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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 25/08/2026

Me too, I purposely left the Crescent out of the FOV as I felt it distracts from the rest of the frame

Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 29/06/2026

work in progress, Iris Nebula and friends, continuing on from my previous dataset: www.bortle.org/datasets/19/... from ~7 hours to ~43 hours of luminance now. Shown here is a crop of the Sh 2-136 - Ghost Nebula. @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

NGC 7023, The Iris Nebula, Luminance ~40 hours preview, with the previous cropped image highlighted.

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 15/01/2026

More experimenting with some widefield H-alpha. Samyang 14mm f/2.4 XP at f/3.5 on ASI294MM, ZWO filters. No calibration frames, FastIntegration. #astrophotography #astronomy #heartnebula #soulnebula #californianebula #flamingstarnebula #nebula @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

Wide-field monochrome H-alpha astrophotography image showing a dense star field across Perseus, Auriga, and Taurus. Bright emission nebulae are visible, including the California Nebula (NGC 1499), Heart and Soul region, Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405), and surrounding faint hydrogen clouds against a grainy stellar background.

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 05/11/2025

Experimenting with some widefield H-alpha. Here's some previews of how the first test night turned out. Strong gradients with all the LP here. Samyang 14mm f/2.4 XP at f/3.5 on ASI294MM, ZWO filters. #astrophotography #astronomy #cygnus #northamericanebula #cygnusloop @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

Widefield H-alpha starless centered on Cygnus

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 24/05/2025

Sh2-308 - Dolphin Head Nebula 25 x 900s (6.25hrs) H-alpha 59 x 900s (14.75hrs) Oxygen III Raw data here: data.bortle.org/d/29/ @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

Sh2-308 - Dolphin Head Nebula in narrowband

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 19/05/2025

Quick test before the dew took over, monochrome broadband (about 2 hours total) of M13 from a pretty wide fov, MiniCat51 with ASI2600MM #astrophotography #astronomy @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 10/05/2025

work in progress, Vulcan Nebula, here is a preview of luminance channel collected so far #astrophotography #astronomy

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 23/04/2025

No worries, no rush, astrometry.net solver does solve it: nova.astrometry.net/user_images/... so it should work since the bot uses it also.

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 23/04/2025

@quantumkat.bsky.social does the bot not like multiple image posts?

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 23/04/2025

I think Optolong is for the OSC kit according to the QHY product page.

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 22/04/2025

Oh, the image details: 1 x 900s S 1 x 900s H 1 x 900s O Gain 69 / Offset 19 / 0° celsius No blurXterminator used in processing, just NX and SX @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 22/04/2025

First light with the miniCAM8M (IMX585 sensor), paired with the FMA180 Pro (f/4.5) for a compact mono imaging setup. Used a small cheap spectrometer to compare (just for fun) the included filters (XiMei) to a set of ZWO narrowbands. To me they look to be slightly better? #astronomy #astrophotography

North America Nebula in SHO palette, taken with a monochrome astronomy camera (miniCAM8) on a small wide field telescope (FMA180 Pro)

miniCAM8M (IMX585 sensor) pair with an FMA180 Pro telescope with an electronic autofocuser

spectrometer data from miniCAM8 narrowband filters

spectrometer data from ZWO narrowband filters

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 06/02/2025

You can also send emails via space using APRS text packets routed through the onboard ISS digipeater. Use the destination "EMAIL-2" and message "foo@example some legally allowed message". Amateur radio license and software modem required though.

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AstroSidivis @astrosidivis.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Tonight's AP image is that of our nearest galactic neighbor, Andromeda. When processing this I worked to preserve the delicate outer halo of M31. The quality of this data allowed me to preserve the detail and show it off to you in all its majesty. #astrophotography data.bortle.org/datasets/vie...

This is a high-resolution, image of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) captured in Hydrogen-alpha (H-alpha), red, green, and blue (HALRGB) light. It showcases the galaxy's prominent spiral structure, with its bright central core, dust lanes, and star-forming regions illuminated in reddish hues due to H-alpha emissions. The surrounding areas exhibit a mix of bluish and golden tones from stellar populations and gas clouds. The image also features a densely packed starfield and nearby satellite galaxies, including M32 and M110, visible as bright regions near the primary galaxy.

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AstroSidivis @astrosidivis.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Good evening ladies, gentlemen and dolphins! Tonight's AP comes again from the archives of @picazo.bortle.org and processing done again by me. NGC7000, the North America nebula. Nearly 40 hours of integration. Give it a shot and share! data.bortle.org/datasets/vie... #astronomy #astrophotography

This stunning SHO palette image of NGC 7000, commonly known as the North America Nebula. The image uses filters with a similar bandpass to Hubble Space Telescope's narrowband filters to map sulfur (SII) to red, hydrogen-alpha (Ha) to green, and oxygen (OIII) to blue, creating vibrant and intricate colors. The image showcases bright blue-green regions, where ionized oxygen dominates, transitioning into yellow and red hues where sulfur and hydrogen emissions are more prevalent. Dark dust lanes carve dramatic, jagged shapes, creating striking contrasts against the bright emission nebula. The scattered stars add depth, emphasizing the grandeur of this celestial scene.

