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https://www.ufofeed.com/180966/andromeda-galaxy-through-70mm-telescope-mobile-phone-untracked/ Andromeda galaxy through 70mm telescope + mobile phone untracked #Astronomy #Astrophotography

https://www.ufofeed.com/180948/comet-atlas-c-2025-k1-atlas-2/ Comet Atlas (C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)) #Astronomy #Astrophotography

2025 December 2

M77: Spiral Galaxy with an Active Center
* Image Credit: Hubble, NASA, ESA, L. C. Ho, D. Thilker
https://hla.stsci.edu/
https://www.nasa.gov/
https://www.esa.int/
http://kavli.pku.edu.cn/people/luis-c-ho
https://physics-astronomy.jhu.edu/directory/david-thilker/

Explanation:
What's happening in the center of nearby spiral galaxy M77? The face-on galaxy lies a mere 47 million light-years away toward the constellation of the Sea Monster (Cetus). At that estimated distance, this gorgeous island universe is about 100 thousand light-years across. Also known as NGC 1068, its compact and very bright core is well studied by astronomers exploring the mysteries of supermassive black holes in active Seyfert galaxies. M77's active core glows bright at x-ray, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, and radio wavelengths. The featured sharp image of M77 was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The image shows details of the spiral's winding spiral arms as traced by obscuring red dust clouds and blue star clusters, all circling the galaxy's bright white luminous center.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_77
https://esahubble.org/images/potw2515a/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_galactic_nucleus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seyfert_galaxy
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250504.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus_(constellation)
https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/cosmic_distance.html
https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/March02/Gordon/Gordon2.html
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/universe-uncovered/hubble-star-clusters/

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/overview/about-hubble/
https://science.nasa.gov/ems/11_xrays/
https://science.nasa.gov/ems/10_ultravioletwaves/
https://science.nasa.gov/ems/07_infraredwaves/
https://science.nasa.gov/ems/09_visiblelight/
https://science.nasa.gov/ems/07_infraredwaves/
https://science.nasa.gov/ems/05_radiowaves/
https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/cosmic_distance.html

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130831.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap161109.html

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251202.html

#space #galaxy #astrophotography #photography #science #astronomy #nature #NASA #ESA #apod

2025 December 2
A big beautiful sprawling spiral galaxy is shown. The galaxy has well defined spiral arms with bright blue star clusters and dark red dust. The center is a bright white.

M77: Spiral Galaxy with an Active Center
* Image Credit: Hubble, NASA, ESA, L. C. Ho, D. Thilker

Explanation:
What's happening in the center of nearby spiral galaxy M77? The face-on galaxy lies a mere 47 million light-years away toward the constellation of the Sea Monster (Cetus). At that estimated distance, this gorgeous island universe is about 100 thousand light-years across. Also known as NGC 1068, its compact and very bright core is well studied by astronomers exploring the mysteries of supermassive black holes in active Seyfert galaxies. M77's active core glows bright at x-ray, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, and radio wavelengths. The featured sharp image of M77 was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The image shows details of the spiral's winding spiral arms as traced by obscuring red dust clouds and blue star clusters, all circling the galaxy's bright white luminous center.

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https://www.ufofeed.com/180926/tonights-entertainment/ Tonight’s Entertainment #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Ring Nebula Drawn
Credits: Frédéric Burgeot
#nature #space #astrophotography

https://www.ufofeed.com/180902/pleiades-through-70mm-scope-mobile-phone-untracked/ Pleiades through 70mm scope + mobile phone untracked #Astronomy #Astrophotography

https://www.ufofeed.com/180884/andromeda-galaxy-seestar-s30/ Andromeda Galaxy Seestar S30 #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Moonrise, Hayfield

#photography
#RuralSouth
#AstroPhotography

Moon rising over a hayfield with stars and clouds and shadows of trees.

I forgot, I also took one other shot last night! This was taken with the #dwarf3 's wide angle lens, and is only about 3 minutes of data.

It will look upside down for the Northern Hemisphere folks, but here we have all of #Orion or #Nyingarn (the echidna in #Noongar) in one frame.

A bit of light post-processing in Stellar Studio and #Snapseed.

#astronomy #astrophotography #astrodon #southernhemisphere #backyardAstronomy

The constellation of Orion, but upside-down as it has been shot from the Southern Hemisphere. Orion's Belt is in the centre of the frame .

Last night was surprisingly successful for #astrophotography. I shot five targets, and got good results for three of them. The fifth ... I'll add its data to my previous sessions later.

First up was the #Moon. At about 3/4 full, it is now a major issue for many targets, but makes for a great image itself, as the surface is mostly visible, but still has the sun hitting at an angle, so we get great shadows.

Second was the #TarantulaNebula , aka #C103 or #NGC2070 .

Next up was a bit of an experiment - #Orion 's Belt. This was a roughly 1 hour mosaic, and I am pretty pleased with how it has come out.

Last for the evening was the #BeehiveCluster or #M44. I don't often shoot clusters, but I thought this was in a good position. Sadly there is no nebulosity associated with it. Despite this, it has come up looking very pretty.

Here is a little collage of the evenings shots.

#astronomy #Astrodon #backyardAstronomy #southernhemisphere #Dwarf3 #Snapseed

A grid collage of four astrophotographs. Top left is a 3/4 moon, top right is an open cluster of stars (The Beehive), bottom right is a blue nebula with a vertical extension showing red/orange (Tarantula Nebula), bottom left is a diagonal row of three stars (the Belt of Orion), the bottom star has a bright blue nebula around it, and a reddish extension just to the left.

https://www.ufofeed.com/180830/helix-eye-of-god/ Helix/Eye of God #Astronomy #Astrophotography

The other night I shot Andromeda (upper left) and Triangulum (bottom right) - the two major galaxies which, along with our own Milky Way, form our local group. The Milky Way is unique in that it exists in a statistically improbable galactic void. Normal galaxies have many more close neighbors. But out here it's just Andromeda, Triangulum, and Us - three companions in the black.

The stars look kindy fuzzy because of light clouds while I was photographing and also possibly the lens I used.

Photo Info:
~1 hour of exposure from Nikon Z 6 ii / 85mm f1.8 viltrox lens stacked and processed in Siril and GIMP 3.
Taken 11/25/2025 at Letts Lake in the California coastal range.

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I hope everyone is doing well :)

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#astronomy #astrophotography #gimp #siril #science #nature #california #mendocino

https://www.ufofeed.com/180812/orion-nebula-through-70mm-telescope-mobile-phone-untracked/ Orion Nebula through 70mm telescope + mobile phone untracked #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Aristarchus Plateau
Credits: Russell Croman
#nature #space #astrophotography

New #astrophotography gear arrived! #astrodon

https://www.ufofeed.com/180790/old-photo-that-i-just-retouched/ Old photo that I just retouched #Astronomy #Astrophotography

A buyer from Texas just took advantage of the sale on wall prints to pick up three metal prints of my space photos! Don't wait! 25% off wall art ends TONIGHT!

https://briangweber.com/art

#photography #astrophotography #nebula #sale #art #localartist #shoplocal #smallbusiness #holidaygifts #smallbusinesssaturday