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beginner astrophotography!
hoping to advance and progress a lot
so join me on my journey! :)
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Stargazing in Hawaii 🌴✨

Image 1: Andromeda Galaxy and surrounding stars - Ko Olina, Hawaii, Dec 23 @ 8:00PM - Equipment: 15” Dobsonian Telescope + Iphone 14 3 second exposure (highlights -5, shadows +10, contrast +12, brightness -18, black point +100, saturation +13)

Image 2: Venus + Square of Pegasus and surrounding stars, Ko Olina Hawaii Dec 23 @ 8:14PM - Equipment: Iphone 14 3 second exposure

Image 3: Setting up the 15” Dobsonian telescope

Image 4: Andromeda, Cassiopeia, and surrounding stars - Ko Olina Hawaii Dec 23 11:46PM - Equipment: Iphone 14 3 second exposure

Image 5: Squid Galaxy (M77) and surrounding stars - Ko Olina Hawaii Dec 23 11:50PM - Equipment: 15” Dobsonian Telescope + Iphone 14 3 second exposure (exposure +13, brilliance +30, highlights -1, shadows +22, contrast +16, brightness +19, black point +4, saturation +13)

Image 6: Mars - Ko Olina Hawaii Dec 24 12:11AM - Equipment: 15” Dobsonian Telescope + Iphone 14 3 second exposure

Image 7: Crab Nebula (M1) and surrounding stars - Ko Olina Dec 24 12:30AM - Equipment: 15” Dobsonian Telescope + Iphone 14 3 second exposure (exposure +14, brilliance +29, highlight -1, shadows +22, contrast +16, brightness +19, black point +4, saturation +13)

Image 8: Orion Nebula (M42) - Ko Olina Hawaii Dec 23 11:42PM - Equipment: 15” Dobsonian Telescope + Iphone14 3 second exposure (exposure -5, brilliance +29, highlights -2, shadows +22, contrast +16, brightness +19, black point +4, saturation +13) taken in Universe by @kepler_22.b

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Image 1/2: Jupiter and its Galilean moons - 24 Nov 2024 @ 8:42 PM (Image 2 editing: exposure -5, brilliance +29, highlights -6, shadows +22, contrast +16, contrast +19, black point +4, saturation +13, vibrance +15) - Taken with a Celestron 8S & Iphone 14

Image 3/4: Shot of the zenith - 24 Nov 2024 @ 8:51 PM (editing: exposure +7, brilliance +32, highlights -5, shadows +11, contrast +5, brightness +5, black point +16, saturation +13) - constellations: Pegasus (top left), Andromeda (top centre), Lacerta (centre), Cassiopeia (centre left), Cygnus (bottom left), Cepheus (bottom right)

Image 5/6: Shot of Taurus and the Pleiades - 24 Nov 2024 @ 8:51 PM (editing: highlights -4, shadows +11, contrast +12, brightness -19, black point +100, saturation +13)

Image 7/8: Another shot of the zenith - 24 Nov 2024 8:52 PM (editing: brilliance +10, highlights -4, shadows +10, contrast +11, brightness -17, black point +58, saturation +13) - constellations Cassiopeia (left centre), Andromeda (centre), Triangulum (centre right), Aries (centre far right ), Perseus (bottom) right

Image 9: Shot of the Pleiades and surrounding stars - 24 Nov 2024 @ 8:51 PM (editing exposure +12, brilliance +30, highlights -3, shadows +19, contrast +13, brightness +13, black point +5, saturation +13) by @kepler_22.b

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Solar System observing! (Plus the star Vega)

Image 1-2: The Moon - Waxing Crescent (6:11 PM Murray, Utah)
Image 3-5: Venus - Waxing Gibbous - and the star HD157865 (6:15 PM Murray, Utah)
Image 6: Vega (6:20 PM Murray, Utah)
Image 7-9: Saturn (6:30 PM Murray, Utah)

all shot with a Celestron 8SE telescope and an Iphone 14, no editing taken in Solar System by @kepler_22.b

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faint northern lights and a pink moon!

all equipment was an iphone 14 (no editing) and a celestron 8SE

the moon was pink because some clouds were in front of it

#northernlights #moon #space taken in Little Mountain Summit by @kepler_22.b

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2 years ago

a post while we wait out the smoke and get ready for fall and winter skies!

Image 1: The Moon 🌕 August 16 @ 9:46 pm
Distance: 238,855 miles (384,400 km) away
Location: my backyard - Bortle 6
Equipment: Celestron 8SE - Iphone 14

Image 2: Saturn 🪐 August 17 @ 1:07 am
Distance: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers) (9.5 astronomical units) away
Location: my backyard - Bortle 6
Equipment: Celestron 8SE - Iphone 14 (10s exposure)

Image 3: The Pleiades - August 17 @ 2:23 am
Distance: 445 light years away
Location: my backyard - Bortle 6
Equipment: Iphone 14 (Highlights +100 Shadows -100 Contrast +100 - 10s exposure)

Image 4: The Andromeda Constellation + Andromeda Galaxy
Distance: 2.5 million light years away (andromeda galaxy)
Location: my backyard - Bortle 6
Equipment: Iphone 14 (Highlights +100 Shadows -100 Contrast +100 Brightness + 60 - 10s exposure

