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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Last night’s moonrise from The Balconies - Royal National Park - south of Sydney 🇦🇺 #moon #moonrise #ocean #astronomy #astrophotography #night

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

NGC 1097 - a barred spiral galaxy about 45 million light years away. 2h5min of data captured with a Takahashi TOA 130NFB refractor and a ZWO ASI533MC camera from our suburban #Canberra backyard observatory. Processed in #Siril #astronomy #astrophotography #galaxy #telescope #space

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Interstellar Comet #3i/ATLAS, at most a few km across in size, and 250,000,000 km away, on a one way journey through our solar system. This image was produced from 11 exposures of 60s captured in our suburban backyard observatory. #comet #astrophotography #space #solarsystem #night #astronomy

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

My first view of 3i/ATLAS - the 3rd interstellar object ever seen in our solar system! It’s ~0400h and I’m imaging through a gap in our magnolia tree, but at I’ve seen it! Imaged with a Takahashi TOA 130NFB at 992mm FL, f7.7 #comet #comets #3i/atlas #interstellar #astrophotography #space #astronomy

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Blue-banded bee - Amegilla asserta - If you’ve ever wondered how long the proboscis is on a blue-banded bee…. Taken with a Sony a7riii and a Sony 100 -400mm zoom at 400mm. #bees #insects #naturephotography #Canberra #Australianinsects #Australianfauna

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Comet C/2025 R2 SWAN from the suburban backyard observatory in #Canberra on 14 October 2025. 30x60sec with a Takahashi TOA 130; ZWO ASI533MC; processed in #Siril #astrophotography #astronomy #comet #C/2025R2SWAN

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The Helix Nebula - NGC 7293 - a planetary nebula formed by an exploding star similar to The Sun. It’s one of the closer planetary nebulae at a mere 650 light years from Earth. 2h40m of data collected with a Takahashi TSA 120 at f5.8. #astrophotography #astronomy #nebula #eyeinthesky

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Red wattlebird on a Wee Jasper grevillea in our #Canberra front yard this morning. #birds #Australianbirds

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

A very happy rock orchid - Dendrobium speciosum - blooming in the greenhouse. #orchid #flowers #Dendrobium @orchidfever.bsky.social

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

This Rock Orchid is Dendrobium speciosum grandiflorum “Golden Cascades”. It’s very happy in the greenhouse and it looks like it will bloom before most of the other Dendrobiums. #orchids #orchids #Dendrobium @orchidfever.bsky.social

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

When I come across a jumping spider I often transfer it to the greenhouse. They’re thriving and doing a good job of pest management! Here’s one consuming an intruder on a Dendrobium speciosum flower spike. #orchid #orchids @orchidfever.bsky.social

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

The Rock Orchid - this one is Dendrobium speciosum grandiflorum “Golden Cascades” - is putting out some big flower spikes this year! #orchids #orchid #flowers #Dendrobium

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

The spiral galaxy NGC 6744 lies some 30 million light-years away from our home galaxy, the Milky Way. This beautiful galaxy can be found in the southern Pavo constellation. Photographed from our suburban #Canberra backyard. 5h 30 m of data. #astronomy #astrophotography #galaxy #space #deepsky

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

NGC 6744 from our #Canberra backyard on a bright moonlit night. This galaxy is one of the most similar to the Milky Way, but NGC 6744 is about 75% larger. The light from the galaxy is 30 million years old. 2h25m of data. #astrophotography #astrophoto #astronomy #galaxy

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

NGC 6357 - War and Peace or Lobster Nebula imaged with a dual narrowband filter, #Optolong L-Extreme filter from our suburban #Canberra backyard. 5 hours total integration time. #astronomy #astrophotography #deepsky #nebula #astrophoto

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

The Lagoon Nebula - Messier 8 - from our suburban #Canberra backyard observatory. Total integration time = 4h10m with a #Takahashi TOA 130 and #ZWO ASI533MC. #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophoto #nebula #messier #deepsky #siril #graxpert #gimp

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

The Fighting Dragons of Ara - NGC 6188 from our suburban #Canberra backyard observatory.

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Omega Centauri - 10 million stars, 10. -12 billion years old and the largest globular cluster in the #MilkyWay imaged from the backyard #observatory with a 130mm 1000mm FL refractor and a ZWO ASI533MC camera. 1h42m total integration time. #astrophotography #astronomy #deepsky #night #nighttime

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83 from the #Canberra backyard observatory last night. 7h30m of data collected on cold moonless nights with a Takahashi TOA 130 refractor + ZWO ASI533MC camera. Processed in #Siril and #GIMP. #astrophotography #astronomy #galaxy #deepsky #stars

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Trifid Nebula M20 from our suburban backyard. 5 hours of data collected with a Takahashi TOA 130 refractor + ZWO ASI533MC camera + UV/IR filter. Processed in #Siril #GraXpert and #GIMP. #astrophotography #astronomy #nebula #deepsky #stars

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Sombrero Galaxy M104 from our suburban backyard. Data collected with a Takahashi TOA 130 refractor + ZWO ASI533MC camera + UV/IR filter. Processed in #Siril and #GIMP. #astrophotography #astronomy #galaxy #deepsky #stars

