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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 01/10/2026

And I will be sending it back by courier with tracking so it doesn't get "lost". #midterms #absentee

an email that says my absentee ballot has been mailed to me.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 28/09/2026

Look at this brown marmotated stink #bug I saw yesterday

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 12/08/2026

This is M 8 on the bottom (a.k.a Lagoon Nebula), above that is M 20 (a.k.a. Trifid Nebula), and up and to the left from there is the open star cluster called M 21 (a.k.a Webb's Cross). If you want to see it in full resolution: app.astrobin.com/i/61rgwr #astrophotography #lagoonNebula #svbony #zwo

Two nebulae and a star cluster. It's mostly red/pink with a bit of blue. Many of the stars are bluish also.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 16/06/2026

I'm peeking at some World Cup games here and there, and I just caught a look at Norway's uniforms. The runic typeface is🔥

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 05/05/2026

Help, #PlantSky! Is this thrips damage? I see very tiny insects but they're too small for me to be sure of the details. I've attached the best photo I could get of one or two of them. Thank you so much for any assistance 🙏 #PestId #PlantPests

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 03/05/2026

Started on Abell 21 (Medusa Nebula) last night. It's just 30 min exposure! (80mm doublet refractor, asi585mc-air, HEQ5 mount, SVBony 7nm NB filter, taken in Bortle 4 about 50min from home before moonrise.) Image quality is compressed do lmk if you want to see a better version. #astrophotography

Red/Pink roundish Nebula with more density on the right than the left. It's in a field of stars.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 30/04/2026

I can see them but it's harder to photograph them at this focal length. I have a different one here at a much longer focal length where you can see three of the four Galilean moons.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 30/04/2026

I tried stretching it a bit. Hopefully this helps.

It's a planet! It's Jupiter! It's got the big red spot!

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 29/04/2026

I got the Great Red Spot this time! Taken with my little 80mm at 770mm focal length with the ASI585MC Air. Processed in Astrosurface and Set Astro Suite Pro. #Jupiter #PlanetaryPhotohraphy #astrophotography

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 29/04/2026

I'm so sad the #JamieDing run on Jeopardy is over. What a class act that guy is! (I have a silly parasocial fondness for him, like he seriously seems like a wonderful human being. Plus he likes astronomy!) He will be back though, with 31 wins under his belt.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 21/04/2026

Behold: the mushrooms I grew (black pearl/black oyster). They're from a Grow Mushrooms Canada kit. #mushrooms #fungi

A clump of mushrooms being held in a hand

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 19/04/2026

For the love of all that's holy: please, someone make a dark chocolate caramel that does NOT have salt on it. Why must all dark chocolate and caramel things have salt on them? 😭 (If you know of something available in Canada let me know!)

A bag of Ghirardelli sea salt caramel dark chocolate squares

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 06/02/2026

This is the Rosette Nebula. It's about seven hours of combined exposure time. I'm very happy with it :) #astrophotography

It's a round, dark pink nebula with a thinner spot in the middle, vaguely resembling a flower, hence the name "Rosette"

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 25/01/2026

The Venn diagram of Second Amendment fetishists and people saying he shouldn't have been carrying a firearm is a circle

A Venn diagram showing a circle and the two pieces are as described in the post text

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 13/01/2026

Toronto Area/GTA telescope pals: I am selling a bunch of stuff. Take a peek if you're looking for anything: www.facebook.com/marketplace/... (Sorry it is on Facebook. That seems to be the place these days.)

a screenshot with all the listings. A wedge, a tripod, a broken mount, a working mount, and a sight finder

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 12/01/2026

One of them doesn't like the camera and the other one poses as cutely as possible #dogsOfBluesky

Two tiny dogs snuggling butt-to-butt. One on the left looks a bit scared and is looking away, the one on the right is making eye contact and enjoying that there's attention coming her way

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 09/01/2026

Now that i have Pixinsight, I redid my M 57 (Ring Nebula) which was the first thing I ever photographed with my astrocam. It's looking good! I'll have to try to do this one with my 8" SCT too when that's ready to go. #astrophotography

Ring Nebula which has layers of colour like a fluffy everlasting gobstopper

Zoomed out further Ring Nebula which has layers of colour like a fluffy everlasting gobstopper

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 03/01/2026

Everything is terrible. Have some space pictures to help for a moment.

Ghost of Cassiopeia Nebula and the star Gamma Cassiopeiae - Sh 2-185

Orion Nebula (M 42) and Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977)

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 03/01/2026

Everything is terrible. Have some space pictures to help for a moment.

Helix Nebula/Eye of God Nebula - NGC 7293

Flame Nebula on the left (NGC 2024), Horsehead Nebula on the right (Barnard 33)

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 16/12/2025

Kids, this is why you don't use AI to do your work that would take you five minutes to do anyway.

