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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Well done with the S30! The time invested has really paid off.

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Thanks Paul! Appreciate the kind words

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Ever since I got this scope I wanted to do a close up on M31. Unfortunately ran out of time to add Oiii and had to throw out a lot of frames due to bad seeing. In total 14 hrs on Ha and 1 hour on each RGB. 📷 - #zwo ASI2600MM Pro 🔭 - Askar 130PHQ Processed in @siril.org @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

My recent take on NGC281 the Pacman Nebula. This emission nebula is located ~9500 light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. Taken over the course of a night from my backyard (awhile ago). 📷 - 2600MM Pro 🔭 - Askar 130PHQ Processed in @siril.org @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Hi there would you mind sharing some examples of your work?

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Been a busy year but getting back into it with the Elephants Trunk Nebula IC1396. 🔭 - Askar 130PHQ at 1000mm 📷 - ZWO 2600MM Pro 🕓 - 9 hours SHO Processed with @siril.org @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

It's been a very busy year for me. Excited to have been part of the team to make this happen!

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Cancel - hey there! You don't need to sign up to the feed to view and interact with posts in the astronomy feeds. Sign up is only required if you wish to contribute posts to the feed.

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Cancel it doesn't look like you have any astronomy related content on your feed. You only need to sign up to post to the astronomy feeds - you can always follow to see and interact with posts in the feed. Feel free to sign up again in the future!

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

How did you simulate the Ha outflows?

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Haven't had a ton of clear nights with good seeing lately but here's one project I've managed to do the last few months. The reflection nebulae VdB 14 & 15 in Camelopardalis. 🔭 - Askar 130PHQ 📷 - ZWO 2600MM-Pro 🕓 - 27 hrs of LRGB @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Hey there - you don't seem to have much astronomy content in your feed. You don't have to sign up to follow, view, and interact with posts in the astronomy feeds!

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

There doesn't seem to be any astronomy/astrophotography content in your feed. Would you be able to share some samples of your work?

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Hey there! You don't seem to have any astronomy/astrophotography content posted in your feed. Would you be able to share some samples of your work?

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

No problem! Feel free to sign up again in the future if you do want to contribute your own posts to the feed!

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Space is really cool! I use filters that isolate specific wavelengths of light emitted by the nebulae which are captured by my camera and produce a black and white image. Using three different filters lets me allow one to each red, green, and blue - creating the color image here.

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Image acquisition details Sii - 85x300s Hα - 45x300s Oiii - 71x300s Total 🕓 - 16h45m 📷 - ZWO 2600MM Pro 🔭 - Redcat 51 Processed in @siril.org

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

My last wide field image for the time being is IC405 and IC410 in SHO (as well as quite a few other open star clusters and nebulae). Located ~1,500 and ~12,400 light-years away in the constellation Auriga, this is a young star forming region. #astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Hey Mark are you looking to contribute to the feeds? There doesn't seem to be anything astronomy related on your feed. You do not need to sign-up to view the feeds and interact with posts!

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

One of my favorite shots yet of Comet ATLAS by @jeanetteastro.bsky.social! Unfortunately it looks like the comet may already be breaking apart and is only visible in the southern hemisphere.

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Just saw your M33 post on astrobin earlier congrats on the discovery and welcome to Bluesky!

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The extra work is paying off! Really easy to see the improvement in the extra integration time.

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Nice edit! I really need to start playing around with some of @picazo.bortle.org's data on these cloudy nights.

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Added a bit more Oiii and SII data to NGC2264 at the beginning of the month which is going to finish off this project for now. Messed around editing with the Foraxx palette for this version. Planning to do one more wide field target before setting up both mounts for galaxies. #astrophotography

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

This isn't NGC3324 but looks like features of the Soul Nebula (IC1848) match pretty well. May be be a poor AI generation or a unique editing style. Here's a photo I took of the Soul Nebula to compare.

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I'd say it's worth checking out Siril as a free option to incorporate with Photoshop before taking the plunge on pixinsight. Can also use GraXpert for noise reduction / background extraction (also free)

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Not yet but it's on the list!

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I think I'd like to but I unfortunately still need to finish out that imaging train with an Oiii and Sii filter.

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

2/2 In Photoshop - Curves adjustment - Camera raw filter adjustments - Clarity, blacks, whites, highlights, contrast, saturation In Siril - star recomposition

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

1/2 Processing Details in Siril - light frames stacked - Continuum Subtraction on Ha and R channel using pixel math - recombine R+NB/G/B with pixel math for color image - GraXpert for BE and denoise - Color calibration, deconvolution, star removal - GHST stretch on starless image

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

After working through processing M33 I think I've come up with a workflow I am fairly happy with. Will share processing details below. 🔭 - Askar 130PHQ 📷 - ASI2600MM Pro Planning to add more time to this after the full moon. #astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Well done with the fine detail! Also on my list once I get my 9.25 EdgeHD up and running.

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Nice work! Curious what is your editing workflow is like for galaxies?

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Thanks! I'm pretty happy with it for my first time combining narrowband with a color image.

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Had to go back and bump up the saturation. Really makes quite a difference in comparison. #astrophotography

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

First attempt at learning to edit NB + RGB with a mono setup. This is M33 with 75 mins on each Hα/R/G/B filter. Still working out some kinks with the new setup. 🔭 - Askar 130PHQ 📷 - ASI2600MM Pro #astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Both rigs are up and running hoping to have some initial edits done this weekend to share! #astrophotography

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Nathaniel @nrutkowski.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

First clear night in a few weeks had some highs and lows on M33 -Askar 130PHQ optics are perfect -OAG mirror is causing the bad vignetting -guide camera on OAG could achieve correct back focus -EFW failed to set repeatedly Hopefully I can resolve all these issues tomorrow #astrophotography

Stack of 12x300s on red filter with the ASI2600MM Pro

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