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hoping the sky holds out for the horsehead nebula but if not i should still be able to get a bit on the california/dragon nebula

NGC 1499 the California/Dragon Nebula emerging from tree cover. It's glowing a soft red and barely resembles either of its names if you squint really hard

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 12h

getting pop-ups for test strips in my glucose monitor app is really fucking gross

screenshot from the OneTouch app with a pop-up ad for test strips over the reading result screen

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

always thought that the pacman nebula looked like a fucked-up zombie, so this is perfect for the season #astrophotography

the pacman nebula in h-alpha, s2, and o3. It looks like a fucked-up zombie pacman with a cyan interior and red/orange on the outside

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

the BIOS on this unbranded mini pc has some fascinating options and better CPU and memory tuning options than a lot of gaming desktop motherboards my existing RAM, m.2 drive, and wifi card went in and appear to be working with no issues!

BIOS setting description in a mini PC, specifically the "PSP ROMC Switch"

Control RPMC usage. Enable : Enable RMPC function Disable: Disable RMPC functi
Auto : Keep default behavior This option is for test purpose only,

NOT FOR PRODUCTION!!!

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Found a neat 4-in-1 frame with the Lobster Claw Nebula, the Bubble Nebula, the Cassiopeia Salt-and-Pepper cluster, and the Northern Lagoon Nebula all in one go #astrophotography

The Lobster Claw Nebula, looking like its name. with the Bubble Nebula up and to the left of it, which has a very round looking bubble in the middle. above and to the left of that is the Cassiopeia Sald-and-Pepper Cluster, and the Northern Lagoon Nebula top-center

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

she's still tiny, but this little sausage went from a bit over 3kg before we got her and she was pregnant, to a nice round 5kg she's grown, but only in diameter

farron the cat curled up with her head upside down. one of her eyes is visible and is an intense seafoam due to my pc's rgb lighting

farron lying on her side. she gets wider towards her rear, and it's not just perspective

farron on my lap with her left paw slightly raised while I'm giving her back scritches

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i love olight flashlights these clip ones are fantastic, and charge over usb-c instead of their proprietary one battery life is good, they get super bright and also have a moonlight mode, and they're solid metal

two small rectangular flashlights. the red one on the left has its red light on, while the orange one on the right has its spotlight on and its head is tilted slightly up

an orange oclip 2 ultra lying mostly flat on the keyboard tray with its head tilted as far up as it'll go. its UV light is on, and its magnetic clip is rotated 90 degrees

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

yaay clear skies! just hope it doesn't turn into fog in the middle of it

forecast for some place called "Your Location" showing clear skies, time range from 23:00 through 03:00

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

telescope laptop got water in it when it rained a couple of days ago (had a cover on, but it didn't do its job well) she's dead, jimothy

a 1tb m.2 ssd with water pooled around a cluster of SMDs, and what appears to be wet corrosion gunk spread within the puddle. there are also other areas with water on them. she's toast

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

didn't mean to end up with the trans colors while processing, but i like it!

IC1805, the heart nebula vertically. the gases are colored pink and a cyan-ish blue. some of the stars are white, completing the relevant trifecta

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

i like it when the streaks aren't starlinks

a star field with the diagonal streak of a meteor going from the top right to the bottom left. it starts with a barely visible diffuse line that then transitions to a bright streak by the bottom-third of the frame.

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

the lion nebula, right at 3 hours last night i love it when they really do look like their name! #astrophotography

SH 2-132, the Lion Nebula. It looks surprisingly a lot like a lion with a big mane that's roaring

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

put just a bit over an hour into the triangulum galaxy last night

M33, the Triangulum Galaxy. A spiral that's slightly edge-on with many arms of dust and bright red/pink star formation

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

can't wait til all the flowers open

a white, 5-lobed flower with slightly burnt edges on top of a long stalk, coming from a Venus flytrap visible at the bottom

a Venus flytrap flower on a wiggly, long stalk

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

the clamshell nebula is turning out to be a pretty frustrating target i don't remember how much time i put into it so far, but it still needs more

LBN391, the Clamshell Nebula. It looks yellowish-orange

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

i wanted to get another vertical print for the walls and i think this heart nebula might be it #astrophotography

the heart nebula in visible light, vertical. the inside of the heart glows teal while the outside is orange and red. part of the soul nebula is in the top-left corner

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

i switched to focusing with the af-on button years ago and it's such a better experience than the half-press on the shutter

back of a white Nikon Z7 II camera, centered on the AF-ON button

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

February - September i've definitely come a long way in not even a year!

Heart nebula, you can definitely see the nebulosity and tell that it's a heart-shape, but there's not much detail

the heart nebula, multi-narrowband H-a, S2, O3. It's red, orange, yellow, and aqua, and there's quite a bit of detail in the clouds

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

cameras love reflections but I love seeing these in big 💖

a framed 20"x30" print of my elephant trunk nebula photo hanging on a wall

a vertical 20"x30" framed print of my butterfly nebula photo hanging on a wall

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

i've never seen a flytrap flower before, and this one's buds are gonna crack open soon still love how it makes sure to put the flowers well away from its traps, and how wiggly the spike is

a Venus flytrap in a green pot with a very tall and wiggly flower spike with a cluster of round buds opening from a sheath

Venus flytrap flower bud cluster. the buds are round, kinda like fresh peppercorns

another view of the flower bud cluster, you can see more balls

close-up of a freshly emerging flower spike on the other flytrap. it's very small right now, and moderately phallic

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

i grew up in the midwest but i'm pretty flexible about learning new words and integrating them into my speech

dialect map with California, Nevada, new mexico, Florida, and Hawaii in burnt sienna. the only cold spot is in the Dakotas and the rest of the upper Midwest.

