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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I was in #spain for the #eclipse too! You've probably been bombarded with eclipse spam already. But I think I have something interesting for those who haven't seen it, but want to experience it a bit too. (1/2)

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

A new hobby? Something different from my usual #astrophotography, that is sure. I just picked up a normal pencil and a blank sheet out of my printer and drew my beautiful wife 🥰 #drawing, #pencil, #portrait

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Amateur astronomers with telescopes equipped with video cameras are requested to look for impact flashes on the Moon tonight, to coordinate with #ArtemisII observations. Details here: www.geodes.umd.edu/impactflash

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Impact Flash! - GEODES: Geophysical Exploration of the Dynamics and Evolution of the Solar System

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Thread 1/5 I downloaded the Hello World image and after some tweaks placed it in it’s starry context on a Stellarium screenshot. Awesome shot by Reid Wiseman from the Orion spacecraft on its way to the Moon www.instagram.com/reel/DWuVODb... #moon #artemis #nasa #astrophotography @esa.int

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174) in HOO 🐒✨ It has been soo long since I shared an #astrophoto on this platform. Still WIP, but I think it is coming along nicely. Used: Siril, Sycon Starless, GraXpert denoise and deconv and a bit of Photoshop. Shot in two panels with my Celestron EdgeHD 9.25"

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

This is such an insightful post every year. Thanks @cbassa.bsky.social! My screenshot of the zoomable version also shows how I spent Christmas this year. Thanks to my automated setup I was able to combine spending time at family with doing #astrophotography in my garden at home ;-)

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

It continues to impress me, those landing rockets. New Glenn reminds me - even more than Falcon or Starship - of the Thunderbirds.

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i reveals never-before-seen companion to Betelgeuse, solving millennia-old mystery noirlab.edu/public/news/... 🧪🔭 Credit image :International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Image Processing: M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)

The star field in the Orion Constellation. An inset shows Betelgeuse and Its stellar companion.

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

@dylanodonnell.bsky.social I was in London for work and found something that made me think of you

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

@dylanodonnell.bsky.social I was in London for work and found something that made me think of you

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Hi there. A bit of #astrophotography madness for you. Did you know that mounting a reducer on an @celestronuniverse.bsky.social #EdgeHD925 can be a challenge? When there is a #ZWO #EAF mounted too, you need to reduce the bracket as well. #hacksaw youtu.be/5hUqAVTlH88

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Mounting a reducer on the EdgeHD 9.25" together with an ZWO EAF and Celestron OAG - using a hacksaw

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Should’ve done this much earlier. I got a 9.25” @celestronuniverse.bsky.social #EdgeHD in july 2023. But it wasn’t until last night that I mounted the 0.7x reducer. youtu.be/i9SymknulPk

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My EdgeHD got an enlargement - mounting EAF, OAG and ASI294MC Pro and then image the Moon.

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Working on a YouTube video about #astrophotography at a 5000 year old burial site in the Netherlands. Will take some time still as I am also learning #davinciresolve for this vid.

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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

This movie shows the bubbling surface of a distant star, as captured with unprecedented clarity by the ALMA observatory. R Doradus is a huge star. Each of these bubbles is 50-75 times the diameter of our entire Sun! 🧪🔭 www.almaobservatory.org/en/press-rel...

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I was at the #ATT in Essen, Germany. Europe's biggest expo, according to themselves. I made a video touring the event. Were you there too? Did I miss anything? Feel free to leave me suggestions for next years edition on May 9th 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nOU... #astronomy #astrophotography

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May 2025, The ATT in Essen - An impression

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Need to play with my data a bit more, but I am thoroughly impressed with the new @siril.org and its ability to stack and stitch mosaics.

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Editing my data of M51, I tried pushing it to the extremes. I still think it is awesome to see so much resemblance between my @celestronuniverse.bsky.social backyard image and that of @stsci.edu #HST Hubble Space Telescope. #astrophotography #astronomy #parallax #stars

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Expansion of M1, the Crab nebula over 20 years. #astronomy #astrophotography My @celestronuniverse.bsky.social EdgeHD 9.25" compared to the @stsci.edu Hubble Space Telescope

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I am still enjoying to compare my own #astrophotography images to those of the #HST and #JWST run by @spacetelescope.bsky.social. I improved an edit I did on Stephan's Quintet. 95x180s @celestronuniverse.bsky.social EHD9.25" ASI294MC Pro L-Pro filter.