It is a bag that says "Just a girl who loves hockey" but there are two golf balls on it. No hockey pucks in sight. There is a hockey STICK though.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 15/12/2025

My astronomy club is holding a year-end fundraiser if you feel like kicking in a few bucks. I know everything is terrible right now, so obviously zero pressure. I just thought I'd share in case. secure.rasc.ca/donate?lsid=...

Flame Nebula (an orangey red flame shaped nebula with a dark core) and the horsehead nebula (a pinky red nebula with a horse head shaped dark dust shape in the front.) There are bright stars and other small nebulae.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 09/12/2025

I'm trialling top-flight #astrophotography tools and it shows! This is about the best thing I've ever done. Also a factor: 2.5 hours in a darker sky area. This is the Triangulum Galaxy, also known as Messier 33. (If you want to see the full resolution image, go here: app.astrobin.com/i/oek0ej)

It is a galaxy, spiral and kind of fuzzy. It's against a field of stars, some of which are larger than others, and some of which are white, some of which are blue and some of which are orange.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 04/12/2025

I only have 20 min on this, but it is already nice. Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) on the left & Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) on the right. Big star @ top is Alnitak, the left star in Orion's belt. For the interested: ASI585MC-AIR, #SVBony 80mm ED doublet refractor, HEQ5 mount, SV220 7nm #astrophotography

a bright leaf-shaped, flame-shaped nebula with a dark core. Then a red nebula with a shadowy bit of space gas that is shaped like a horse's head. There is a very bright star at the top and one near the centre. The one near the centre is also a nebula.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 10/11/2025

My smartphone #astrophotography presentation recording is up. The entire meeting is recorded, but mine starts at this link: youtu.be/7RJhz5C67hU?... The presentations before mine are from 4th yr students, and after is a young member of my #RASC chapter who had an adventurous summer of science!

It's the cover slide from the presentation. It says "get started with smartphone astrophotography".

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 03/11/2025

Today I turn 50. I'm holding up ok I guess. This is the first birthday I've had any weird feelings, mortality-wise, but it's still pretty cool. You can't get rid of me that easily 😂

It me. Dressed in black with bright red hair.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 01/11/2025

I haven't done smartphone astro in a bit because I got an astrocam recently. However, I'm doing a smartphone #astrophotography talk on Friday. Toronto area folks, join us! It's free/open to the public (w/ paid parking). Here's the info: mississauga.rasc.ca/event/potpou... Attached are my own images.

M82 (Cigar Galaxy) and M81 (Bode's Galaxy)

March 2025 lunar eclipse nearing totality

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 30/10/2025

Here's another. The double star cluster in Perseus, known as Caldwell 14 or NGCs 869 and 884. #astrophotography #astronomy #starCluster

Two bright clusters of blue stars and a few red ones scattered through.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 30/10/2025

I will never understand Reddit. Who downvotes a request for bookkeeping recommendations? And yes, I looked at older posts to see if it had already been asked and answered. Fuckin' Reddit, man 🤣

A screenshot showing an upvote ratio of 71.4%, which indicates at least one person downvoted the post.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 29/10/2025

Behold: Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon. This is one of my favourite things I've worked on so far. #astrophotography #cometLemmon #comet

It's a comet with a long, bluish white tail and a tealish glow in front. There is a misty looking cloud trailing the comet, too.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 20/10/2025

I'm in Mexico for work. Here's a picture of a lil rainbow in the clouds over the Gulf of Mexico.

Big, puffy, and slightly dark clouds. On the left there's a small rainbow in the clouds.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 18/10/2025

Just realized I forgot to share this, NGC 2793, the Helix Nebula (a.k.a. Eye of God, for obvious reasons!) this is about 90 minutes of exposure time, and it looks great, though I want to do more to bring out the faint part at the lower right. Enjoy this beauty!

A nebula with a circular blue centre and a pinkish red eye shaped area around it.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 18/10/2025

My first comet photo! This is C/2025 R2 SWAN which is fading, but it's up a bit later after sunset so it's been an easier target. There's a much brighter comet in the mornings but I'm trying it later this month. (It's called C/2025 A6 Lemmon if interested.) #astrophotography #comet #cometSwan

A bright comet with teal glow. A faintly visible tail going up and to the left. There's a very bright star to the right.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 13/10/2025

@cnn.com what do you think boycotts do? They add pressure by causing discomfort. It's doing its job. I'm a lot more worried about people who need to fear for their lives because of Trump administration policy than I am about business owners who probably voted for this anyway. Grow a backbone.

