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(20) Amateur astrophotographer!
Gonna post pictures of Planets, Nebulas and all types of galaxies and deep space objects!🪐
💡Bortle 7💡

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The Andromeda Galaxy (M31), our closest large neighbouring galaxy at roughly 2.5 million light years away.

This is my first time trying to combine RGB data with Ha data using continuum subtraction. Thanks @deepsky.traveller for inspiring to do so 👌

I love how the Ha adds so much to this galaxy. Seeing all the small regions where stars are being born is so cool and crazy at the same time.

Total data is around 17 hours

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#astrophotography #andromeda #Galaxy #space #universe

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The Bubble Nebula and the Lobster Claw Nebula in Cassiopeia

The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) is a shell of gas blown outward by the stellar wind of a single massive young star, about 40 times the mass of our Sun. The bubble is roughly 7 light years across and sits about 7,000 to 8,000 light years from Earth. The star isn’t in the center of the bubble, which is why one side looks brighter and denser than the other.

Just next to it is the Lobster Claw Nebula (Sh2 157), a large emission nebula of glowing hydrogen whose curved shape looks like a claw reaching across the frame. Both are part of the same busy star-forming region in the Milky Way.

🔭 Telescope: @williamoptics GT81
📷 Camera: @zwoasi ASI533MC Pro
🎨 Filter: @optolong_official L’eXtreme
⚙️ Mount: @skywatcher HEQ5
⏱️ Integration: 15 hours (300 x 180s lights)
🚫 No calibration frames

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#astrophotography #astronomy #space #nebula #universe

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We had 3 clear(ish) nights in a row in the Netherlands! Also the nights start to become longer so I could gather quiet some data during these nights. I decided to go for the eastern veil nebula. I love the veil nebula and this part of it fits my FOV exactly 😎✌️

Collected 18 hours of data over 3 nights. It's the first time I captured the feinter outer Ha glow, so I'm happy that worked, but I think I can still get more detail out of that part. That's for next time 😅

🔭 @williamoptics GT81
📸 @zwoasi 533mc
💿 @optolongfilter l'extreme

180" subs for lights
No calibration frames

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#astro #nasa #astronomy #astrophotography #space

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This is Andromeda trough a dual and filter! I wanted to try to combine my OSC data from 2 years ago with Ha of Andromeda. I'm still figuring out continuum subtraction.. 😅 So this is a preview of the Ha data already. I think it looks so cool! 😱

This is 13hrs of data

📸 : zwoasi533mc
🔭 : William Optics GT81
💿 : Optlong l'extreme

#astro #astrophotography #nasa #space #andromeda

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It’s been 3 years since I photographed this target so I thought it was time to give it another go. Back then it was 3 hours of data. This time I gathered a bit more than 17 hours and the difference is insane. Ofcourse my editing skills became better as well, but it shows how important more data is. Sticking to 1 target for multiple nights gives such better results 😊! Although its sometimes hard to stick with one target haha.

Very happy with the result!

Bortle: 5

Lights:
17hr 24min
348x180sec

Calibration frames:
200 Darks
0 Flats
0 Dark flats

My setup:
🔭 William Optics GT81
⚙️ Sky-Watcher HEQ5
📸 ZWO ASI533MC Pro
🌌 Optlong L-eXtreme 2”

#astro
#Astrophotography #space #astronomy #youresa

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Milky way fan!

#milkyway #milkywaychasers #nigthphotography #astrophotography #astrophotography_

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This is the Ghost of Cassiopeia nebula (IC63). I've photographed it before and really like this nebula. It reminds me of a dementor from Harry Potter hehe.

I spent 5 nights photographing it and gathered about 20 hours of useful data. It's still summer in the Netherlands so the nights are relatively short. So happy I got 5 clear nights in a row to photograph this target! :D

I did a lot of edits and played with blending the Ha and OIII data, and in the end I couldn't choose, so I decided to upload both. Which one do you think is best?

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#ic63 #ghostofcassiopeia #astrophotography #deepskyastrophotography #nebula

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Today we could see a 90% solar eclipse from my hometown! 😁

I wanted to photograph it and thought that was cool, but the whole happening around it was so special!

It got quite dark, the colors were really weird, it got noticeably colder. Quite some people came out to see it and eventhough we were at a pretty remote place, more people found this spot as it had a great view. 👌

Some drinks, snacks a comfy chair and enjoying 😎

Thanks @fulltime_life_enjoyer & @thijsdewinter and more for making this evening even more fun!

Pretty happy with how this photo turned out. I had this in mind but didnt think about the different colors. But I quite like the gradient 😁

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#zonsverduistering2026
#cameranu_zonsverduistering
#solareclipse2026
#Astrophotography
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Finalllyyyyy!
Back from my sabbatical
Camera is fixed
2 clear nights
New home with bortle 4 instead of bortle 7

Time to photograph again 😁🔭

This is the Lion Nebula (LBN 473), a feint emission nebula in Ceoheus located roughly 10000 light-years away. I'm curious what that beam of light is, I couldn't find anything. (see second picture.) if someone knows please let me know 😬

It's a total of 11,5 hours of data. Combined with data from last year. I had to get used to Pixinsight again haha but I think it came out great :)!

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#astrophotography #space #nasa #youresa #astronomy

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Rainy season in Indonesia.. You're on your scooter and all of a sudden hell breaks loose. You seek shelter for 15 mins but you don't know how long it will take so you decide to continue driving in the rain, because you got soaked during those 3 minutes it took to find shelter anyways.

Arrived at the hotel and quickly set up my camera to photograph the lightning. Never did this before so it took some time to properly photograph it. Luckily you get a lot of chances during one of these storms haha 😬👌

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Photo of our closest star!

This is the sun in Ha ☀️

This was the first time for me taking a serious photo of the sun. Together with @ed_kuijper we made this picure of the sun. We figured out the Lunt telescope @sterrenwachthalley and used my ZWOASI224MC.

It was very hot, did a lot of trial and error, but very happy with the outcome 😁👌

Thanks again @ed_kuijper and let's make more awesome sun photos! 😁

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#sun #star #astro #solarsystem #nasa_apod

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Jupiter with its moon Io

Photo taken every 5 minutes for 3 hours long, combined into an animation. All shot from my light polluted backyard 😁👌

#universe #cosmos #planets #space #nasa

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