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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Image and movie of the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas from my backyard in Phoenix. #astrophotography #astronomy app.astrobin.com/u/SouthWestA...

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Four of my favorite astrophotography images from 2025. (Click on the links to see the images). #astrophotography #astronomy app.astrobin.com/u/SouthWestA... app.astrobin.com/u/SouthWestA... app.astrobin.com/u/SouthWestA... app.astrobin.com/u/SouthWestA...

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Messier 1 (The Crab Nebula) imaged at Chiricahua Sky Village. - AstroBin

Imaged with a C8 EdgeHD at native focal length with an ASI 2600 Du0 camera. The image is cropped to the central 25% of the image area. The full image is given in B.

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Deep sky objects in Scorpius and Ophiucus imaged from my backyard in South Phoenix, AZ: Antares, Messier 4, the Rho Ophiuci nebulae et al.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antares en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_4 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rho_Oph... #astronomy #astrophotography app.astrobin.com/u/SouthWestA...

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Antares, Messier 4 and Rho Ophiuci. - AstroBin

This is a beautiful region of the summer sky, featuring Scorpius and Rho Ophiucus, right about now occupies the darkest region of the southern sky in my light polluted backyard. Normally I use an Opt...

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Markarian's chain of galaxies in the constellation of Virgo from my dark sky site at Chiricahua Sky Village, AZ. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markari... #astronomy #astrophotography app.astrobin.com/u/SouthWestA...

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Markarian's chain from Chiricahua Sky Village. - AstroBin

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

The Moon and clouds over South Mountain, Phoenix, AZ, last night. From my backyard. #astrophotography #astronomy

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The Orion Nebula (M42) and surrounding parts of the Orion molecular cloud complex, imaged from my backyard in South Phoenix. app.astrobin.com/u/SouthWestA... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_N... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_m... #astrophotography #astronomy app.astrobin.com/u/SouthWestA...

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M42 and surroundings - AstroBin

This is my first image with the ASI2600MC Duo. Taken from my backyard in South Phoenix. The image captures other parts of the Orion molecular cloud of which M42 is part. Very pleased with this came...

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

This picture shows the temperature inversion over Phoenix trapping the air pollution. The pollution does not cause the inversion, but it is trapped by it. The inversion is due to the climate and geography of the valley and occurs during the late afternoon and evening, continuing through the night.

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I redid the processing on my image of the Rosette nebula. More contrast and color variation. www.astrobin.com/x118rx/B/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosette... #astronomy #astrophotography

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SH2-275. The Rosette Nebula

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The Rosette Nebula (SH2-275) from my backyard in South Phoenix. There is also an open star cluster in the middle (NGC 2244) The name is apt but you may also see the shape of a human skull. Once you've seen it that way it's hard to unsee it. www.astrobin.com/x118rx/ #astronomy #astrophotography

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SH2-275. The Rosette Nebula

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Another image of the Jellyfish Nebula (IC443) from my South Phoenix backyard. www.astrobin.com/auzzlw/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_443 #astronomy #astrophotography

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IC443. More Jellyfish.

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The Jellyfish Nebula (IC443). Imaged from my backyard in South Phoenix. 1/20/2025. www.astrobin.com/lr8z03/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_443 #astronomy #astrophotography

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The Jellyfish Nebula (IC443).

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

SH2-273 / NGC 2264 (The Cone nebula / Christmas Tree Cluster). Imaged from my backyard in South Phoenix. www.astrobin.com/pfgf4o/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2264 #astronomy #astrophotography

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SH2-273 / NGC 2264. The cone nebula / Christmas tree cluster.

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

NGC7635 (the Bubble Nebula) and the open star cluster Messier 52 imaged from my backyard in South Phoenix. www.astrobin.com/5vjd1y/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier... #astronomy #astrophotography

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NGC7635 (the Bubble Nebula) and Messier 52.

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Messier 79, a globular star cluster. Imaged in the moonlight from my backyard on South Phoenix, AZ. www.astrobin.com/zq83oo/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier... #astronomy #astrophotography

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Messier 79.

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

The Messer 78 group of nebulae in the Orion constellation. Imaged from my backyard in South Phoenix. 1/2/2024. www.astrobin.com/aprtsp/0/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier... #astronomy #astrophotography

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Messier 78 (NGC 2068), NGC 2064, NGC 2067 and NGC2071.

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Four of my favorite astrophotography images from 2024. (Click on the links to see the images). #astrophotography #astronomy www.astrobin.com/64jlqa/ www.astrobin.com/npa3mq/ www.astrobin.com/1z53qo/ www.astrobin.com/7ul7jo/

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Messier 31. The Andromeda Galaxy. Imaged with a C8 and Hyperstar v4

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Messier 45, the Pleiades cluster, imaged from my backyard in Phoenix, Arizona. www.astrobin.com/dwqv9q/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades

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M45, the Pleiades Cluster

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Back in June I took this image of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster from my dark sky observing site at Chiricahua Sky Village in Southeastern Arizona. How many Galaxies can you see in this image ? www.astrobin.com/ly2kxc/

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Virgo Galaxy cluster imaged from Chiricahua Sky Village

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

There are optimists and there are pessimists. The same events happen to both. But the optimists have more fun while they’re waiting.

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The Double Cluster in the constellation Perseus. Imaged from my backyard in southwest Phoenix. #astronomy #astrophotography www.astrobin.com/fz4u4h/

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The Double Cluster

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Comet C-2023 A3 imaged in monochrome from my backyard in southwest Phoenix, AZ. Both the tail and antitail are seen. The globular star cluster in the tail is Messier 5. #Astronomy #astrophotography www.astrobin.com/npa3mq/

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Comet C-2023 A3

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SouthWestAstro @southwestastro.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Waxing gibbous Moon imaged with a Takahashi FS-60Q. This recent purchase was facilitated by a 25% sale by Takahashi. Best ever image of the moon I have taken. But falls short of what you see in the eyepiece with this exquisite 60mm refractor. #astronomy #astrophotography www.astrobin.com/64jlqa/

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Waxing gibbous Moon (11/12/2014) taken with a Takahashi FS-60Q

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