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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Moon and Venus earlier this evening

Image of the sky just after sunset, with the thin crescent moon lower right, and Venus upper left, above dark clouds and silhouetted hilltops

(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#Saturn early Tuesday morning. Nice to see it again, and even nicer to have a bigger telescope to see it in. This is the best image I have captured of it, by far.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Best I managed to get of the Lunar occultation of Venus yesterday. Missed the key moments due to clouds and fighting with gear. It looked sooo much better in the eyepiece of my other telescope. I could see Venus fully resolved, and lunar surface details more clearly.

Image of the planet Venus, seen as a small bright gibbous shape, very close to the right of the face of the moon, seen as a pale blue arc spanning the left side of the frame, both against a moderately darker blue background.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Mercury! Finally got a decent image of it, despite very soupy atmosphere

Image of the planet Mercury, seen as a small white crescent facing downward, against a black background.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury last night. Canon M200, Sigma 28mm @ f/4 #planets @photohour.bsky.social

Image of the sky at dusk, deep blue at top, lighter below, with dark wispy clouds at bottom. Jupiter and Venus are seen upper right as bright points, with Mercury a smaller point just above the clouds at center.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Another cool thing about this photo is that the ISS appears between the Apollo 12 and 14 landing sites, just to its left and right, respectively.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I was literally just looking at M13 for the first time early this morning and my image of it from last May shows up in my feed later on. I love globular clusters and this one looks so good in a decent sized telescope

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 31/03/2026

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Back before the Hubble Telescope, they literally had to put Edwin Hubble inside a big ass telescope. And before the memeverse posed the question “Can you lick the science,” in the days before CMOS/CCD sensors, imaging was done on glass photographic plates… (continued)

Image of Edwin Hubble sitting in the large, cylindrical prime focus cage of the much larger Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory, looking a bit perturbed to be distracted from his work.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

23 hours old, 1.1% crescent, setting over the ridge this evening.

Image of a very thin crescent moon facing downward, above bare trees silhouetted against a dusky orange sky

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I got to see one of my older ones a couple weeks ago, from about twenty years ago. My mom had it in her house for a long time, and it’s in my sister and brother-in-law’s house now.

An electric guitar in a rustic motif, propped upright on a wooden chair with red cushions in front of a sunlit window.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

One hour time lapse of #Jupiter last night with Io and its shadow transiting. #space #planets

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Jupiter, early Monday morning. 8” f/6 Newtonian, 3x Barlow, ZWO ASI224mc

Image of the planet Jupiter, seen as a big oblate ball with swirling bands of white and brown and a reddish oval to the lower right.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

3i/ATLAS… Looks like a comet to me 8” f/6 Newtonian, Canon t3i #3iatlas #comet #space

Image of a comet in space, seen as a small green hazy spot with a bright center, against a black background with many smaller stars.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Messier 74, the Phantom #Galaxy. 100 billion stars, 85,000 light years across, 32 million light years away. A large portion of our own galaxy is between it and us, so there is a lot of dust in the way, making difficult to see, hence the name. 8” f/6 Newt. Canon t3i 240x 60 seconds #astrophotography

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Messier 33, the Triangulum #Galaxy 6” f/4 Newtonian, homemade EQ mount, ra drive only, no guiding. Canon t3i (modified) 50x 120 seconds #astrophotography #space

Image of a spiral galaxy viewed somewhat obliquely

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Time lapse of C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) Friday, Oct. 31, 19:00-19:30 UTC-5 Really cool to see the movement of the tail. That’s about 100,000 kilometers of it in frame, and this is a half hour in 2 minute segments. Solar wind not messing around. #comet #Lemmon

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Messier 2, globular clusters. One of the largest, at 175,000 light years across, but at 55,000 light years distance, it appears considerably smaller than many others.

A globular cluster of stars, bright and dense in the middle, more scattered around the edges, against a black background.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Jupiter with two of its moons and their shadows. Left-right: Europa, Io, Io’s shadow, Europa’s shadow.

