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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

M31, Andromeda Galaxy The light travelled for 2.5 million years just in time to be captured on the sensor of my Dwarf Mini smart telescope #dwarflab #astrophotography 🔭

The beautiful Andromeda galaxy M31 standing brightly against a foreground of milkyway stars
A mosaic image of 2 panels Captured on Dwarf Mini smart telescope, just 64 minutes of data, each exposure 90 second at 50 gain using the Astro filter

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

My view of the 93%Partial Solar eclipse on 12th August 2026, at a fantastic event held by Shropshire Astronomocal Society, attended by over 1000 spectators, where I was running a live feed from the DwarfLab Mini smart scope. #astronomy #eclipse

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The Crescent nebula NGC6888/Caldwell 27, 5000 light years away in the constellation of Cygnus, Looks like a brain!! #astronomy #astrophotography #smarttelescope

C27, Dwarf 3 smart telescope , 4 hours 14 mins, duo band FILTER, 60s 60g, 15.07.2026

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It's nice to meet your heroes @PeterLewis55 😉, good to meet up again Pete, safe travels😀. #ironbridge #shropshire @peterlewis55.bsky.social

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

@DavidBflower, Here's a few images taken with the Dwarf Mini and Dwarf 3 smart telescope from DwarfLabs each image is between 2 and 5 hours of exposures using multinight sessions through the megastack feature. For such small devices they make some fantastic images👍 astronomy #astrophotography 🔭

Abell 31, a very dim Planetary nebula, a difficult target.

Barnard 33 Horsehead and flame, a show target Dwarf Mini in mosaic mode

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The mornings full Worm moon,(or part of it due to cloud) as it set behind the local farmhouse #astronomy #moon #photography

Middle section of the waxing Moon at 99.9% lit, as it set behind the farmhouse at 6.50am this morning

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

A few black and white pics around Shrewsbury in last few weeks #photography

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

A fiery looking Orion Nebula, M42. Just 28 minutes with the impressive Dwarflabs Mini smart telescope. #astronomy #astrophotograpy

A fiery looking Orion Nebula, the bright emmision star forming region of Orions sword

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

This is a first for me, not the galaxy M33, but the short solid line at the bottom which is the asteroid Eros approx 10 miles diameter, it's spud like in shape and currently 40 million miles away, it was visited in 1998 by the probe NEAR Shoemaker. #astronomy #dwarfmini

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Jesika5555 @jesika5555.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

271225 @sjbastro.bsky.social @salopchris.bsky.social @davidbflower.bsky.social #astrophotography #astronomy #stars 14.5hrs! OM1ii played out all night & Nut granted 9 clear hours & 5 a bit cloudy. Thank you, Nut, the bestest Sky Goddess ever.

Star trails centred on Polaris, the North Star, who lives just above my chimney. Clever OM1ii has a setting called live composite so my part is minimal. I set the time of each exposure - 15 seconds - and OM1ii will take 1440 exposures in 6 hrs then blend them together. This is 2 6hrs, 2 one hour & one 30 minutes blended in StarStax.

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

A beautiful moon halo/ moon rainbow sitting high in the sky above the 900 year old Abbey Church in Shrewsbury, UK #photography #astronomy

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

A 19 hour stack on andromeda, M31. Shot with the amazing astro device from DwarfLabs, the Dwarf 3, and processed with only free photo editing apps on my phone

M31, a 10 hour shoot over multiple nights, mega stacked within the D3 smart telescopes inbuit software and processed using nothing but Photoshop Express, Snapseed and a touch of lightroom

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Aurora overhead in Shrophire, UK at 4am today, a watery sky made it very diffuse, yet it made for an unusual moon halo looking south east #aurora #astronomy #spaceweather

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Another process of Andromeda, Messier 31, our galactic neighbour, as it was 2.3 million years ago If it was bright enough to see in the night sky, it would be as long as six moons side by side. #astronomy #astrophotograpy

6 hours and 20 minutes of stacked data shot on my dwarf3 smart telescope over 3 sessions in the last few weeks when weather allowed

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Last nights view of comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon over Shropshire, a dwarf3 smartscope close up view and 50mm dslr views mixing it up with starlinks as it heads towards the sun #comet #astronomy 🔭

2 minute stack of comet and its tail, Dwarf 3 smartscope

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Steve Brown - astronomy and astrophotography @sjbastro.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is near the star Epsilon Boötis (Izar) early this evening. Catch it low to the west as soon as it gets dark. It sets around 22:00 UT (23:00 BST). The comet could be naked eye visible and will be a fine sight in binoculars or a telescope. #Astrophotography #Astronomy

Stellarium graphic showing the location of comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) in the constellation of Boötes on 22 October 2025.

