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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Waxing Gibbous Moon shot on 9th March. Only just got round to processing! #astronomy #astrophotography

urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

M3 Globular Cluster. 33.9k light years away in Canes Venatici. A ball of about 500k ancient stars. 8hrs exposure time from Leeds shot over various nights in May and June. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Another version of M57. This time shot with my 728mm focal length refractor. Spot the difference 🤣 #astronomy #astrophotography

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

M57 The Ring Nebula! A planetary nebula in the constellation of Lyra. 2570 light years away from Leeds UK where I shot it from. 19 and a half hours of data used, shot over shot over numerous short summer nights. #astrophotography #astronomy

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Abell 39 captured from my patio on seven nights in June 😊🔭 This bubble like planetary nebula was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of 27 hours in mono using Ha and OIII narrowband filters and RGB filters for the stars. #Astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social‬ what do you see?

Abell 39 is a faint planetary nebula about 3800 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Hercules. Its shell has a radius of about 1.4 light years and has a nearly perfect spherical shape. It looks like a bubble in space!

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

NGC 6543 The Cat’s Eye Nebula captured from my patio on seven nights 😊🔭 This was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of about 27 hours in mono. It’s a combination of Ha and OIII narrowband data with LRGB data for the core and the stars. #Astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social‬

NGC 6543 is a planetary nebula about 3300 light years away from Earth in the constellation Draco. There’s a dying Wolf-Rayet star in its centre. The bright core is surrounded with a faint cobweb like structure.

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Cheers Bernd. Reprocessed some older data to see I could get more detail using x3 drizzle.

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

The "Pillars of Creation" as seen from Ermita Neuva in Spain, taken last September. I have reprocessed the data using a x3 drizzle. This has brought out more detail. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Ta! Yes that's correct re location

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Thanks! No this visible light. The red colours are ionised hydrogen gas the blues are ionised oxygen. The main bit of processing was to reduce the brightness of the core so that it wasn't blown out in comparison to the edges.

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

The Orion Nebula. Just over ten hours of data taken over two years. A winter target - only just got round to processing #Astrophotography #Astronomy

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

A "solar can" image i.e. a pin hole camera made from a beer can. 14 MONTHS! Exposure tracking the course of the sun from the roof of the Gledhow wing looking south to the Bexley wing at StJames hospital Leeds #astrophotography #astronomy

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

M92 the other major globular cluster in Hercules. 26,700 light years away, 108 ly across. Mass of 330k suns! Very ancient stars. Due to the earth's wobble in 14000 yrs this cluster will be within 1 degree of the north celestial pole. Shot from Leeds. 11 hrs data used. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I am guessing they would be starry!

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

M13 The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules. Shot from Leeds over the last week. A gaint ball of ancient "population II" stars approx 145 light years across and about 22.2k light years away. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Jones-Emberson 1 known as the Headphones nebula. A planetary nebula in Lynx approx 1,600 light years away. It was discovered in 1939! Shot from Leeds UK over four nights in April and early May. 10 hours data used. #Astrophotography #Astronomy

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

NGC4565 - The Needle Galaxy. A side on view of a grand spiral galaxy estimated to be 30 to 50 million light years away in Coma Berenices. 14 Hrs exposure time shot from here in Leeds. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

M64 "Bĺack Eye" Galaxy. 17million light years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. Shot from Leeds UK through early April just less than 12hrs data used. #Astrophotography #Astronomy

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Galaxy NGC 2403 "Mini Triangulum". 8 million light years away ! Shot from light polluted skies of east Leeds over the last two weeks of March. 16hrs 47mins of data used. #Astrophotography #Astronomy

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The Garlic Nebula! A supernova remnant in Cassiopeia. Originally discovered in the mid 1950s. Shot from here in Leeds UK. 18 hours exposure time, grabbing a couple of hours on each clear night since Jan 25th. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Owl Nebula (remnants of dying star) approx 2300 ly away and Surfboard Galaxy 46m ly away. Situated just below the Plough (ursa major). Shot from Leeds during winter months. 20 hours exposure time used #Astronomy ##Astrophotography

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

It does. The common names for objects like this (in this case Crab) where created by visual astronomers who could only see the brightest parts of the nebula,with less detail

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Shot at 728mm focal length using a 130mm apature refractor

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

M1 Crab Nebula. This is the remnant of a supernova explosion that was seen from earth in 1054. It was so bright it was visible in the day for three weeks! It is 6.5k light years away in Taurus. 8 hours of data shot from here in Leeds. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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urmymuse @urmymuse.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Unfortunately not round Leeds. Nearest decent dark skies about an hours drive.

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