the Andromeda Galaxy with an integration time of seven hours and forty-five minutes. I just finished processing it. 😊 My Portfolio: portfolio.pixelfed.social/JoeGarrity #astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposurephotography #longexposure #andromeda #photography

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David Stuah @stuah.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

M20 Trifid Nebula Rounding out the Teapot Collection from my last batch of nebula targets. Current targets are Dumbbell-Iris and the skies are projected clear 🕺 🔭 #astrophotography #M20

M20 Trifid Nebula
Unistellar Odyssey 📷
1 hour 20 min integration time

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

🦋✨ Meet the Butterfly Nebula — 4,000 lightyears away, glowing in the Cygnus constellation. #astrophotography #astro #photography #askar

A cosmic butterfly spreads its fiery wings across a sea of stars — IC 1318, the Butterfly Nebula. Wisps of glowing red and orange gas twist and curl in space, set against the inky black of the universe. This vast emission nebula lies in the Cygnus constellation, about 4,000 lightyears from Earth.

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Monestel Astrophotography @jmoneste.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Rho Ophiuchi A beautiful zone surrounding the massive Antares star located in the Scorpious constellation. Taken in Atacama using Askar V telescopes and ZWO ASI2600MC pro cameras, in collaboration with @cybertron-astrophoto.com. 3x3 mosaic #TicosEnAtacama #Astrophotography #Astro

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David Stuah @stuah.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

M20 Trifid Nebula Space clouds 💙 🔭 #astrophotography #M20

M20 Trifid Nebula
Unistellar Odyssey 📷
23 minutes integration time

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

So my piece of good news: my shot of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was shortlisted for the @dias.ie Reach For The Stars #astrophotography competition again. It's up for the public vote alongside absolutely fantastic competition: I'd obviously love your vote! reachforthestars.ie/exhibition/

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Jordan Maples @maples-astro.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I took a second pass at the data and took a slightly different approach with the processing. Let me know what you think. #astrophotography #space #nebula #photography

The eagle nebula. This version of the image differs from the original post by having richer colors and a more defined core, emphasizing the pillars of creation area.

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Snapped this image of the North America Nebula last night! 🌌 Located in the Cygnus constellation, this massive emission nebula gets its name from its uncanny resemblance to the shape of North America. It lies about 1,700 light-years away and stretches over 100 light-years across #astrophotography

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

To anyone that might be interested. Highpoint has the Askar V for 46% off. Crazy deal #astrophotography

Image shows the Askar V telescope next to the extender, reducer, flattener and 60mm attachments

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

M13 The Great Hercules Globular Cluster. Just imagine standing on a planet inside that cluster… the night sky would be lit up like a cosmic fireworks show every single night. Mind. Blown. 🤯✨🌌 #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Photography #Seestar

it's the Hercules Globular Cluster M13, and it’s absolutely wild to think about. You're looking at around 300,000 stars crammed into this tiny region of space, all bound together in a gravitational dance. Just imagine standing on a planet inside that cluster… the night sky would be lit up like a cosmic fireworks show every single night. Mind. Blown.

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

This is so cool... This is some of the amazing scientific stuff I would like to eventually do with my telescopes

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Dan Burns @the-physics-well.net · 07/05/2025

I monitored the large sunspot AR4079 this morning for 3.5 hours in h-alpha. Caught some minor flares and small filament eruptions. The small prominence in the lower right put on a short but good show. I was hoping for more excitement but a watched sunspot never explodes! #astrophotography

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rick-wayne.bsky.social @rick-wayne.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

At last! The Thor's Helmet image is in the bag -- not perfect, could always use more data and tweaks, but after working on nothing else since mid-January...I think it's done! Supernova remnant in hydrogen and oxygen, RGB stars. 8" RC telescope. #redwolfastro #astrophotography

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Diego Dompe @dompe.space · 06/03/2025

Today solar prominences were moving really fast. This is a 3h Timelapse #Astrophotography #AstroCostaRica 🔭

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Weekend imaging project of the Jellyfish Nebula... A supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini, roughly 5,000 light-years from Earth #astrophotography #astronomy #photography

Weekend imaging project of the Jellyfish Nebula... It's a supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini, roughly 5,000 light-years from Earth

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David Grinspoon @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Scary, unsettling times on this world. Meanwhile, 5,000 light years away, this beautiful giant cloud, the Dolphin Nebula, glows, blown by hot winds from a massive star. About 60 light years across, it covers an area about the size of a full moon in our skies. 🧪 apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20030...