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I think I need some help from an actual #astronomer like @drbecky.bsky.social. Please share if you know someone who can help me identify the high proper motion stars in my comparison of M51 with a 20 year old @spacetelescope.bsky.social HST image. See 🧵for what I've found so far.

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I am an #astrophotography nerd. So I have been asking myself a question ever since I started using @bsky.app No, it doesn’t seem to be an actual starry sky that shows when starting the app 😅 #platesolve on nova.astrometry.net

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Did you see my attempt to shoot M51 yet? Take a look at my profile for more info. Tonight I am adding Ha using the #optolong #LeXtreme filter. My #ZWO camera is doing just fine with it! @siril.org does the rest 😇💪 This is just a teaser…

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Work in progress. M51 has somehow evaded my attention in my #astrophotography. I have some sets of data on my harddisk, but nothing to really be proud of. That is going to change, now I shoot it with the EdgeHD 9.25”. Perhaps I should start adding L-eXtreme data to it. 56x180s so far

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

A month ago I posted about an Einstein Ring which I photographed with my backyard EdgeHD 9.25”. Since then I added more data (611x180s) and with careful processing it got a bit clearer still. See #Hubble image for comparison. @celestronuniverse.bsky.social #astrophotography #astronomy @siril.org

Einstein ring as shot with a backyard telescope

Einstein ring shot with Hubble Space Telescope (processed by me)

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Last week I shared a small clip of my rig. With it I have been imaging very small targets lately. The Celestron EdgeHD 9.25” at f/10 brings me real close in to targets. I enjoy comparing my images to those of the famous Space Telescopes (JWST and Hubble) Follow for more #astrophotography

My Backyard telescopes image of Stephan’s Quintet

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Let me introduce you to my telescope setup #astrophotography automation. !Not sponsored by #zwo! - Celestron EdgeHD 9.25” - AM5 Harmonic Mount on an iOptron Literoc tripod. - ASIAIR Plus control computer - ASI294 MC Pro (main camera) - An ASI174 MM (guiding) - Celestron OAG - EAF focuser

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Work in progress #astrophotography But what about youtube.com/koplamp you ask? Yes, indeed… I distract myself constantly from working on videos. Apologies! Any video in particular that you would like to see?

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

A week ago I shot almost 300 images of 10 seconds each with my Celestron EdgeHD 9.25". After stacking with Siril and processing I got to this result. I processed the image to accentuate the bowshock around the star LL Ori. @celestronuniverse.bsky.social @siril.org #astronomy #astrophotography

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Work in progress! 99 photos of 3 minutes. Stacked and processed in @siril.org Will add more data once I can. Downloaded and processed Hubble Space Telescope data too and processed it similarly. You then can see the Einstein Ring CSWA 1 more clearly. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_...

Crop of a telescopic image of a fuzzy object that in reality is a gravity lens, warping the light of a distant galaxy into a ring like structure.

The same object, but then as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The Einstein ring is clearly visible now.

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Wishing for clearer ways to educate people to the downsides of #lightpollution. So much of nighttime lighting is unneeded and often unnecessarily pointing into the air. Most people don't see it as pollution, shrug their shoulders and close their blackout curtains to be able to get some sleep. 😢

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Sirius is the brightest star in our skies. If shot handheld and a tiny bit out of focus, one can create wonderful images, as masterfully shown here by Steve.

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I couldn't resist shooting the well known target IC434 which goes by the English name, Horse Head Nebula. Just 32x 180s on my EdgeHD 9.25" and an ASI294MC Pro camera. Edited using Siril and Graxpert (did I go too far?) @siril.org @celestronuniverse.bsky.social #astrophotography #astronomy

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Last night the EdgeHD 9.25" was aimed at a patch of sky in the Big Dipper, Ursa Major. Specifically the interacting galaxy group known as ARP104. Processed using Siril and Graxpert. 51x 300s ASI294MC Pro (L-Pro filter) @siril.org @celestronuniverse.bsky.social #astrophotography #astronomy

Telescopic view of interacting galaxy group ARP104 in Ursa Major.

