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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

M33 in HaLRGB Starting working on this one back in September of last year, finally got around to editing it. 65hrs total exposure time with a mix of narrowband (Ha) and broadband (LRGB) exposures. Captured from Starfront Remote Observatories #astrophotography

A spiral galaxy with several prominent red nebulae

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

IC 2177 - The Seagull in LRGBHOO One of the first targets I captured with the Cat91 telescope, decided to revisit it and get some broadband data to mix in with the HOO data I already had from last year. Captured from Starfront Remote Observatories #astrophotography

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

To California, from Kansas NGC 1499, aka the California Nebula, in SHO. Just under 80hrs total exposure time, all from my backyard in Kansas. #astrophotography

a yellow (false-color) nebula resembling the state of California

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Another of my recent images and a rare backyard capture, this is ~100hrs on the Veil Nebula complex, a large supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus Captured from my backyard with my Pleiades68 telescope #astrophotography

a large supernova remnant consisting mostly of wispy red (hydrogen alpha) and blue (oxygen-III) filaments, with background red nebulosity

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Been a bit lazy about posting here (and on editing images too tbh), so going to post some of my recent astrophotos that bluesky has missed. First up, this is a two-panel mosaic of Sh2 119, aka the Clamshell Nebula, captured in HOO with RGB stars with my Cat91 telescope #astrophotography

a region of red nebulosity surrounding an area of light blue nebulosity, lending it the name "Clamshell Nebula"

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

All this just to fall for the same shit they did last time this happened. Same old Dem party I guess

"Deal" to reopen the government that doesn't guarantee ACA subsidies

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Catching up on editing some images. This is a cool region in the constellation Cygnus with two Wolf-Rayet stars, the ever-popular Crescent Nebula, aka NGC6888, in the top left and WR134 in the bottom right. Captured from Starfront Remote with my Cat91 telescope #astrophotography

a nebulous region of space in the constellation Cygnus, with red and blue wispy nebulosity throughout, and two main features:
the crescent nebula, a nebula that looks like a brain with a blue shell in the upper left hand corner, and WR134, a blue, circular nebula in the bottom right hand corner

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Been a bit lazy about editing photos lately, but finally decided to finish one up. IC1318 - Sadr Region and the Butterfly in Cygnus Captured from Starfront Remote with my Cat91 telescope #astrophotography

a bright pinkish red region of space vaguely resembling a butterfly, fading to a more blue and pink region in the bottom of the photo

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Another quick project now that the weather is finally getting better. M8 and M20, the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae in LRGB. Dark skies and bright objects are basically a cheat code, making targets like this almost easy. Captured from Starfront Remote with my Cat91 telescope #astrophotography

a nebulous region of the Milky Way, with a blue nebula with a pink core in the bottom left (the Trifid Nebula), a pink region in the top middle (the Lagoon Nebula), which fades into a more yellow/brown region of the Milky Way core in the upper right

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Another from Starfront Observatories, part of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. 15hrs total exposure time, shot with Cat91 telescope and Player One Poseidon-M Pro camera. #astrophotography

a dusty region near the Milky Way band, with a bright blue reflection nebula on the left and bright yellow on the right, with a dark nebula splitting the two

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

A quick two-panel mosaic on the Blue Horsehead nebula, shot from Starfront Observatories About 10.5 total hours, shot with Cat91 telescope, Player One Poseidon-M camera, and Antlia LRGB filters #astrophotography

a large, dusty nebula resembling a horsehead, with a distinctive blue reflection nebula region around where the horse's eye would be

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Been a slow spring for astro but I finally got around to finishing an image. 75hrs on Messier 83, a very tough target from the northern hemisphere as it is pretty low in the sky. #astrophotography

a spiral galaxy in a sea of stars and smaller galaxies

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

My latest from Starfront Remote Observatories, Sh2-284 The main object in this image, Sh2-284, is interesting object that reminds me of another Sharpless object, the Lion Nebula, with its distinctive separation between an Oiii heavy region and an Ha heavy region #astrophotography 🔭

A red and blue nebula in the constellation Monoceros, with a distinctive blue region and a lot of surrounding red nebulosity

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Last night's full moon, before the eclipse and during totality, plus a view of my telescope pointing at the blood moon #astrophotography (reposting because I can't spell)

full worm moon during the lunar eclipse, casting a red hue over the moon

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Tonight's moon, getting ready for the eclipse tomorrow night #astrophotography

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Getting the GT71 ready for imaging but still waiting on the camera I ordered to ship, so hey, why not have a Moon pic #astrophotography 🔭

