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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Clusters of Cassiopeia From last night's imaging in Bronte with the Seestar S30. Open clusters such as these are typically easy to see in binoculars and small telescopes under ideal dark skies #seestars30 #seestar #astrophotography #astronomy

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Another difficult object in dark skies to see and an impossible one in urban skies, the Wizard Nebula shown here after two nights of gathering light. The open cluster associated with it is readily visible within the borders of the constellation Cepheus. #astrophotography #Seestar #seestars30

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Some results from the darker skies here in MacGregor Point with the Seestar S30. The Andromeda Galaxy M31 The Western Veil Filamentary Nebula The Owl Cluster NGC 457 NGC 7889 Caroline's Rose Open Cluster. #astrophotography #Seestar #SeestarS30 #MacGregorPoint #astronomy

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

The Triangulum Galaxy Messier 33, The Pac-Man Nebula NGC 281 and Caroline's Rose NGC 7789. All early Autumn favourites. Imaged locally in Bronte with the Seestar S30 #astrophotography #Seestar #seestars30

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

The StarFest Collection The Pleiades, NGC 7331 Group, Orion Nebula, Messier 13, Barnards 142 and 143 (Barnards E) #astrophotography #Seestar #seestars30 #starfest #nyaastarfest

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

M31, The Andromeda Galaxy revisited. Imaged locally in Bronte over multiple nights, 251 mins total. Seestar S30, cropped and adjusted in Lightroom and Snapseed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androme... #astrophotography #Seestar #seestars30 #Andromeda #Andromeda_Galaxy

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Good morning and TGIF as I present the Eastern Veil Nebula imaged locally in Bronte over two nights. Seestar S30, 98 minutes, EQ, AI Denoise, Deep Sky Stacker and cropped in Lightroom and internal phone settings en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_Ne... #astrophotography #seestars30 #astronomy

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Our beautiful neighbour. The Andromeda Galaxy, Messier 31. Imaged locally over two nights, Seestar S30, EQ, Deep Sky Stacker, AI Denoise and adjusted in phone. And the planetary nebula, The Dumbell Nebula, M27 S30, EQ, 4K, AI Denoise. #astrophotography #Seestar #seestars30

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

NGC 7000 The North American Nebula Imaged here in Bronte's urban skies with the Seestar S30. An elusive object that visually requires pristine skies and a wide field of view. Can be seen in binoculars under dark skies. #astrophotography #Seestar #seestars30 #nebula #ngc7000 #astronomy

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Summertime Nebula Fun M16 Eagle Nebula M17 Omega/Swan Nebula Portions of the Veil Nebula en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_N... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_N... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_Ne... #astrophotography #seestars30 #seestar ##thebronteastronomer

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Gamma Cygni Nebula Revisited last night with an even wider mosaic with the Seestar S30 keeping in mind that this was taken locally here in Bronte under urban skies. Sky conditions worsened near the end of the session. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadr_Re... #seestar #astrophotography #seestars30

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Crescent Nebula NGC 6888 Combined image over two nights from our backyard here in Bronte! Seestar S30 in EQ mode, 20 second exposures. #astrophotography #Seestars30 #CrescentNebula en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescen...

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Galaxy Goodies in the Summer Imaged last night here in Bronte in skies that were soupy. Two galaxies in Draco quite close together, a beautiful edge on galaxy NGC 5907 and the Spindle Galaxy sometimes identified as M102, NGC 5866. These are works in progress as time is always short in the Summer.

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

M27 The Dumbell Nebula and M56, a globular cluster in Lyra. Imaged with the Seestar S30 Messier 56 (NGC 6779) is a globular cluster in Lyra, M 27, the Dumbbell Nebula, perhaps the finest in the sky. It is easily seen in binoculars, and a popular observing target for amateur telescopes.

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Messier 92 was imaged last night in Bronte with the Seestar S30. www.facebook.com/share/p/1LFf... Messier 92 (NGC 6341) is a globular cluster in the constellation Hercules. It is one of the brighter globular clusters in the northern hemisphere #astrophotography #seestars30 #Seestar

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Ancient Light: The Wall of Hercules This doesn't seem much to look at but NGC 6166 is the brightest member of Galaxy Cluster Abell 2199. 6166 alone is over 490 million light years away! Imaged locally in Bronte. #astrophotography #Seestar #seestars30 www.facebook.com/share/p/1EdG...

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

What an amazing turnout tonight to see the Strawberry Moon. Thank you to everyone who showed up this evening. And big thank you to our volunteers! Again a big thank you. Below are images obtained by the Seestar S30, unedited #astrophotography #seestars30 #thebronteastronomer

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Kym @ The Evening Sky Map @skymaps.com · 28/05/2025

🌟 The June 2025 edition of The Evening Sky Map is now available for download at skymaps.com/tesm/. The PDF includes a Sky Calendar and user-friendly sky maps for the northern & southern hemispheres, and for equatorial regions. Please share, and enjoy exploring the Universe! 🔭 #astronomy #stargazing

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 28/05/2025

I'll keep coming back to this point and pushing it, because we take "the Sun is in the sky" for granted so much, but: It is absolutely neat (and vital) that we live this close to a star. It's like those far away points of light we see in our night sky, but this one is just right there, next to us.