Canada's boycott America movement is hiring innocent bystanders - CNN headline

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 07/10/2025

I spent some time on the moon tonight. I increased the saturation to enhance our ability to see the different minerals on the moon that we can't really see. 115 frames taken with the Vizta, PIPP, Autostakkert, then further processed in Siril and GIMP.) #astrophotography #harvestMoon #fullMoon

Full moon as described in the post with more saturation and colour than usual

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 04/10/2025

Go home, Amazon, you're drunk.

Medium is your recommended size based on millions of customer orders and reviews.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 22/09/2025

Someone sent me a tutorial on a better processing technique while using the filter I mentioned in the previous post, and it came out so nice! I love both this and the previous version but I thought this was different enough to share. #astrophotography #ngc7000 #CygnusWall

A Nebula that is mostly pink and red, with a hint of blue and the blackness of space and stars as well

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 21/09/2025

Happy to share my best picture yet! This is part of the North America Nebula #NGC7000, called #CygnusWall. I was able to do this even from my light-polluted home because I have a filter that allows only certain wavelengths of light. I will continue to add more time to this. #astrophotography

A red and pink nebula that almost looks like a bird taking flight.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 17/09/2025

More sky things. Read the captions if you'd like more info. #astrophotography

M81 (Bode's Galaxy - left) and M82 (Cigar Galaxy - right) this is quite good, though I'll add to it in the future. The new camera makes it much easier to add to images!

M45 (Pleiades/Seven Sisters) - the nebula around the stars is starting to come out. I'll keep adding to it. My new camera makes adding to images much, much easier!

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 16/09/2025

The larger bright spot is the galaxy core. The one with the arrow is the #supernova. Last month, it was as bright as the galaxy core! This is part of a group called NGC 7331/Deer Lick group. I have also included a wider view. There are a ton of small, faint galaxies in that shot. #astrophotography

a diagram with one larger galaxy and a few smaller ones. In the large galaxy there is an arrow indicating where the supernova is. It's visible as a very bright area.

The Deer Lick group (NGC 7331) on the left and Stephan's Quintet (which contains a merging galactic pair NGC 7318A and NGC 7381B) on the lower right. They are all pretty dim at this stage, though I hope to add more time to increase the details. I encourage you to look them up to see them in all their glory with better pictures!

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 08/09/2025

Tendon release surgery tomorrow. Anxious about not being able to use my hand for a while, but the surgery itself is minor and routine, and I'm not worried about it. Just the recovery. Thanks to my MIL for taking me to the hospital at an ungodly hour in the morning! Moon pic for attention 💜

A very nearly ful moon, up close through a telescope

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 04/09/2025

It's the astrophotography. I'm busy at night a lot more. Here's my first pic with the new camera in fact lol

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 27/08/2025

Also some sunspot images from today. The yellow one is from my Thousand Oaks Optical filter which shows nice, sharp sunspots and penumbra. The white one is the one with the Vizta, which I like for solar #astrophotography because its filter that shows a teeny bit of the solar granules.

Orange yellow Sun with several sunspots. Both Umbra and penumbra are clearly visible.

White sun with several sunspots. Both Umbra and penumbra are clearly visible.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 27/08/2025

Some of my latest #astrophotography efforts. Other than the Milky Way, all were taken with my SVBony 80mm doublet refractor and a 15mm Celestron ultra flat field eyepiece. All images were captured with my Pixel 9 Pro camera.

Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27) - this is about 100 minutes of exposure time

Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) - this is about an hour of exposure time. It's a bigger field than the last time so you can see more of it. I hope to add to this soon.

The Milky Way through the trees. This looks more distinct than previous ones because this was taken at a much darker place than usual, not too far from Algonquin Provincial park.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 21/08/2025

I had to buy a vacuum cleaner today, and while in the aisle, I noticed in the wet vac area that there is a packaging design genre of "guilty dog". Bluesky only allows four images, but I assure you there were far more than four.

A sheepish dalmation that hopes that looking like there isn't a thought going through its head will buy it some grace.

An unbothered sheepdog of some kind or another. I think.

A somber lab mix of some kind. Black with white muzz. Reads as a senior dog and how could you be mad at that face?

A very sorry reddish lab mix, perhaps. It promises it won't do it again, but you and I know differently.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 23/07/2025

PSA - if your pets are microchipped and you move, you should update your address with the microchip company! I just did it and I'd nearly forgotten, so I thought I'd share :)

two very smol dogs on a blue rug with a lighter coloureed diamond shaped pattern.

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Beverly Bambury @beverlybambury.com · 01/07/2025

My latest image: 30 minutes of the Dumbbell Nebula (M 27). (Pixel 9 Pro as camera, SVBony 80mm doublet refractor, 24mm Celestron eyepiece) #astrophotography

A field of stars with a cyan/blue Nebula. It's got a few salmon highlights. The brightest part is almost shaped like an hourglass.

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