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

A night of two Comets C/2025 A6 Lemmon and the much greener comet C/2025 R2 Swan seen on 21.10.2025 from my Shropshire garden ☄️☄️ #Astrophotography #astronomy

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

M33 Triangulum, the third largest member of our local group of galaxies and just a little further at 2.73 million light years than M31 at 2.2 million light years #astronomy #astrophotograpy #smarttelescope #dwarf3

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

A few of September's astro highlights with the dwarf3 smartscope. The collage contains Andromeda galaxy, the Coathanger, the Teddy Bear, Pacman, Horsehead & Flame & Dark Shark nebula Its an amazing device👍 #smarttelescope #astrophotography 🔭

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Hidcote Manor, Gloucestershire, a beautiful place to stop for a visit in the Cotswolds. #photography #nationaltrust #photohour

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

M31, Andromeda Galaxy our closest galactic neighbour at 2.5 million light years away Every star you see is in our own milkyway #astronomy #astrophotography 🔭 #dwarf3 #smartscope

A view of Andromeda, M31, crossing the frame in a diagonal aspect, shot with a smart telescope, the Dwarflabs Dwarf 3,
1 hr 55 minutes of data, each shot 60 seconds exposure, 60 gain, Astro filter, and under a nearly full moon

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Fortunatley, after a long wait, the moon found the gap My first view this cycle and its 12.5% lit waxing crescent #astronomy #moon 🔭

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

The full sturgeon moon, and a passing contrail #astronomy #moonart #moon

Composite of two images shot witg tge exooaure for full moon and longer exposure for the clouds and contrail

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

This is Caldwell 11, the bubble nebula that really looks like its name when zoomed in. With the nearby scorpion cluster, M52, also in frame on the left and NGC7538 emission nebula on the right, home to a protostar that is the size of 300 solar systems!!! (wiki) #astronomy #astrophotograpy

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

This is the crescent nebula C27 located at the heart of the constellation of Cygnus, Formed by strong stellar wind of HD192163, a Wolf Rayet star, a hot old massive star rapidly losing mass. #astronomy #astrophotograpy

Image show the nebula C27, a nebula in the shape of an expanfding bubble near the centre of Cygnus
1 hour 6 minutes of data at 30 seconds exp , 60 gain, duo filter

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

M8, the lagoon nebula, first time I've imaged this, Its the 2nd brightest nebula in the night sky, it was only 11 degrees high and doesn't get much higher for me, so I'm pretty pleased with how the Dwarf 3 smartscope caught this, all in just 9 minutes 30 seconds of data #astronomy 🔭 #smarttelescope

M8, the lagoon nebula in Sagitarius, low on the horizon, the bright red hydrogen emission nebula, on visible in the summer months, close to the core of the milkyway
30s 60g Duo-band eq mode, dwarf3

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

A view looking down Market Street to the Market clock tower, Shrewsbury, passing through the centuries in building architecture #photography #Shrewsbury

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

The Flying Scotsman, chugging through Shropshire on the re-opening day of the Severn Valley Railway from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth #svr #locomotive

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

The little #Dwarf3 #smartscope has been busy in July, and even under a full moon the scope has been superb and such a joy to use 👍 The Heart and Soul nebulas. The Elephants Trunk nebula and Pacman nebula Processed in Dwarflabs Stellar Studio, PSexpress and Snapseed #Astrophotography #Astronomy

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest intergalactic neighbour at 2.5 million light years distant, as it rushes towards our own Milky Way to merge in 4.5 billion years (wiki). 1hr 56 minutes of data from the Dwarf3 info in alt #astronomy #astrophotography

First try with the Dwarf 3 smartscope on Andromeda Galaxy M31, now thats its clearing the trees
M31 is our nearest galactic neighbour that's around 2.5 million years distant, and if it was bright enough it covers the same area of sky as 6 full moons

Sheduled setup in EQ Mode
60 secs, 30 gain, Astro filter
Total of 1 hour 56 minutes data plus 10 dark frames

D3 Mega stack
D3 Stellar Studio
Snapseed
Lightroom mobile
Images taken on 4th July 2025 (00:30- 3:00am, Shrewsbury, UK, Bortle 4/5

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Interesting clouds over Shrewsbury 04.07.25, just before a short summer shower #StormHour

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

The Strawberry moon rising behind St. Marys Church in Shrewsbury 10.6.2025 #astronomy 🔭🌕

The strawberry moon, in bright orange, Dwarflab, Dwarf 3 a stack of 50 images

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Saturdays 89% lit moon with a lovely orange hue in darkening skies over Shropshire.