The planet Jupiter, seen as an oblate spheroid with mottled cloud bands in various shades of cream and reddish brown and white. Two moons can be seen to the left as small pale dots, and their shadows appear on the face of the planet as two small black dots.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Last Titan shadow transit until 2038. Titan will continue to transit every 16 days through January, but its shadow will miss the planet. In this image, it is at the very top edge, with Titan below and to the right. I was actually able to see Titan this time. Last time I could only see the shadow.

The planet Saturn, with its largest moon, Titan passing in front as a small brown dot upper right, and its shadow, a small black dot at the very top

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Neptune and Triton, September 20 8” f/6 Newtonian, 3x Barlow, ZWO ASI224MC

The planet Neptune, seen as a small, pale blue orb, with its largest moon, Triton, a greyish speck to the lower left.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Transit of Titan and its shadow across the northern polar region of Saturn.

Image of the planet Saturn, with its largest moon, Titan passing in front, towards the top, seen as a small dark grey blob against the much lighter surface of the planet. Titan’s shadow on the surface is visible as a small black blob just above and to the right.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

From Monday night… #Saturn with its Titan, its largest moon casting its shadow on the #planet. Dione is off to the left, and Tethys to the right, under the rings.

The planet Saturn, seen as a pale oblate spheroid with rings tilted mostly edgewise.
It’s moon Titan is seen to the upper left as a small dot, with its shadow seen as a black dot on the planet.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Mark your calendars! Save the date! August 31rd will be the super ultra rare BEIGE MOON!! A beige moon is the second first quarter moon of a month beginning with the letter A; a very auspicious event, the likes of which have not been witnessed since the last time it occurred!

Image of the first and only first quarter moon of September, 2023.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Saturn last night or early this morning depending on what you call 3am.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Messier 8, the Lagoon Nebula. I did this in short exposures to better show open cluster NGC 6530, at left, and small but bright Hourglass Nebula at right, with the star Herschel 36. 8” f/6 Newtonian, Canon t3i

Image of the Lagoon Nebula, seen as glowing clouds of pink and bluish grey, with dark swirls and blobs and many stars of various sizes.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Moon amongst the Pleiades… clockwise from upper left: Asterope, Taygeta, Celaeno, Electra, Merope, and Alcyone, with Pleione and Atlas further below. Maia is occulted here, in the middle. Canon M200, Zeiss 2.8/180, 3x teleconverter. Single 1 second exposure at iso1600

A very bright 23% crescent moon with faint earthshine on the dark side, surrounded by several small stars

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Messier 13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules. Several hundred thousand stars in a mass 170 light years across, 22,200 light years away. Canon t3i, 8” f/6 Newtonian. #astrophotography #stars #space

Image of the Hercules Globular Cluster, a large, roundish mass of stars, dense an bright at its center, against a black background

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Globular cluster M5 24,500 light years away in the western portion of Serpens. #astrophotography #stars

Image of globular cluster M5, a roundish mass of many thousands of stars, bright and dense in the center.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Mars and the Beehive cluster through hazy skies last night; the only break in the weather I have had to photograph them together. #astrophotography #stars

Image of Mars and the Beehive star cluster in the night sky. Mars is upper right, a bright yellow-orange spot surrounded by a darker orange haze. The Beehive cluster is lower left, a scattering of small bluish and orangish dots.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Tonight’s full #PinkMoon in Virgo rising above the ridge with Spica. I used a modified dslr for this, with the stock uv/ir cut filter on the sensor removed, so it picks up wavelengths down into near-infrared, imparting a pink hue to everything, which seemed appropriate. #PhotoHour #witchy

Out of focus moon shining through in-focus tree branches at night

Overexposed moon glowing brightly through trees with a small star above

Overexposed moon surrounded by pink glow, above silhouetted trees, with a small star above.