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Here’s just 50 minutes of data on the Trifid Nebula from last night with my 130mm backyard telescope (left image) vs the same object from the 8400mm, $US800million Vera Rubin Observatory. Rubin is not designed for high resolution imaging of small objects. #astronomy #astrophotography #VeraRubin

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

One 5 minute image of the Trifid Nebula from last night. Many more to come before stacking and processing. #astronomy #astrophotography #nebula #deepspace

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Red-rumped parrots - Psephotus haematonotus - in the front yard this afternoon. Sony a7riii + Sony GM 100-400mm. #birds #Parrots #naturephotography #birdphotography

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83 from the #Canberra backyard observatory last night. It was a cold -2°C when I shutdown. 3h55m of data collected with a Takahashi TOA 130 refractor + ZWO ASI533MC camera + UV/IR filter. Processed in #Siril and #GIMP. #astrophotography #astronomy #galaxy #deepsky #stars

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Running Chicken Nebula IC 2944 in Centaurus from the backyard observatory and a close up of Bok Globules - dense clouds of gas and dust that may contain the embryos of stars. Tak TOA 130 + ZWO ASI533MC + UV/IR filter. Processed in Siril. #astronomy #astrophotography #nebula #interstellar @siril.org

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Lake Burley Griffin #Canberra during this afternoon’s dog walk. #sunset

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Full Moon - 10 June 2025 - from #Canberra, Australia. I was on the shortest possible exposure time, 0.000032 sec, and the lowest possible gain (1!!!) on my deep sky camera. Clearly, it’s not designed for Moon photography. #astronomy #astrophotography #moon

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Another #Moon shot - 9 day old waxing gibbous 5 June 2025 - but this one is with the TOA 130 (focal length of 980mm) and the astro camera not the Sony and 400mm telephoto. This is a stack of 200 stills processed in @siril.org #astrophotography #astronomy

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The Moon from #Canberra tonight 4 June 2025. 100 images stacked in Autostakkert. Sony a7riii and Sony 100-400mm at 400mm. 1/320s f5.6 iso100. #moon #astronomy #astrophotography

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

A bit of tweaking of the previous post - Omega Centauri NGC 5139, the largest known globular cluster in the Milky Way - imaged from the backyard. 1.5h of data collected with a Takahashi TOA 130 telescope and ZWO ASI533MC camera. Processed in @siril.org and #GIMP. #astrophotography #astronomy

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Milky Way over Lake George, NSW - 2034h 30 May 2025. One minute later the fog rolled over us and we couldn’t see a single star. Sony a7riii with a Sony GM 24mm f1.4 lens. Exposure: 13s f1.4 iso3200. #astrophotography #astronomy #landscapes #MilkyWay

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Preview of a work in progress. At least 5 galaxies (NGC 3256, NGC 3262, NGC 3263, PGC 30873, PGC 30867) visible in this image in the region of the constellation Vela. They form a group with other galaxies about 120 million light years away. Tak TOA 130 + ZWO ASI533MC #astrophotography #astronomy

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Dendrobium Rutherford Starburst ‘Tinonee’ an all Australian hybrid, has been putting out flowers since March. I divided the plant last year and it’s loving it. #orchids #orchid #flowers

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Jewel Box Cluster - NGC 4755 - imaged from the moonless backyard last night. Total integration time = 2h33m. Takahashi TOA 130 980mm FL. #astrophotography #astronomy #stars #starcluster #Canberra

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Zoomed in view of a single 10 minute sub of M104, the Sombrero Galaxy. It was cloud free and supposed to be that way for the night, but the clouds suddenly came in after only 3 x 10 minutes. Hoping for clear skies tomorrow night. #astrophotography #astronomy #galaxy

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Vela globular cluster - NGC 3201 - from the suburban backyard. 110 x 120sec images stacked and processed. A bright moon for about half of the data. Takahashi TOA 130, ZWO ASI533MC. Processed in #Siril and #GIMP #astrophotography #astronomy #stars #space

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I’ve added additional data to the image of the spiral galaxy NGC 2997. Still a work in progress and a learning experience.Takahashi TOA 130, ZWO ASI533MC camera. Processing in #Siril and #GIMP. #astronomy #astrophotography #galaxy #stars

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Orchard swallowtail - Papilio aegeus - feeding on Salvia in our backyard. Sony a7riii; Sony 90mm macro; Godox 860iii flash; #Cygnustech diffuser. #butterfly #butterflies #insects #macrophotography

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The Eta Carinae Nebula imaged from the backyard last night. 2h55m of data collected under Bortle 7 sky with no moon. Takahashi TOA 130 + reducer, ZWO ASI533MC, Takahashi EM200 mount. Processed in #Siril and #GIMP #astronomy #astrophotography #nebula #deepsky

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The 40 million light year distant spiral galaxy NGC 2997 from the backyard observatory with a bright waning gibbous moon. 3h 45m of data with a Takahashi TOA 130 + reducer at f5.4. ZWO ASI533MC camera + UV/IR filter. Processing in #Siril and #GIMP. #astronomy #astrophotography #galaxy #stars

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johnkalish1.bsky.social @johnkalish1.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

This is one 5 minute exposure from last night’s imaging session of the spiral galaxy NGC 2997 located about 40 million light years from Earth. I collected a total of 3h 20m of data, still to be processed, and plan to collect more. The moon was bright, but subs look ok. #astronomy #astrophotography

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