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Cosmic dust capturing pictures of other cosmic dust in Bortle 9 skies ✨
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Been cloudy so I’m messing around with some old pictures. @astrowithdb has a cool program in their bio called Star Wizz that lets you make these animations. #astrophotography #space #stars #starwizz
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This image was captured with my Sharpstar 15028HNT. At the moment, I really enjoy experimenting with SHO processing, and even though the amount of green might not be everyone’s cup of tea, I like it and feel that it suits this object very well. IC 1396 is a huge cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Cepheus, where new stars are forming. The famous Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is also part of this massive nebula complex. A huge thank you to Dinesh (astrowithdb) for providing these incredibly useful and beautiful infographics! 🔭 Telescope: Sharpstar 15028HNT-AL 📷 Camera: Touptek ATR2600M 🏗️ Mount: ZWO AM5N 🎯 Guide Scope and Camera: SVBony SV106 50mm+ ASI120MM Mini 🌈 Filters: Astronomik MaxFR 6nm SHO ⛰️ Bortle Scale: 4 ⏱️ INTEGRATION TIME 🔴 Ha — 68 × 300s — 5h 40m 🔵 OIII — 28 × 300s — 2h 20m 🟠 SII — 76 × 300s — 6h 20m 🟥 R — 40 × 30s — 20m 🟩 G — 40 × 30s — 20m 🟦 B — 40 × 30s — 20m Total Integration: 15h 20m 💻 Computer: NINA ⚙️ Editing: PixInsight + Affinity Photo 2 #space #astrophotography #deepsky #IC1396
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NASA vs My Telescope (part 9)✨ Follow for more! Featuring the following objects: Messier 16 - The Eagle Nebula & The Pillars of Creation NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula Messier 17 - The Omega Nebula Messier 57 - The Ring Nebula Poll: Would you like to see more parts of NASA vs My Telescope? #Astronomy #nasa #astrophotography #youresa #space
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Messier 16 - The Eagle Nebula and the Pillars of Creation in SHO🏛️ During the nights of 08-12-2026 and 08-24-2026, I headed out with the Askar telescope to capture the second to last Messier object I still needed, Messier 16. I had photographed this object once before in HOO, but now that I have the Optolong L-eXtreme and L-Synergy, I couldn't bring myself to finish the catalogue without an SHO shot of Messier 16. That was also my motivation for sleeping in the car for two nights next to a field, since this nebula isn't visible from my balcony. It didn't go entirely without a hitch though 😅. During the first night, someone suddenly came speeding up in a car in the middle of the night, even though I've never run into anyone at my observing spot before. I was genuinely scared out of my wits. Luckily it turned out to be a very friendly older lady who wanted to watch the Perseids that night. During the second night it was pretty windy, which eventually forced me to move the telescope to a different spot. About half of the subs ended up with trailed stars because of the wind, so those couldn't be included in the stack. But in the end. I think I still managed to get a nice image out of it that I'm happy with. I also got to see some beautiful Perseids go by, and luckily Messier 16 isn't going anywhere, so I'll surely be able to get an even better image of it in the coming years! Bortle: 5 Optolong L-eXtreme lights: 1hr 35min 19x 300sec Optolong L-Synergy lights: 2hr 30min 30x 300sec Calibration frames: 20 Darks 20 Flats 20 Dark flats My setup: 🔭 Askar 103APO ⚙️ ZWO AM3N 📸 ZWO ASI2600MC Air 🌌 Optolong L-eXtreme & L-Synergy 2" #astro #astrophotography #space #astronomy #youresa
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It's time for part 8 of NASA vs My Telescope!✨ Follow for more! Featuring the following objects: Messier 45 - The Pleiades Messier 3 - Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici Messier 106 - The Hidden Black Hole Galaxy Messier 97 - The Owl Nebula #Astronomy #nasa #astrophotography #youresa #space
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Bucket list ✅ — caught a glimpse of the northern lights! 🌌 Still can’t believe we actually saw them. On top of that, we met a fellow stargazer/astronomer out there who made the whole experience even better, geeking out over the sky with us. Just a wonderful, unforgettable evening under the stars. Nights like this are why we do what we do. 💚✨#travelusa #hitchpath #puremichigan #mackinawcity #stargazingnight