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

back to hair color that breaks white balance

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

this thing is so cool! also a death trap jfc i need to design an enclosure of some sort so much exposed power circuitry but it's so cool

a glowing torus of xenon in a glass ball, which is sitting on a coil of insulated wire. this coil goes through a PCB into another PCB which has power circuitry and a barrel power jack. below *that* is a large heatsink

3/4 overhead view of the plasma toroid which is glowing purple and is in the ball at a 45-ish degree angle

the plasma torus has changed into a string of glowing beads when i put multiple fingers on the glass

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

i had some focus issues because i swapped out filters last-second but here's a few of last night's #eclipse

the eclipsing moon rising behind tall pines. it's a crescent, but a much flatter one than usual

the moon at, or close to maximum eclipse in the sky with clouds.

the moon, past maximum occlusion on its way back to normal

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I love how this looks :3 SH 2-129 the Flying Bat Nebula #astrophotography

SH 2-129, the Flying Bat Nebula in crimson with the cyan Flying Squid Nebula inside it. The bat looks like a cocoon, and the squid looks like it's floating inside of it

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

a few more hours on the bat and squid; really happy with how it's coming along! #astrophotography

SH 2-129 the flying bat nebula with the flying squid nebula inside it. the bat nebula looks more and more like a crimson cocoon and the squid looks more distinct

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

this is apparently 26.5 hours! i guess the nights add up lol Flying Bat Nebula and Flying Squid Nebula S2-O3 dual-narrowband it's definitely getting better but i need more if i was smart i wouldn't post anything but what i consider a final version, but i like posting WIPs #astrophotography

SH 2-129, the Flying Bat Nebula. It looks like a crimson cocoon, with the teal Flying Squid Nebula inside.

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

murderer's row is shaping up nicely!

a pitcher on a pitcher plant. it's small and green with some red speckles. there's two vertical lines of spiny hairs on the pitcher and some more on the lid

a Venus flytrap with a tall flower stalk that has not yet unraveled itself

three carnivorous plants on a windowsill. a Venus flytrap in the front, a pitcher plant, and another Venus flytrap in the back

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

been putting time into the flying bat nebula with the flying squid nebula inside it's *really* dim and i definitely wanna throw more time at it, but already looks really cool!

SH 2-129, the Flying Bat Nebula, with the Flying Squid Nebula inside it. The flying bat looks like an orange cocoon and the squid is dim and greenish

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

reprocessed the elephant trunk nebula last night #astrophotography

the elephant trunk nebula. it has striking red/orange glowing gas in a sort of broken-up torus with a bright blue star in the center. you can clearly see the elephant trunk structure

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

redid the elephant trunk nebula last night #astrophotography

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

restacked and reprocessed my photo of the Cygnus star cloud in pixinsight and photoshop. so pretty :3 #astrophotography

part of the Cygnus star cloud, in a rough approximation of the hubble SHO palette. There's a massive nebulosity that is glowing yellow, orange, and cyan, with lots of dust lanes all around. In the lower-right corner is the tulip nebula, which is very pretty

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

damn, that's a tough pill to swallow

a cut open bottle of omega-3 softgels with the relevant softgels stuck together into one MEGA pill

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

butterfly nebula needed more time, which i was able to provide last night. #astrophotography

the butterfly nebula at Sadr with the crescent nebula in the lower-left corner in S2-O3. The butterfly is red/orange whilst the crescent nebula glows cyan

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

decided to stay with the dual-narrowband and see what the butterfly nebula at sadr looks like

a faint nebula stretching across the frame, left side vaguely shaped like a butterfly. in the lowe-right is the crescent nebula glowing cyan

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

well ok, i'm not gonna post the 2024 photos again today, but here's a couple from 2012 instead

partial solar eclipse sunset, 20 May, 2012. The sun is a crescent with the bottom chomped out. Above it is a black layer of clouds, with a wispy line of clouds going right through the center of the crescent. Everything is very orange

partial solar eclipse sunset, 20 May, 2012. The sun is a crescent with the bottom chomped out. It has partially set below the horizon. clouds are visible behind it.

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

heart nebula, S2-O3 and H-alpha combined as-seen, i'm finding that using the SHO palette gives me more green than i appreciate more often than not #astrophotography

The Heart Nebula. It looks like an exclamation mark with a heart-shaped top that has a central dot of dust and light

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

added hydrogen-alpha and mixed it in the hubble palette

the north america nebula and pelican nebula in the SHO, or Hubble palette, where red is sulphur, green is hydrogen, and blue is oxygen

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

i only barely know how to use pixinsight, but goddamn does it deliver North America Nebula and Pelican Nebula in S2-O3, roughly 9 hours integration #astrophotography

the north america nebula and pelican nebula in S2-O3. the Sulphur glows orangey-red whilst the oxygen glows a teal color

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