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PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT: SynLink Universal Astroimaging Controller. Link in bio!! by @skywatcherusa
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4 days ago
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New Astrobackyard HEQ5-R Pro review video just dropped !! Link in bio by @skywatcherusa
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7 days ago
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Happy Friday sky watchers!! Join us LIVE this morning as we cover some of the exciting new apps being developed by friend of the show, programmer, and contributing editor at Telescope Magazine, Richard Wright Jr. Join us in the chat at the link below/in bio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0jH-EN-MRg by @skywatcherusa
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10 days ago
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Happy Friday sky watchers! Join us LIVE this morning as we delve into the stereoscopic world of binoviewers and what they can do for your next observing or outreach session - and which one is right for you. We just had an amazing experience at Ontario Starfest paring a binoviewer with the Heliostar 100 and it was INCREDIBLE!! Highly recommended. Join us in the chat 10AM Pacific at the link below/in bio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yd4NTajwO8 by @skywatcherusa
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17 days ago
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Meet the Question Mark Nebula, a massive star-forming region roughly 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. Two nights of collecting light from my backyard went into creating this image—and after a little break from deep-sky imaging, it feels good to be pointing the telescope back into space. 🔭 #astrophotography #nebula #astronomy #space #deepsky taken in Noblesville, Indiana by @skywatcherusa
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17 days ago
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NGC 2237 - ROSETTE NEBULA This is another reprocess of one of my favourite nebulae, the Rosette! I captured this early in the year with only a couple hours of data due to a lot of unexpected cloud cover, however the detail and colour in this short integration is nothing short of amazing! I think this is definitely my favourite process of the nebula so far and I am really excited to get some more data this year and boost some of the signal in fainter regions. I reprocessed this LIVE on my TikTok page @astronayyar ! Some new upgrades have come to my scope this year and I'm looking forward to showing them to you all! Equipment: @skywatcherusa 130PDS, EQ5 Pro @touptekastro ATR2600C @svbony SV165 40mm, SV220 Ha-Oiii @zwoasi ASI120MM-S #astrophotography #photography #art #space #nebula by @skywatcherusa
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19 days ago
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The Views ✨ —————— #astro #earth #night #photography #nature taken in Cherry Springs International Dark Sky Park by @skywatcherusa
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21 days ago
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ELEPHANTS TRUNK NEBULA IN SHO 2,400 light years away in the constellation Cepheus lies the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula. The trunk structure is 20 light years long and is a large concentration of interstellar gas and dust. This was my first time shooting this object, I’m very happy with my results. Captured September 7th, 9th, and 10th. Gear used: - @skywatcherusa Wave-100i - Ares-M Pro - Phoenix Wheel - @svbony 30mm guidescope - Uranus-C camera - Sharpstar Edphill with 1x flattener - ZWO Electronic Focuser - Mele Quieter 3q Mini pc Software used: - N.I.N.A for controlling and capturing - SynScan app for mount connection - PHD2 for guiding Processing details: - Stacked and processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop Acquisition details: - 464x1min Ha - 491x1min OIlI - 430x1min SII - 15x1min R - 15x1min G - 15x1min B Calibration: - 30 Dark - 30 Bias - 22.2hrs of integration time #beamazed #skywatcherusa #elephanttrunknebula #svbony @agenaastro #astrophotography taken in Phalba, Texas by @skywatcherusa
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24 days ago
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IC 5146 is an emission and reflection nebula, also known as the Cocoon Nebula or Sharpless 125. It is located in the constellation Cygnus, approximately 3,300 light-years from Earth. The nebula lies at the very end of the dark nebula Barnard 168, which was discovered by Edward Barnard on a photograph. The Cocoon Nebula is about 20 light-years across and is surrounded by the young open star cluster Collinder 470. Radiation from the stars in this cluster ionizes the surrounding gas, causing it to glow. At the heart of the nebula is a young B0-type star that illuminates the surrounding material and formed roughly 100,000 years ago. The age of the cluster itself is estimated to be several hundred thousand years. IC 5146 is a stellar nursery where new stars are actively forming. Young stars can be found both within the bright emission nebula and inside the dark molecular cloud visible in infrared wavelengths, which forms the long tail extending behind the nebula. The most massive star in this region is BD +46 3474, a B-type star with an estimated mass of around 14 times that of the Sun. I have spent 51 hours photographing this part of the night sky which makes it my longest project ever. Let me know in the comments if you like it :) Clear skies! Gear: • GSO 8" F/4 reduced to F/3.8 with TS 0.95x Comacorrector • ZWO ASI 533 MC Pro • ZWO ASIAIR Mini • ZWO EAF-N • Skywatcher NEQ-6 Pro (rowan belt mod) • Optolong L-eXtreme 2" • SVBONY UV/IR cut 1.25" Data: 312 x 300s (L-eXtreme) 512 x 180s (UV/IR cut) Processed in PixInsight #telescope #nebula #astrophotography #astrofotografia #universe by @skywatcherusa