Glowing blue cosmic cloud looking sort of like a dolphin.

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Imaging goals 😯 hoping to get my imaging and processing skills to this level. Breath taking pic 👏🏾

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I'm just an infant when it comes to this hobby... But I can only imagine the frustration of astronomers and scientist with all the satellites orbiting Earth. Nothing like satellite trails to kill an imaging exposure 😂🤦🏾‍♂️ #astrophotography #astronomy #photography

Imaging session on NINA imaging software, with an image showing satellite trails

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The Milky Way mixed with that background is so cool 🤩

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The waxing gibbous moon captured from my patio on February 8th 😊🔭 I had setup my EdgeHD 8 with Hyperstar for a deep sky session but the clouds had other plans. So I stubbornly tried a bit of planetary imaging at f/2 with this gear and got creative in processing the mess 😅 #Astrophotography

The Moon with subtle mineral colours composed on a background of dramatic glowing clouds.

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Happy Valentine's Day!! Had to brave moments of freezing cold weather, trying to capture this 🥶😂 This was my attempt at imaging the Heart Nebula 🔭 AskarV 📷 Player One Poseidon ZWO AM5 Mount #astrophotography #astronomy #photography

Heat Nebula, a large bright emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia, roughly 7,500 light-years from Earth. This image is shown in a firey orange color, against a dark starry background

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Moon image goals 😯 that pic is so freaking clear and crisp

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Dodi @astrododi.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The Witch Head Nebula in Eridanus, IC2118. Imaged with our remote 140mm f/4.8 refractor in Yass, Australia. 166 x 300s with #ZWO #ASI6200MC camera on 10 micron mount. #astrophotography #space #astronomy #nebula

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FrankAlvaro @frankalvaro.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

CG 4, commonly referred to as God's Hand, is a star-forming region located in the Puppis constellation, about 1,300 light-years (400 pc) from Earth. It is one of several objects referred to as "cometary globules", because its shape is similar to that of a comet. #astrophotography #astronomy

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Jupiter 2025-02-02 13:55 UTC Apparent Size: 42.9 arc sec System: CM I 17.3° CM II 271.7° CM III 71.0° C9.25” F=2350mm (2x barlow) , Touptek 678MC ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia #astrophotography

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Christian Fröschlin @chrfrde.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Time lapse of last night's #Mars covering six(!) hours of real time. 67 x 6000 x 15 ms Ha 35 nm in Celestron 8" + 2.5x powermate. #astrophotography

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The Dolphin Head Nebula is definitely on my target wish list. He did an amazing job on this image

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Kevin Earp @astrokev.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Jupiter, early Thursday evening. I was pleased that the seeing was much steadier than I expected. Always nice to catch the Great Red Spot, and the disruption in the North temperate belt seems to be increasing Taken with my Celestron Edge SCT and a x2 Barlow #astrophotography

Jupiter, largest planet in the solar system, showing some good detail in the cloud belts, and the Great Red Spot approaching the central meridian

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Loving all these planet images being posted. Just received my Celestron c11 today. Hoping to get some great planetary and lunar images with it

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

My first attempt at narrowband imaging of the Rosette Nebula. #astrophotography #astronomy

The Rosette Nebula is a stunning cosmic cloud of gas and dust, resembling a giant, blooming rose in space. Located about 5,000 light-years away in the Monoceros constellation, its vibrant hues of red and pink result from ionized hydrogen illuminated by a cluster of young, massive stars at its center. Dark filaments of dust weave through the nebula, creating a dramatic contrast against the glowing backdrop. This stellar nursery is actively forming new stars, with intricate swirls of gas sculpted by stellar winds and radiation. The nebula’s circular shape and petal-like structures make it a mesmerizing deep-space object.