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Imaged locally in Bronte with the Seestar S30. "Messier 3 (M3), a globular cluster, is located in the constellation Canes Venatici. It's about 34,000 light-years away from Earth. It lies roughly halfway between the bright stars Arcturus in the constellation Boötes and Cor Caroli in Canes Venatici"

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

With the Seestar and the 60 sec exposures times. The M81 group, M13 and the Whale Galaxy and friends. #astrophotography #seestarS30 #killbearprovincialpark

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Ancient Light: The Needle. A Sliver of Light A big Dobsonian Target in dark skies. Or for those stuck in suburbia, readily accessed from a Smartscope, a Needle slicing through the abyss and of time. The Needle is revisited. #astrophotography #seestars30

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Ancient Light: A Needle in the Sky Another work in progress. The finest edge-on galaxy, NGC 4565 or "The Needle", which is well placed this time of year in Coma Berenices. This image taken here in Bronte. #astrophotography #seestars30

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Ancient Light: The Context Last night was a return trip to the Coma Cluster of Galaxies (while the hockey game was on). Also called Abell 1656, this cluster is approximately 10 million lightyears across but 321 million lightyears away. #astrophotography www.facebook.com/groups/11485...

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

More galaxy goodies this time the Coma Cluster -- Abell 1656. Ordinarily this object is off limits in urban skies but that's where tech helps again as the Seestar S30 is able to let us have a peek with a 66 minute run time. Light gathered locally here in Bronte. #astrophotography

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Markarian's Chain, the Heart of the Virgo Cluster, public astronomy edition. The Seestar S30 made Markarian's Chain more accessible and engaging to the public by simplifying astrophotography. This experience helped spark curiosity and excitement about deep space. #astrophotography

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

www.facebook.com/share/16GWUq... Yes we are having a public astronomy night at Bronte Heritage Park #astronomy #Oakville #Bronte #astrophotography #telescopes #telescope #space

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 16/04/2025

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has returned to an old time favourite for its #Hubble35 anniversary! The enigmatic Sombrero Galaxy has features of both spiral and elliptical galaxies. Read more 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🔭 🧪

The Sombrero Galaxy is an oblong, pale white disc with a glowing core. It appears nearly edge-on but is slanted slightly in the front, presenting a slightly top-down view of the inner region of the galaxy and its bright core. The outer disc is darker with shades of brown and black. Different coloured distant galaxies and various stars are speckled among the black background of space surrounding the galaxy.

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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

What created the Cat's Eye Nebula's bizarre halo? This image highlights its intricate outer structure, spanning over 3 light-years. Likely formed by earlier, puzzling events in the dying star's life, this halo is far older (50-90k years) than the nebula itself (10k years). Credit: Taavi Niittee

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Alan Dyer @amazingskyguy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Astronomy friends might have heard about this new comet, C/2025 F2 (SWAN), discovered late last month and appearing - barely! - in the pre-dawn sky. This is a telephoto lens image from home (latitude 51º N) on the morning of April 11, with the comet a tiny dim green dot in the Square of Pegasus.

The sky is bright with moonlight, which hindered the view. But comparing it to stars in the area, SWAN looked to be about 9th magnitude or dimmer. I could not see it through a 120mm telescope. It showed up only in this tracked 8-second exposure with a 180mm lens, the Askar FMA180 astrograph. The field of view is similar to that of binoculars.

But don't expect to see it in binoculars, certainly not easily. It is low and in a moonlit sky for the next couple of weeks. Perhaps it might be better in early May by which time it will be brighter and low in the evening sky. Assuming it does not fizzle away!

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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Some of the captures from JWST 😍 We’re so blessed for what James Webb Telescope shares and discovers so that we can crave more curiosity about this universe.

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Kym @ The Evening Sky Map @skymaps.com · 30/03/2025

🌟 The April 2025 edition of The Evening Sky Map is ready for download at skymaps.com/tesm/. The PDF includes a Sky Calendar and user-friendly star maps for the northern and southern hemispheres, as well as equatorial regions. Please share and enjoy exploring the Universe! 🔭 #astronomy #stargazing

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Before I used the EQ mode I decided to take a shot at the Leo 1 Dwarf which is extremely difficult to see visually because of its low surface brightness and proximity to Regulus. 30 mins, stacked, cropped and denoised with the Seestar S30. From Oakville. #astrophotography

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

A work in progress, the beautiful Grand Design Spiral Galaxy Messier 101, The Pinwheel Galaxy imaged locally here in Bronte with the Seestar S30. This image was stacked and denoised with the software in the Seestar. #astrophotography #Seestars30

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Another one! Today's Class G Main Sequence Star (G2V), Yellow Dwarf (informal), The Sun, Sol, Helios. 21 March 2025 #astrophotography #solar #solarphotography

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The work in progress continues on NGC 2903 now at 145 mins. Also M44, the Beehive Cluster #astrophotography #sweestars30

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Today's Class G Main Sequence Star (G2V), Yellow Dwarf (informal), The Sun, Sol, Helios. 19 March 2025 #astrophotography #seestars30 #solar #sun #solarphotography

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Thank you to all who came out and to those who helped out with showing people in the Park Jupiter and what was on your device. NGC 2903 (2905) now at two hours. A quick, fun shot of The Orion Nebula too. Ten Telescopes project by Kyle Frey #astrophotography #Seestars30 #astronomy

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The Bronte Astronomer @bronteastronomer.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Work in progress. NGC 2903 (mislabeled as 2905) Stacked from 508, 10 sec. subs. Non denoised and denoised, Cropped versions. No other processing. #astrophotography #seestars30 #ngc2903

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