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Messier 8, 20 and 21 The Lagoon Nebula, Trifid Nebula and Webb's Cross In HaOiiiRGB New prints available on my website! Link in my bio! (www.CVZastro.com) I have always wanted to photograph these beautiful objects, and I finally had the time to visit a location with an incredible southern view. To combine the Ha and OIII data with the RGB data, I used the continuum subtraction method in PixInsight✨ Bortle 5 Optolong UV/IR Cut lights: 4hr 40min 140x 120sec Optolong L-eNhance Lights: 2hr 30min 50x 180sec Calibration frames for each night: 20 Darks 20 Flats 20 Dark flats My setup: 🔭 William Optics Redcat 51 MK2.5 ⚙️ Sky-Watcher EQ6-R 📸 ZWO ASI533MC Pro 🌌 Optolong UV/IR Cut & L-eNhance #astro #astrophotography #space #astronomy #youresa
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The Sun in Hydrogen Alpha 🌞 During the Dutch National Solar Observation Day on July 5, fellow astrophotographer and chairman of Stichting Sterrenwacht Saturnus, Paul Volman, suggested that we take advantage of the next sunny day to photograph the sun with the observatory's Coronado SolarMax 60mm telescope. Astrophotographer Mark Bossen and I immediately loved the idea. All we had to do was wait for a sunny Saturday afternoon, and as luck would have it, the focast was great for next weekend! On Saturday, July 11, 2026, at 2:00 PM, the time had come. Mark, Paul, Hans, and I were ready with the Coronado telescope and two cameras. The observatory's Player One cooled mono camera and my own ZWO ASI224MC. Our solar expert, Paul, who has been photographing the Sun since 2011, explained how to use the telescope and shared the techniques needed to capture detailed solar images. Thanks to Paul's guidance, we managed to capture this image, showing not only the Sun's surface with a lot detail but also the prominences extending beyond the solar limb. A huge thank you to Paul for an enjoyable and educational day. This is definitely something we'll be doing again! Acquisition details: 2-panel mosaic - Panel 1: 45% of 1,000 frames stacked - Panel 2: 72% of 1,000 frames stacked The solar rig: 🔭 Coronado SolarMax 60mm ⚙️ EQ DX mount 📸 ZWO ASI224MC #astro #astrophotography #space #astronomy #youresa
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LDN 767 - The Nessie Nebula in RGB🦕 New prints available on my website! Link in my bio! (www.CVZastro.com) I photographed this nebula almost a year ago. I had just purchased a ZWO ASI533MC Pro and wanted to take some test exposures to see what the camera was capable of and whether it had any unusual gradients. Because of that I only looked at the data the following night. After confirming that the subs looked fine, I completely forgot about the project. Today 12 July 2026, I came across the data on my PC again and decided to process it. This is the final result and I hope you like it as much as I do! Bortle 5 Optolong UV/IR Cut lights: 0hr 30 min 10x 180sec Calibration frames: 20 Darks 20 Flats 20 Dark flats My setup: 🔭 William Optics Redcat 51 MK2.5 ⚙️ Sky-Watcher EQ6-R 📸 ZWO ASI533MC Pro 🌌 Optolong UV/IR Cut #astro #astrophotography #space #astronomy #youresa
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The Eastern Veil, Western Veil and the whole complex! Almost a year after getting my refractor, I decided to challenge myself with a six-panel mosaic of the area I captured during first light. Imaged across 16 separate nights, throughout the Summer solstice, these short nights have been a challenge and I'm looking forward to the longer nights. Each panel is 1h30m of Ha and 3 hours of OIII. Details page made with Astrogram by @astrowithdb 🔭 EXPOSURE DETAILS 🔭 Telescope: @founderoptics Founder Optics Draco 62 📷 Camera: @touptekastro ToupTek ATR585M 🏗️ Mount: @skywatcherusa Sky-Watcher EQ6-R PRo 🎯 Guide Scope and Camera: Sky-Watcher 9x50 + @zwoastro ASI 120MM 🌈 Filters: ToupTek LRGBSHO 🌌 Bortle Scale: 6 ⏱️ INTEGRATION TIME 🔴 Ha - 108 * 300s - 9h 0m 🔵 OIII - 216 * 300s - 18h 0m Total Integration: 27h 0m 💻 SOFTWARE PC: Mele Quieter 4C Processing: PixInsight #space #astrophotography
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It's time for part 7 of NASA vs My Telescope!✨ Follow for more! Featuring the following objects: IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula Neptune & Triton Messier 110 - Satellite Galaxy of Andromeda Messier 66 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Leo #Astronomy #nasa #astrophotography #youresa #space
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Let’s take a trip to M33. Playing around with some old data using StarWizz by @astrowithdb What a cool little application for animating astro works. This is 8 hours of data and processed in Pixinsight from a ways back 🔭📸👇🏻 Redcat 51 Gen 2 Asi533MC Pro  Optolong UV/IR Cut 30mm/Asi290mm guide Celestron AVX #astronomy #astrophotography #galaxy #stars #space
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