Image 5: Jupiter + its Galilean Moons - August 17 @ 3:41 am
Distance: 484 million miles (778 million kilometers) (5.2 astronomical units) away
Location: my backyard - Bortle 6
Equipment: Celestron 8SE - Iphone 14

Image 6: The Orion Arm - August 30 @ 9:45 pm
Distance: we’re in it so idk tbh
Location: Mountain Dell Golf Course - Bortle 4
Equipment: Iphone 14 (10s exposure)

Image 7: Random shot of random stars (don’t remember sorry 😭) August 30 @ 9:58 pm
Location: Mountain Dell Golf Course - Bortle 4
Equipment: Celestron 8SE - Iphone 14

Image 8: Hercules Globular Cluster - August 30 @ 10:00 pm
Distance: 25,000 light years away
Location: Mountain Dell Golf Course - Bortle 6
Equipment: Celestron 8SE - Iphone 14 taken in The Universe by @kepler_22.b

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Image 1/2: The Andromeda Galaxy - June 30 12:25/27 am
Distance: 2.5 million light years away
Bortle 4
Logan, Utah
Equipment: Iphone 12 (Image 1 editing: Highlights +100 Shadows +75 Contrast +11 Brightness +21 - Image 2 editing: Highlights +100) - Celestron 8se

Image 3/4: closeup of The Swan Nebula - June 30 12:47/48 am
Distance: 5,500 light years away
Bortle 4
Logan, Utah
Equipment: Iphone 12 (Image 3 editing: Highlights +100 Shadows +34 Sharpness +21 Definition +21 - Image 4 editing: Highlights +100) - Celestron 8se

Image 5: The Hercules Globular Cluster - June 30 12:55 am
Distance: ~25,000 light years away
Bortle 4
Logan, Utah
Equipment: Iphone 12 (Editing: Highlights +100 Brightness +100) - Celestron 8se

Image 6: (Part of) The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud - June 30 1:07 am
Distance: 10,000 light years away
Bortle 4
Logan, Utah
Equipment: Iphone 12 (Highlights +100 Shadows +100 Sharpness +20 Definition +22) - Celestron 8se

#astrophotography
#astronomy
#andromeda
#swannebula
#hercules
#milkyway taken in Logan, Utah by @kepler_22.b

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2 years ago

Cygnus the Swan! A very interesting constellation. The word cygnus is actually the Latinized Greek work for “Swan” (so idk why people call it “cygnus the swan” cause they’re just saying swan the swan).

The best time to view it is from the evening of the summer (now!) to mid autumn.

An amazing fact about it is that almost all the stars in and around the constellation have their own PLANETS!! Planets outside our solar system are called exoplanets.

Around this constellation there are a lot of notable X-Ray sources. This constellation also contains one of the biggest stars discovered: NML Cygni! by @kepler_22.b

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Orion Arm appreciation post. One of my favorite things in the sky to view!

All of these pictures were taken in a bortle 2 sky with some editing (most editing similar to my previous posts) taken in Milky Way Galaxy by @kepler_22.b

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Cigar Galaxy and Ring Nebula!

Image 1/2: The Cigar Galaxy (Messier 82) and surrounding stars - June 29th 11:22 & 11:29 pm
Distance: 12 million light years away
Logan, Utah
Bortle 4
Equipment: Iphone 12 (image 2 editing: Highlights +100 Shadows +100 Brightness +100 Sharpness +20 Definition +23) - Celestron 8SE

Image 3/4: The Ring Nebula (Messier 57) and surrounding stars - June 29th 11:41 & 11:37 pm
Distance: 2,500 light years away
Logan, Utah
Bortle 4
Equipment: Iphone 12 (image 3: highlights +100 Shadows +53 Brightness +100 Sharpness +21 Definition +22) - Celestron 8SE

#cigargalaxy #ringnebula #astronomy #astrophotography taken in Logan, Utah by @kepler_22.b

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first time doing astrophotography! i really hope to be able to look back on these photos in the future and see how far i’ve come. im still so happy with where i am and what i can make

Image 1: The Sunflower Galaxy (Messier 63) and surrounding stars June 27th 11:30 pm
Distance: 27 million light years away
Saint Charles, Idaho
Bortle 2
Equipment: Iphone 12 (10 second exposure; highlights +100; Shadows +100; Contrast -100; Brightness +100) - Celestron 8SE

Image 2: The Sunflower Galaxy (Messier 63) June 29th 11:14 pm
Distance: 27 million light years away
Logan, Utah
Bortle 4
Equipment: Iphone 12 (10 second exposure; highlights +100; Shadows -100; Contrast +100; Brightness +100) - Celestron 8SE

Image 3: The Whirlpool Galaxy (Messier 51) and surrounding stars June 27th 11:27 pm
Distance: 31 million light years away
Saint Charles, Idaho
Bortle 2
Equipment: Iphone 12 (10 second exposure; highlights +100; Shadows +100; Contrast -100) - Celestron 8SE

#sunflowergalaxy #whirlpoolgalaxy #astronomy #astrophotography taken in Universe by @kepler_22.b

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