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24 days ago
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Happy Friday sky watchers!! We are LIVE this morning 10AM Pacific Alvan Clark & Sons produced some of the finest optical instruments of the 19th and early 20th century. While their largest instruments can be found at major observatories their smaller telescopes are highly sought after. Join us as we take a close look at restoring a complete 1885 4" Clark refractor and learn the story behind this historic telescope. Bring your questions to the chat at the link below/in bio! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGrdXCS9lOI by @skywatcherusa
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24 days ago
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Nebulosa da Hélice — conhecida também como o “Olho de Deus”. Mas, para os fãs da Terra-média, seu aspecto lembra muito mais o “Olho de Sauron”, de Tolkien, vigiando o cosmo. 👁️🌌 Mas, além da mitologia... Esta é uma Nebulosa Planetária — e o nome engana: ela não tem nada a ver com planetas. A Hélice representa uma possível visão do futuro do nosso próprio Sol. Após bilhões de anos, uma estrela de massa semelhante à solar se transforma em gigante vermelha e expulsa suas camadas externas. No centro permanece uma anã branca, cujo intenso brilho ultravioleta faz o gás ao redor emitir luz, criando essa extraordinária estrutura cósmica. Uma estrela morrendo — e, paradoxalmente, criando uma das paisagens mais belas do Universo. ✨ The Helix Nebula — also known as the “Eye of God.” But for fans of Middle-earth, its appearance looks much more like Tolkien’s “Eye of Sauron”, watching over the cosmos. 👁️🌌 But beyond the mythology... This is a Planetary Nebula — and the name is misleading: it has absolutely nothing to do with planets. The Helix offers a possible glimpse into the future of our own Sun. After billions of years, a star with a mass similar to the Sun’s becomes a red giant and sheds its outer layers. At its center remains a white dwarf, whose intense ultraviolet radiation causes the surrounding gas to glow, creating this extraordinary cosmic structure. A dying star — and, paradoxically, creating one of the Universe’s most beautiful landscapes. ✨ 🔭 SkyWatcher 150PDS 📷 SV405CC (IMX294) 🔎 Filtro sv220 Ha+OIII ⚙️EAF Gemini 🎯 Gaveta: SV226 🧭 Montagem EXOS-2 ⚙️ Corretor de coma Meyon 💻 Aquisição: N.I.N.A. 🧪 Processamento: PixInsight #cosmos #universe #astrophotography #space #helixnebula by @skywatcherusa
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24 days ago
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Messier 78 — a nebula within a nebula. 👻😶‍🌫️ At first glance, M78 is a beautiful blue reflection nebula - starlight from young, hot stars scattered through the surrounding dust, giving it that unmistakable icy glow. But add Ha data, and the scene changes completely. The image reveals something almost invisible in the LRGB: a vast, delicate veil of ionized hydrogen stretching across and around M78. This faint red emission is part of the enormous Barnard’s Loop, the giant arc of glowing gas that sweeps through the Orion Molecular Cloud complex. So what looks like a simple blue reflection nebula is actually sitting against a much larger cosmic structure - cold molecular clouds, reflected starlight, dark dust, and glowing hydrogen all occupying the same patch of sky. And this is exactly why I love narrowband data: sometimes the universe has been hiding an entire second landscape in plain sight… Thanks to PixInsight Inwas finally able to really blend in the 18 hours of Ha data that I had lying around. This is the „correct“ version where I used Continuum subtratcion. I was also able to pull out much more detail from the Luminance channel and even though it’s a relatively short LRGB total integration time, you can really see both the nebula and the surrounding faint dust. How do you like this reprocess of my first ever Astro image taken with a Monochrome camera? And which version is your favourite? Acquisition: 💥 Ha - 18h 🔘 L - 4h 🔴 R - 30 min 🟢 G - 30 min 🔵 B - 30 min Total: 23h 30min HaRGB captured from my balcony in Munich, L captured at @sternwarte.berg with my equipment. Equipment: @touptekastro - ATR533M Mono DSO Camera - AFW-M Electonic Filterwheel - SHO 6.5nm Filters - OAG-L @zwoastro - ASI 120MM Mini Guide Camera @sky_watcher_official - Explorer 150 PDS 6“ F5 Newton - HEQ5 Pro SynScan @baaderplanetarium - Coma Corrector MPCC MkIII Acquisition Software: NINA Processing software: PixInsight, GraXpert, DeepSNR, BlurXterminator #youresa #youbyasi by @skywatcherusa
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