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

My telescope finally got some time under the stars again. Not sure if I can produce nice images out of the data. This one shot was funny to me as apparently an airplane flew right in front of my target. NGC 2261, Hubble's variable Nebula. #astrophotography

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Yesterday I temporarily switched from my regular IT job to being a schoolteacher. I taught the kids about telescopes. They even got to use some (to search for birds in the trees) #outreach #astronomy #careerswitch?

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 18/01/2025

Human Altitude xkcd.com/3039

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

This is a beautiful representation of the entire year. Cross referencing it with my image of my ASIAIR logs you can determine that my low amount of #astrophotography is not merely due to cloudy nights...

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Will Gater @willgater.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

The winter night sky (& Jupiter) through the canopy of an old Dartmoor oak. I’ve been trying to get this exact shot with this tree for a number of years, but sky conditions/positioning never worked out. Finally it all came together on Thursday under bitterly cold, clear skies. #astrophotography

The winter constellations of Canis Major, Orion, Taurus and Auriga appear through the silhouetted canopy of a Dartmoor woodland. Thousands of points of light appear through the bare branches and boughs and the brighter stars show their clear colour differences from blues and whites to yellows and oranges.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 02/01/2025

🔭 Solar Analemma 2024 Image Credit & Copyright: Betul Turksoy apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25010...

Recorded during 2024, this year-spanning series of images reveals a pattern in the seasonal drift of the Sun's daily motion through planet Earth's sky. Known to some as an analemma, the figure-eight curve was captured in exposures taken only at 1pm local time on clear days from Kayseri, Turkiye. Of course the Sun's position on the 2024 solstice dates was at the top and bottom of the curve. They correspond to the astronomical beginning of summer and winter in the north. The points along the curve half-way between the solstices, but not the figure-eight curve crossing point, mark the 2024 equinoxes and the start of spring and fall. Regional peaks and dormant volcano Mount Erciyes lie along the southern horizon in the 2024 timelapse skyscape.

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

#ASIAIR #wrapped #YearInAstro 2024 was a terrible year in regard to my #astrophotography. I save all the logs of my ASIAIR and as such I can generate a graph like this. I am in a bit of an astro-rut. My YouTube channel hasn't had a video upload for quite some time too. 2025 can only be better!

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Played with a Meade 8” telescope that was said to have some issues in the goto pointing. Didn’t find any. Just for giggles attached my iPhone to a 20mm eyepiece for a 30s exposure. #astrophotography

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Daniel Machacek @danielmachacek.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Small (~790m) asteroid Dinkinesh and its moon Selam from distance 431 km. Color composite from deconvolved hires data from L'LORRI🎥 and color (NIR, Green, Violet filters as RGB) data from MVIC🎥 on board Lucy spacecraft. Date: November 1, 2023. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/JHU APL/D.Machacek.

Color composite of the asteroid Dinkinesh and its moon Selam.

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I have two telescopes and two mounts. For a long time I haven’t used the #CEM40 and the William Optics GT81 with ASI2600MM Pro camera. The reason: the #ASIAIR Pro on it had died. I tried an iOptron iMate but couldn’t get it to work. Spotted a good deal and bought a 2nd ASIAIR Plus 256.

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Kevin's post reminded me of February 2023 when I too shot this target with the intent to catch the Merope nebula. You see Merope destroying a blob of gas, also famously imaged by @nasahubbles.bsky.social (see inset). 3rd pic was my full FOV on @celestronuniverse.bsky.social EdgeHD 8"

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Saw a tweet about a WSJ article. The photo in the article makes me think of Vermeer. I think it is the window on the left that triggered that thought. The colors too. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

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Dylan O’Donnell @dylanodonnell.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hello! My YouTube channel now has almost TEN YEARS of Astronomy & Astrophotography videos! Here are 240 of them... Thanks to everyone watching. It's hard to believe I'm still going but honestly - it's a joy. Clear skies! 🔭📺🪐 youtube.com/DylanODonnell

I am probably insane. There will be a section of a future DSM dedicated to me, and it's not even the NPD bit.

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Martin Schoenmaker @koplamp.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

So… uhm… hi there! In case you stumble onto this account, I take photos of our night sky. Mostly through telescopes. And I like to explain how I got to my results. Hence I have a YouTube channel too. YouTube.com/koplamp

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Join me in creating wonderful experiences under the stars. I'll try to focus on the fun side. No pixel peeping. A shareable result means success! Welcome to my YouTube channel. Initially the channel ...

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