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Stockholm Central, what an impressive railway station #Sweden #Stockholm #Photography #travel

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Peter Lewis @peterlewis55.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

As @sjbastro.bsky.social @salopchris.bsky.social and @davidbflower.bsky.social have posted, we're heading into Noctilucent Cloud season. These are about 50 miles high, made of ice and other space dust matter Even in big cities (like London) they can be visible as these images prove. #astronomy

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Noctilucent cloud season is underway. If you have clear skies in the UK over the next 8-10 weeks, look north 60-90 minutes after sunset or before sunrise, look for bright white lacey clouds, these are rare clouds 50 miles high, pic is from 2021 #nlc #noctilucent #weather #astronomy #stormhour

Nightshining clouds,or NLC's are ice particles formed on meteor dust some 50 miles high, lit up by the sun thats below the horizon, they have a beautiful but etheral look

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The western veil, or the witches broom nebula, NGC6960, another component of the huge veil complex in Cygnus. 2hrs 22 minutes of data 60secs 60gain, with stella studio and snapseed for processing. #astronomy #astrophotograpy #dwarf3

The western viel nebula, a long structure of gas, with the Star 52 Cygni, giving the focal point.

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The Eastern Veil, NGC6992 and NGC6995, just part of the Veil nebula in Cygnus, a supernova remnant from 10k-20k years ago #dwarf3 #astronomy #astrophotograpy 🔭

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

A few snaps of Tuesday's moon rise, a beautiful colour. 98.5% waning gibbous #Flowermoon #StormHour #astronomy🔭

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The full flower moon rising 12th May 2025 #astronomy

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

A few shots of the afternoon sun with huge sunspot 4079 and a "bluesky" moon at 30% lit. Pic 4 shows an interesting solar transit of the sun by a RyanAir 737-8AS, the planes contrail casting a huge shadow below #astronomy #SunHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #Dwarf3

Image stack from dwarf3 Smartscope and rotated to look same as spaceweatherlive pic

Phonepic of shadow. Fro contrail of the RyanAir Boeing 737-8AS

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Sundays full pink moon, at 4am, with the bright star Spica visually nearby #astronomy 🔭

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Thursdays moon, 95% lit, pics 1,2,3 shot on the Dwarf3 smart telescope, pic 4 shot on nikon dslr #astronomy 🔭

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Wednesday's sunset sequence,lovely to see the sun setting behind a distant famhouse #sunset #weather #stormhour

Shot 1, the sun hitting the roof and chimney of the local farm house, creating a silhouette outline of the buildings

A few moments later, the centred on the end of the farmhouse

Shot 3, the sun sitting between the farmhouse and a tree.

almost gone, almost just a segment to go

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

A bright white nearly full moon in a dark blue sky this Wednesday evening over Shropshire, UK #astronomy 🔭

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

A few images off the Dwarf 3 smartscope from the last two weeks a few issues around setting up in eq mode, frustrating at times, but it's a learning curve, a great little scope. Can't wait to try it out on some of the larger nebulas. All images are out of the unit #astronomy 🔭

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

There was a partial solar eclipse here in the UK today, here's a timelapse of the first 80 minutes, clouds unfortunatley spolt the rest. Equipment Skywatcher 80ED refractor and Nikon D7500 dslr using Seymour solar filter. #astronomy #astrophotograpy #partialsolareclipse

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

A few shots/Video of Mondays Space X Falcon rockets 2nd stage excess fuel dump over Shropshire, UK last night after it deployed its classified Satellite #astronomy #spaceflight

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

It's #Saturn ring-plane crossing day! A once in a 13-15 yr event when Saturn's rings are edge on, as viewed from Earth, making them appear to disappear! I'm so infuriated that the Sun is in the way meaning no-one will see it! 😡 We'll just have to imagine it 😞 👇The last time it was seen in 1995. 🔭🧪

Two images of Saturn, one from December 1994 when you can the gorgeous ring is prominent around the planet. The one from May 1995, the ring has vanished leaving only two bright dots which are two of Saturns moons.

From: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1995/news-1995-25.html

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