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AstroSidivis @astrosidivis.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Another absolutely insane dataset from @picazo.bortle.org This time of the Iris nebula. A dusty part of space captured in with 21 hrs of broadband from a remote observatory. Processed by yours truly. Data available for processing below: #astronomy #astrophotography data.bortle.org/datasets/vie...

An image of the Iris Nebula (NGC 7023) surrounded by dark interstellar dust and bright stars of blue and orange. The nebula at the center glows with a blue hue reflecting the light from a young star at the center. Intricate wisps of brown and black dust filaments spread across the image, creating a dramatic contrast against the starry background. The stars vary in brightness and are scattered across the frame, highlighting the dense richness of the surrounding region in space.

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 16/01/2025

Taking the full moon as an opportunity to collect some data on other targets. Might as well collect SII and OIII on this also? IC405 & IC410 - 48 x 900s (12hr) H-alpha #astrophotography #astronomy #nebula #space @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

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AstroSidivis @astrosidivis.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

For all my new followers! Here's a data drop of the Rosette nebula. Thx for the follows and thx to my buddy @picazo.bortle.org for making this data available. Both processed by yours truly. Details in the alt text of the images. /1 data.bortle.org/datasets/vie... #astrophotography #astronomy

10 hours of Rosette nebula processed in a HOO palette captured with a dual narrowband filter from my backyard. This palette shows off the hydrogen alpha (reds) and oiii (blues and pink in the center) emissions present in the nebula.

58 hours of the Rosette nebula processed in the SHO (Hubble) palette captured with a mono camera and narrowband filters. This palette shows off the emissions from 3 different gases present in the Rosette. Oranges represent hydrogen, yellow (sulfur) and blues (oiii).

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 12/01/2025

Here is a blog by Jonathan McDowell with some analysis: planet4589.org/space/misc/k...

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Nevertheless I am not fully convinced that the ring is space debris at all.

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 12/01/2025

Very nice! Are you planning to collect OIII in addition to the Ha?

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 10/01/2025

I forgot to mention that I collected this dataset to contribute to this group project: www.astrobin.com/ey9s59

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1000hrs of M33 - Starfront Collective Project 2

An astrophotograph by Bray Falls on AstroBin

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 10/01/2025

M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy LRGBHOO image with a total integration time of 97.25 hours. The dataset is available under a creative commons license here: data.bortle.org/datasets/vie... #astrophotography #astronomy #galaxy #space

Image made with almost 100 hours of integration time on M33, The Triangulum Galaxy.

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Jackson Datkuliak @jdat.bortle.org · 05/01/2025

Almost 60 hours on the Rosette Nebula (SH2-275) across SHO filters (wip) Oiii is looking particularly interesting here, especially the presence of SNR G205.5+0.5 Collected remotely at SFRO by @picazo.bortle.org data.bortle.org/datasets/vie... #astrophotography 🔭 #astronomy

Rosette nebula presented in HOO color palette

Oiii only starless image highlighting filaments of SNR G205.5+0.5

Rosette nebula presented in SHO color palette

Close crop of the Rosette Nebula core showing star cluster NGC 2244

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 23/12/2024

Hello, could I get added please 😁

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 23/12/2024

Work in progress, still collecting data, Heart of the Heart Nebula, including Melotte 15. This is crop of a much wider FOV image. 71 x 900s Ha 86 x 900 SII 97 x 900 OIII

Heart (core) of the Heart Nebula, also known as Melotte 15

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Jackson Datkuliak @jdat.bortle.org · 04/12/2024

here is a work in progress SHO image of IC1805, the Heart Nebula. data still being collected at Starfront Observatories by @picazo.bortle.org (33.5 hours currently) data is available for free at data.bortle.org/datasets/vie... 🔭 #astrophotography

IC1805, the Heart Nebula in SHO palette. A blue oxygen core is surrounded by orange, red, and green hues of sulfur and hydrogen.

Core of the heart. Known as the open cluster Melotte 15, it contains filaments of red sulfur surrounded by a field of blue oxygen.

A corner crop of the nearby Soul Nebula (IC1848). Oxygen, sulfur, and hydrogen mix to create a gradient of blues, purples, greens, and reds.

A very close crop of WeBo 1 planetary nebula. A blue oxygen disk surrounds a bright central star in a field of green hydrogen.

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 23/11/2024

Do you need the extension on between the scope and the EFW, back focus should be flexible?

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 22/11/2024

Third channel, stack of 30 frames x 900s each, SII on the Heart Nebula from last night. SII in this region is quite rewarding. #astrophotography #nebula #ic1805 #cassiopeia #monochrome

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 22/11/2024

And now a quick stack of 25 frames x 900s each, OIII on the Heart Nebula last night. #astrophotography #nebula #ic1805 #cassiopeia #monochrome

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 21/11/2024

Quick stack of 16 frames x 900s each, h-alpha on the Heart Nebula last night. #astrophotography #nebula #ic1805 #cassiopeia #monochrome

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Paul Picazo @picazo.bortle.org · 20/11/2024

send it over here and I'll do the testing for you. 😁

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