A red and white telescope with a redcat sticker on the side

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Keeping with the theme of "nebula that vaguely resemble animals", next up is the Seagull Nebula. This large emission nebula is in the constellation Monoceros and has several interesting features throughout, including a couple small planetary nebulae. #astrophotography 🔭

a large emission nebula roughly resembling a seagull, with the wings and head a reddish color, while the "feathers" of the wings blend into more of a light blue

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Been a slow February for #astrophotography, so I went back and reprocessed my Elephant Trunk data, this time in an HOO palette instead of the SHO palette I previously did 🔭

a large red nebula with a feature resembling an Elephant Trunk

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

First image with the Cat91 from Starfront Observatories, and a target I've wanted to go after for a while now, this is Sh2 308, aka the Dolphin Head nebula. It is a bubble-like nebula surrounding a Wolf-Rayet star. #astrophotography 🔭

a blue, bubble-like nebula resembling a dolphin head, surrounded by blue and red wispy nebulosity

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Another one from Starfront Observatories, and my last image with the RedCat51 + 533MM combo, this is the Jellyfish Nebula. The Jellyfish is an interesting case of a supernova remnant interacting with surrounding molecular clouds, giving it it's unique shape. #astrophotography 🔭

A mostly red nebula resembling a jellyfish, due to the supernova remnant portion in the upper right interacting with other molecular clouds in the lower left

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Another one from Starfront Remote Observatories, a widefield shot of Messier 81 and Messier 82, aka Bode's and Cigar Galaxies. Gravitational interaction between M81 and M82 gives M82 its unique look. The dust around them is what's known as IFN, or Integrated Flux Nebulae. 🔭 #astrophotography

A spiral galaxy (Messier 81) and a starburst galaxy (Messier 82) in a field of IFN, or Integrated flux nebulae, which is dust that lies beyond the main body of the Milky Way

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

My latest from Starfront Remote Observatories, 48hrs on Sh2-216 in HOO with RGB stars. It is large in appearance and is one of the closest planetary nebulae to us. Despite it's large apparent size, it is still fairly dim. 🔭 #astrophotography

a large, somewhat faint planetary nebula, with a mostly reddish-pink orb and a more purple-ish core

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Obligatory yearly Messier 45 aka the Pleiades image. Roughly 17hrs LRGB, shot from Starfront Remote Observatories. This is going to be one of my last images taken with the RedCat51 + 533MM combo, as I'll soon have a new remote setup and a new sensor for my SpaceCat51 at home #astrophotography

the Pleiades reflection nebula, a star cluster shining through space dust, giving it a nice blue glow

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

A quick project with the MiniCat51, a widefield shot of the Horsehead, Flame, and Orion nebulae (among others). One night of imaging totaling just over 7hrs, shot from the ASKC DSS with the WO MiniCat51 and ASI2600MC Duo #astrophotography 🔭

part of the Orion constellation with several notable nebulae: the horsehead and flame nebulae, a dark nebula in the shape of a horsehead set against a background of red, and a more orange region that looks like a flame; the orion nebula, a light blue ring with a pink core; and lots of brown space dust throughout the entire region

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

My latest from Starfront Remote Observatories, the dusty region around NGC1333. About 44hrs of LRGB and another 22hrs of Ha (which didn't really add much imo), captured with a RedCat51 telescope, ASI533MM Pro camera and Antlia HaLRGB filters #astrophotography 🔭

dusty region of space with a blue reflection nebula in the middle left and a colorful region on the right with some red and yellow spots and another blue reflection nebula

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A recent Starfront Remote project and the companion to the Heart Nebula, this is the Soul Nebula. About 46hr total exposure time, shot with a RedCat51, ZWO ASI533MM Pro, and Antlia Ha/Oiii filters (RGB filters for the stars) #astrophotography 🔭

A blob of reddish to purple-ish nebulosity known as the Soul Nebula

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Next pieces of the puzzle are the Player One Poseidon-M Pro (same sensor as the popular ZWO 2600MM), Player One filter wheel, and Antlia LRGBSHO filters. Build quality on the P1 seems great, can't wait to get the first images with this setup

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

New William Optics RedCat91 got here a little earlier than expected! Plan is for it to replace the RC51 at the remote observatory, but first I'm going to put it through the paces at home 🔭

$Black with red accents telescope; dust cap has a cat face with diffraction spikes as the whiskers$ A black with red accents telescope in a padded carrying case

