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Astronomy forces the soul to look up and leads us from this world to another
Based in Holland🇳🇱
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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 ✨🌌🔭 #astrophotography #astronomy #space #nebula #universe
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What if the end of a star’s life could create something this beautiful? Almost 7 hours of collecting ancient light, revealing one of the most fascinating planetary nebulae in our night sky. Meet M27 — the Dumbbell Nebula, located approximately 1,360 light-years away in the constellation Vulpecula. What we’re witnessing is the aftermath of a dying star, one that has shed its outer layers into space, leaving behind an expanding cloud of glowing gas. The beautiful blue-green hues come primarily from ionized oxygen, while the reddish regions reveal glowing hydrogen. A cosmic farewell, painted in light. For nearly seven hours, my telescope patiently followed this celestial ghost across the sky, gathering photons that began their journey more than a thousand years ago. And that’s what continues to amaze me about astrophotography. We capture moments in the universe that happened long before we were born. 🙏 A special thanks to @myastroselection for the help and guidance during processing. Really appreciate your knowledge and willingness to help bring out the best in this data! 🔭 Tecnosky 115/800 V3 Triplet APO + 0.8× reducer (640mm) 📷 Player One Ares-C Pro (IMX533) 🎯 ZWO OAG + ZWO 220MM Mini ⚙️ Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro ⏱️ Almost 7 Hours Integration 🌃 Bortle 6 skies 💻 Processed in PixInsight One dying star. A thousand years of travelling light. Seven hours beneath the night sky. 👇 Have you photographed M27 yourself? I’d love to see your version! Tag me or share your experience in the comments. Clear skies, everyone! #Astrophotography #M27 #DumbbellNebula #DeepSkyAstrophotography #Astronomy
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Full Mineral Harvest Moon, captured on the morning of 27 September 2026 (a 2-panel mosaic) High resolution version coming to my website soon! Link in bio! (www.CVZastro.com) Bortle 5 My setup: 🔭 Askar 103APO ⚙️ Sky-Watcher EQ6-R 📸 ZWO ASI2600MC AIR 🌌 No filters #astro #astrophotography #deepspace #astronomy #youresa
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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 📸 🌌 🪐 #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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Full Mineral Harvest Moon, captured on the morning of 27 September 2026 (a 2-panel mosaic) High resolution version coming to my website soon! Link in bio! (www.CVZastro.com) Bortle 5 My setup: 🔭 Askar 103APO ⚙️ Sky-Watcher EQ6-R 📸 ZWO ASI2600MC AIR 🌌 No filters #astro #astrophotography #deepspace #astronomy #youresa
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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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The entire Messier Catalogue - 352 hours and 13 minutes total exposure time✨ I can barely believe it myself, but I have actually finished the Messier Catalogue, after deciding a year and a half ago to photograph every single object in it. With a total integration time of 352 hours and 13 minutes! One of the first Messier objects I photographed was Messier 45, back in 2024, when I had just purchased my first cooled deep-sky camera. Doing this from the Netherlands (N52.6°) was quite a challenge. Objects like Messier 7 sat so low on the horizon that treetops and a farm were visible in every sub frame, which I had to crop out before I could stack the data. For these low objects, I often had to travel to a semi-dark field nearby to get a clear view of the horizon, which meant many nights of sleeping in the car between exposures. Other objects like Messier 13, 31, 39, 51, 94 and 101, were visible from my balcony, so I didn't need to travel for those, which allowed me to gather a bit more data on them. As you might notice, some images are larger than others, and there's a reason for that too. Those are my favorite images😄, and most of them have a personal story behind how they came to be, which makes the collage a bit more personal and meaningful to me. In this post, I'm not only sharing the full collage, but also a selection of some of those favorite images I just mentioned. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! Acquisition details Telescopes: - Askar 103APO - William Optics Redcat 51 MK2.5 + SvBony 50mm guidescope Cameras: - ZWO ASI2600MC Air - ZWO ASI294MC Pro - ZWO ASI533MC Pro - ZWO ASI224MC (guide) Mounts - Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro - Sky-Watcher EQ5 Pro - ZWO AM3N Filters: - Optolong L-eXtreme 2" - Optolong L-Synergy 2" - Optolong L-eNhance 2" - Optolong L-Pro 2" - Optolong UV/IR Cut 2" Accessories: - ZWO ASIAIR - ZWO EFW 5x2 & EAF Special thanks to my friend @juul.silv for inspiring me to go for the entire catalogue🔭✨ #youresa #messier #astrophotography #space #telescope
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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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Don't get me wrong, I'm nowhere near what NASA is able to do with the Hubble Space Telescope. But I thought it would be fun to make another edit, really focusing on getting the colours right so I could compare the results. A mini version of NASA vs My Telescope. Enjoy!✨ 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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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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We might just have the most beautiful hobby in the world. Night after night, we point our telescopes into the darkness — chasing photons that have travelled for hundreds, thousands, sometimes millions of years just to end their journey on our sensors. Nebulae. Galaxies. Star clusters. Supernova remnants. 🔭 We all photograph the same universe… yet somehow, every image becomes something personal. And that’s what I love about astrophotography. There is always another target to capture. Another technique to learn. Another image that makes you stop scrolling and just stare. So now I want to see your universe. Show me the image you’re most proud of. Tag me, drop a comment, or simply connect with me. I want to discover more astrophotographers from around the world, see your work, share ideas and follow each other’s journey beneath the stars. 🤝🌠 Because the universe is far too big to explore alone. Clear skies, everyone. See you out there. 🌌🔭 #Astrophotography #DeepSkyAstrophotography #Astronomy #NightSky #space
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