Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Seahorse Nebula (Barnard 150) in the constellation Cepheus. Image was created from 17 hours of data collected from my front porch in Boulder. 020
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026To Serve Man. My all-time favorite TZ episode. I even have the shirt: 141
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Starting my October tradition of watch horror films early this year. By horror, I mean the horror that I grew up with: Hammer, Universal, API, etc. Tonight’s film, the Hammer film, Night Creatures… 000
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Mine was Missile Command. A couple of semesters, was able to arrange my class schedule so on MWF I finished at 1 pm. Local bar offered all you could eat chili bar and discounted beers (Moose Head, local favorite). Spent entire afternoons eating chili, drinking beer, and playing Missile Command. 000
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Current work in progress, the Sea Horse Nebula (Barnard 15) in the constellation Cepheus. 011
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Latest work in progress. The Flying Dragon Nebula (Sh2-114) in the constellation Cygnus. 153
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Because Trump is such an avid bowler? What, has he become the Dude? 110
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Never had too much time for him, until I listened to this. Great vocalist: 000
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Final version of my image of DWB111, the Propeller Nebula - an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. This is an SHO image constructed from 13.6 hours of observational data. 120
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026A friend (@piratetodd.bsky.com) put this together 🤣 141
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 07/08/2026So did this one - 5 million sold - and it literally burst into flames if you rear-ended it: 160
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 04/08/2026My cat, Elvis, is currently channeling how I feel every time I hear Trump speak: 1150
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Latest version of my image of the Propeller Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. This image is an HOO image - still needs additional OIII data. And I plan on collecting SII data for a final SHO image of this target. But, as an intermediary image, it's starting to look pretty good... 030
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Agreed. We adopt older kitties. Below is our current kitty, Elvis. We adopted him a year ago, when he was 9. If you can't tell from the picture, he's a sweetheart... 1173
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Bought a new astro camera. Decided to upgrade my camera from a one-shot-color camera to mono. Still waiting for some filters and clear nights, but my first night I collected 2 hrs of Ha data on the Propeller Nebula. So far, I like the results... 010
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Who knew he was there in Canterbury in 1968 to help name one of my all-time favorite groups. Had no idea the Great Donald was a big prog rock fan. I'm clearly going to have to reconsider some of my life choices... 000
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Most recent image, The Witch's Broom. Part of the Veil Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The Veil Nebula is a supernova remnant of a star about 20 times as massive as our sun that exploded 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. 001
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Most recent image - Messier 92. A globular cluster of stars in the constellation Hercules. Globular clusters are actually outside, but orbiting our galaxy. This cluster is one of the oldest in our galaxy with an age of about 11 billion years. 1150
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Is it just me or is JD our reality's version of the sniveling ass kisser The Deep from The Boys? I will grant they are somewhat different; instead of fucking octopuses, Vance fucks couches: 110
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Here's to hoping he chooses to play golf instead: 020
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Hey, I just saw this on The Boys. Reality is getting stranger than fiction: 030
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Just back from a quick vaca to western Colorado. One of the places we visited was the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Truly amazing. This is Painted Wall in the Black Canyon. The Wall is 2,300 feet tall and composed of rock that is close to 2 billion years old... 010
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Hang on a second, wasn't he engaged to this monstrosity last year? 580
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Second image from Telescope Live. This is the core of the Running Chicken Nebula in the constellation Centaurus. Image is in SHO (I kept a lot of green, as I happen to like green). 9 hrs of data. A bit disappointed in the TL data for this target, a lot was unusable due to clouds. Expected better QC 010
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Been cloudy and windy here, so opted to buy some data from Telescope Live. Can still up the game on my processing skills, and look at data I couldn’t collect from Boulder. This is NGC 1365. 20 hours of data were acquired in Chile at a dark sky site on a 24” scope! 010
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Love Amost Famous. And if you haven’t already read Cameron Crowe’s book, The Uncool, I highly recommend… 040
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 22/04/2026My most recent image. This is of Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. Just under 10 hrs data. This includes a bit of Ha data to help better define the massive, red, Ha nebula in the galaxy. 010
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Republicans when asked about Trump's latest escapade... 020
Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Is it really any surprise that an idiot who wears this as their resting face would be slow on the uptake? 000