A black with red accents telescope in a padded carrying case

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Another project with the MiniCat setup, a widefield shot of the Flaming Star and Tadpoles Nebulae. Captured from a combination of my backyard and the ASKC Dark Sky Site, about 31hrs total. #astrophotography 🔭

a large region of red nebulosity, with a more defined and purple-ish region containing structures known as the "tadpoles"

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Aberration inspector before and after BXT. Corner stars are definitely rough, but BXT cleans them right up

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I've been using it with the AM3. Even with the 5nm duo filter guiding has been in the 0.7"-1.0" RMS range, more than good enough for the pixel scale

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

First light with for the MiniCat51! I paired it with the ZWO ASI2600MC Duo to make for a super compact widefield rig. I couldn't pass up capturing the Veil Nebula with it before it leaves until next year. #astrophotography 🔭

A large supernova remnant known as the Veil Nebula or Cygnus Loop

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Next up from Starfront, a bit of a more obscure target. There's a lot going on in this part of the sky, with some reflection nebulae, some dark nebulae, and some Ha signal to boot. Shot with a RedCat51, ZWO ASI533MM Pro, and Anltia HaLRGB filters #astrophotography 🔭

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Another one from Starfront Remote Observatories, this is Sh2-129 and OU4, aka the Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae. A very difficult target as the Oiii signal from the Squid is extremely faint. Just under 60hrs total, with almost 40hrs of that on just Oiii #astrophotography 🔭

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

if you mean these, they are all galaxies. the bigger one is Messier 110, the smaller one "close" to Andromeda is Messier 32

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

My longest project yet, a little over 100hrs total on Andromeda. 62.5h LRGB and another 39.5h on Ha. Shot from Starfront Remote Observatories with a RedCat51, ASI533MM Pro, and Antlia HaLRGB filters. #astrophotography 🔭

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

Sh2-190, aka the Heart Nebula (for maybe obvious reasons). This was a "short" target for me from the remote observatory, with only 40hrs on it. Shot from Starfront Remote Observatories (remote is cheating I guess??) with a RedCat51, ASI533MM Pro, and Antlia Ha/Oiii filters #astrophotography 🔭

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 13/10/2024

WO is getting very creative with their included accessories

a tortie cat in the box that the telescope came in

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 13/10/2024

Mail day! Managed to get the first wave of the new William Optics MiniCat51. Excited to try this, planning for it to be my new travel scope 🔭 #astrophotography

a little red telescope, the new William Optics MiniCat51

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 29/09/2024

Next up from the remote observatory, the Lobster Claw and Bubble Nebulae. Kind of lost track of how much time I spent on SII so ended up with about 77hr total with over 30hr of that on just SII. Shot with RedCat51, ASI533MM, and Antlia 4.5nm SHO filters #astrophotography 🔭

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

Another project from Starfront Observatories, IC 1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula. Didn't originally plan on going so long on the acquisition but things happened and I ended up with 80hrs. Shot with RedCat51, ZWO ASI533MM Pro, and Antlia EDGE 4.5nm SHO and RGB filters #astrophotography 🔭

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 26/08/2024

Two nights on the North America and Pelican Nebulae from the ASKC DSS, shot with Askar FMA180, ZWO ASI533MM Pro, and Antlia 3nm Ha/OIII and RGB filters. Started this earlier this month and finally got another chance to get out to the DSS this past weekend. #astrophotography 🔭

a nebula resembling north america and another sort of resembling a pelican

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

First broadband image from Starfront Observatories, the Iris Nebula. Shot with RedCat51 telescope, ZWO ASI533MM Pro camera, and Antlia LRGB filters #astrophotography 🔭

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 02/08/2024

Recently sent one of my Redcat51s to the new Starfront Observatories down in central Texas, and this is my first light there. About 37 hours on the Lion Nebula, shot with WO Redcat51 WIFD, ASI533MM, Antlia EDGE 4.5nm Ha/OIII and Antlia RGB filters. #astrophotography 🔭

a red and blue nebula in the shape of a lion, surrounded by faint red nebulosity

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 26/07/2024

Another shot of NGC6823, this time a closer view. Shot with my AT115EDT and 0.8x reducer #astrophotography 🔭

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Jonathan @jonathans.bsky.social · 07/07/2024

Milky Way over the ASKC DSS Shot with Sony a6400 camera and Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN Lens Foreground: 1/2s, F1.4, ISO 500, shot about 40 minutes after sunset Sky: 60x15s, F2, ISO 1600, Untracked Stacked in Sequator with darks, no flats, edited in Photoshop #astrophotography 🔭

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