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Russell Fralich

@rfralich.bsky.social

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Amateur astronomer based in Montreal, QC, Canada. Member of RASC Montreal Centre. Thriller novelist.

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Thin crescent moon over downtown Winnipeg. #OM-5 #omsystem #rascmontreal

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Big Dipper rising in the early evening. 13sec exposure with an OM-5 camera.

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Mid-winter sun over the St. Lawrence River

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Bottom part of the constellation Orion. Taken from the dark skies at Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, QC. You can see the Horsehead Nebula, Flame Nebula, Orion Nebula and even the Witch's Head Nebula!

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Venus shining bright in early evening. Charlevoix, QC.

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Charlevoix, Jan 31, up close!

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

First time in weeks the night sky was not hidden by evil clouds! I went out in the snowy backyard for an hour tonight. Mars looked high up in the sky, shining bright and red and virtually at opposition!

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Jupiter and Europa in infrared. Celestron C6 + ASI 585mc camera + IR 685 nm bandpass filter. Taken in backyard in Montreal. @rascmontreal.bsky.social

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Mars high over Parc Mont-Tremblant at 5h00 Dec 21. Last quarter moon gave a nice ghostly look to the snow on the trees. Super quiet and a bit chilly at -15C. OM-5 with 17mm f/1.8 lens. 13s exp. as ISO 1600. @rascmontreal.bsky.social

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Super widefield image Auriga, Perseus, Taurus, Pleiades & Jupiter. Dec 20 from Parc Mont-Tremblant. OM-5 with #omsystems 17mm f/1.8 lens. 71x13s exposures. On a tripod (no tracker). Stacked in @siril.org , processed with calibration frames in Pixinsight @rascmontreal.bsky.social

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Mars high over Parc Mont-Temblant (north of Montreal). 5h Dec 21. Last quarter moon gives a nice ghostly glow to the snow on the trees. Relaxing, totally quiet and a bit chilly (-15C).

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Mare Crisium. I found my old Meade ETX-90 that I bought in 1998 and had been hiding under boxes in the basement. ZWO ASI 585mc camera. Nov 17. 1000 frames.

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Messier 33. One of my favourites! It is always #2 after the glamorous M31. Maybe I just like underdog galaxies. Skywatcher Evostar 80 and Canon SL3 DSLR.

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

This is what happens with a jet flies through your carefully planned image of Messier 33.

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Large Magellanic Cloud. Again, during a family trip to New Zealand. Lake Tekapo, Dec 2022. Canon SL3 + 50 f/1.8 lens. It was spectacular to look at even in binoculars.

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Russell Fralich @rfralich.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Flipping through some astrophotos from our family trip to New Zealand about this time two years ago. This is the spectacular Eta Carina region taken with a Canon SL3 DSLR and a 50 mm lens. Nothing fancy, just lots of short photos stacked together. Lake Tekapo, NZ.

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