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Astro Attorney ⚖️ @astroattorney.com · 05/01/2025

The Rosette Nebula from last night using Celestron - C11 telescope (w/ Starzona Hyperstar 11v4), CGEM II mount, Focus Motor, Dew Heater 4x & StarSense Autoguider; ZWO ASI2600MC Pro OSC camera, & Optolong L-Extreme f2 filter processed in PixInsight. 8 - 10min subframes @ 0 gain #astrophotography

The Rosette Nebula is an H II region located in the molecular cloud of Monoceros which also has a star cluster Nursery forming from the gas cloud and some say also resembles a skull. This image also contains the stars and star cluster in the middle of the Rosette.

he Rosette Nebula is an H II region located in the molecular cloud of Monoceros which also has a star cluster Nursery forming from the gas cloud and some say also resembles a skull. This image shows the rosette gas cloud with the stars removed.

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

That's so cool... I need to learn how to do solar lapses

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

What an amazing home view to have. Would just relax and read off that deck

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Was able to image some cool features from the surface of the sun this weekend. I still have a lot to learn, but enjoying the journey. Been loving the clear skies the last few days 😁 🔭 Lunt LS50 📷 Player one Mars-M II ZWO AM5 Mount #astrophotography #astronomy #SolarImaging

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Alejandro Montiel @amontiel69.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros processed with the SHO palette. Shot with an Askar V telescope at 600mm of FL, and a monochrome camera using filters for hydrogen, oxygen and sulfur. A total of 6 horas of integration, taken from my home in San José, Costa Rica #astrophotography #astrophotos 🔭

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Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Mare Crisium, two days after the full moon, captured through an 11-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. #astrophotography #space #moon

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Picture of the Monkey Head Nebula I was able to take with my Seestar, after finally getting a break from the cloud cover. STILL trying to get my rig going, but the Seestar will have to hold me over till then #astrophotography #astronomy

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 12/01/2025

The @esa.int Gaia satellite will take its final scientific measurements on Wednesday. 🔭 This will conclude a 12 year series of continuous observations. Larger Gaia data releases are still in progress, but Gaia has already had a HUGE impact on our understanding of the #milkyway. (Image: ESA)

An artist's impression of the Gaia spacecraft.

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

That moment when you have too much content on your Plex server, and you don't know what to watch 😂 great problem to have but a lot of endless scrolling 🤦🏾‍♂️

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

I've officially paid off my mortgage!!! 🥳🎉 That's a huge mountain lifted off my shoulders

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Absolutely Insane details of the moon by astrophotographer Darya Kawa Mirza. [🔭 daryavaseum] 💫👏💫👏💫👏💫👏

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I think I might have a telescope addiction 😁 Can't wait to break this beauty in 🔭🌌 #astrophotography #telescope #askar103apo

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AstroBlue82 @astroblue82.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

help #astrophotography community 😭 I can't figure what's going wrong. Everytime I try to image, I get this exposure with these circles. Everytime I that everything apart, nothing is obstructing from what I can tell. I've yet to be able to graduate from my Seestar and use my new imaging gear

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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Pluto's moon, Charon, at highest resolution so far captured by NASA

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Leigh Fletcher @leighfletcher.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

#Uranus reaches 2024 opposition tomorrow. For more than 30 years, #Hubble has watched the shifting Uranian seasons, from southern summer solstice (seen by Voyager 2 in 1986), through equinox in 2007, and (hopefully) on to northern summer solstice in 2030. #planetaryscience 📸 NASA/ESA/STScI/Fletcher

Hubble WFPC2 and WFC3 obserations of Uranus from 1995 to 2020, showing the changing view of the planet as it went from southern summer to northern spring.

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