Detailed image of the full moon with a pink cast. Many craters, mountain ranges, and other surface features are visible.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Messier 44, the Beehive Cluster, ~600 light years away. Can be seen unaided as a faint fuzzy patch of light in the heart of Cancer. #astrophotography #stars #soace

$Image of an open star cluster, featuring many bright stars, mostly bluish, some orangish in color, each with four small diffraction spikes. One group in the center is shaped somewhat like a tall beehive hairdo. Many more smaller stars without spikes are seen as well, all against a black background$

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Ok so the #tdov thing I don’t want to be visible today Please do not perceive me. Oh geez not again. *waveform collapses* Bastards

Photo of an angry hag in a grey minidress and duster stab in front of a white van.
She is screaming.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Messier 81, Bode’s Galaxy. 12 million light years away. #space #astrophotography

Image of Bode’s Galaxy, seen as a whitish cloudy disk, viewed obliquely, as an ellipse, with a bright center and two trailing arms fading away into space, which is black, with many small stars.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#Venus at inferior conjunction, 1% illuminated. This is 8 degrees away from the sun; the width of a hand held at arm’s length. Don’t try this at home, kids.

The planet Venus, photographed through a telescope in daylight, appearing as a super thin whitish crescent against a pale greyish blue background

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Sad to say that Freeman Vines has passed. I am known for using reclaimed materials in my work, but not nearly to the degree and depth that he did. If you are not familiar with him or his story, I recommend checking him out. A true legend.

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Hanging Tree Guitars: The wood's 'not good, not bad, not ugly -- just strange'

Freeman Vines is an African American luthier who creates what have been called 'contemporary art sculptures hidden as guitars' out of old wood, some of it from a tree used for a lynching.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

No cheating❗️post the last photo of your pet

Photo of a snuggly looking grey, brown, and black striped cat curled up on a bed with purple paisley flannel sheets

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Tonight’s total #lunareclipse at the peak of umbral phase. #photohour

Image of the full moon during lunar eclipse. The bottom half is tinged reddish orange.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Venus and Mercury this evening

The sky at twilight, blue-grey, with some faint pinkish clouds, and a row of silhouetted trees across the bottom of the frame. Venus is seen at upper right, as a bright point of light, and Mercury just above the trees towards the left, much smaller.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Another nice one from Friday of the 1.2% crescent #moon #photohour

Image taken from a distance and zoomed in, of a row of bare trees silhouetted against a post sunset sky, with a super thin crescent moon shining through the branches.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

#Moon and #Venus at similar phase last night. Over the next week, the Moon will be getting fuller, while Venus wanes as it approaches inferior conjunction later this month.

Image of crescent moon, sunlit edge downwards, with many craters visible, against a black background

Image of the planet Venus seen as a thin yellowish white crescent.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

One day old waxing crescent #moon at 1.2% illumination, with Mercury yesterday evening

An image of the sky after sunset; graduating from blue at the top to dull orange below, with a few wisps of thin pinkish orange clouds, and the black silhouettes of bare treetops across the bottom. A very thin crescent moon is visible above the trees, with the planet mercury high above, seen as a point of light.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

#Mercury (upper right) and #Saturn (lower left) setting over the ridge last night. Part of the much hyped #PlanetaryParade some may have missed. I had to hike way up the hill behind my house to catch it, but well worth it.

Image of the sky after sunset, in a gradation of pale grayish blue to grayish orange, top to bottom, with a row of bare treetops in silhouette across the bottom. Two planets are visible in the sky as yellow orange points of light; Mercury at upper right, and Saturn, smaller, lower left just above the trees.

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(starhag) @gwenforr.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

IC 410, the Tadpoles Nebula, named for the two brighter structures seen at its upper edge.

Image of a nebula in space, seen as a reddish cloud with darker inclusions and voids. Two lighter colored tadpole shaped structures appear at its top edge. Many small stars are scattered across the image

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