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Yeah, *thanks* Elon. I just started a mosaic, and it's noughts and crosses up there!

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Early part of a photomosaic, showing part of the Orion Nebula. The sky is criss crossed with multiple satellite trails.

Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter (and clouds)
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The great Orion's nebula
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full moon

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.

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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.

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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.

The #moon 🌔and the #ISS 🛰
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Moon(s)
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It is the end of #Kambarang and the start of #Birak here in #Noongar Country. With that the Emu is setting early in the evening. As compensation, we are now getting the #EtaCarinaNebula instead.

So last night I did a mosaic shot of with with my #Dwarf3 #SmartTelescope from my back yard.

Only a couple of hours effective exposure, but I am really happy with the results.

2hrs 13 minutes, 60s@60, Ha/OIII filter.

Postprocessed in the #DwarfLab Stellar Studio and #snapseed.

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A bright orange/yellow nebula, with a "Y" of dust lanes. Text in the corners gives the date, location, and exposure details (see text).

The Pleiades
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A year after my first wide-field capture of the Pleiades, I revisited M45 with a tighter composition to reveal more of its hidden structure.

This close-up view brings out the delicate blue wisps of the reflection nebula—filaments, arcs, and soft dust clouds shaped by the hot young stars of the cluster.

With deeper integration and refined processing, this new image highlights just how intricate and dynamic the Pleiades truly are.

Scope: Askar 103APO
Lens: Askar 0.6x Reducer
Scope: Askar 103APO
Lens: Askar 0.6x Reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 294MC Pro
Filter: Svbony UV/IR Cut
Mount: SkyWatcher AZ-EQ5-GT
Guiding: SkyWatcher Evoguide 50ED with ZWO ASI 224MC
Controller: ZWO ASIAir Pro
Focusser: ZWO EAF

Integration time: 6hrs 24min

Full version and print available at:
https://adfr.io/astro/20251122_m45/

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Ständig diese möglichen #Polarlicht Events.
In der Realität schläft Arbeitsmensch, oder die Wolken zeigen Präsenz.
Da bin ich ganz glücklich, heute halbschlafend die Kamera mit allen Automatiken gen Norden gerichtet zu haben: tatsächlich - #polarlichter 👍
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leichter, lila Schimmer über dem frühmorgentlichen Dorfhorizont

Mein erstes Astrofoto. Von der Andromeda Galaxie.

60 Fotos mit je 60Sek Belichtungszeit und das ist nur das Guide Scope, weil ich die DSLR nicht scharf gestellt bekommen habe.

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A couple of weeks ago I shot IC434 - the Flame Nebula along with Barnard 33 - the Horsehead Nebula.

I added another 2.5 hours to that shot overnight, and the extra detail is amazing, even though the restacking rejected a lot of frames from both. In the end I got an extra hour of exposure.

The image is centred on Alnitak - one end of Orion's Belt. Off in the corner we have the middle of the belt, Alnilam.

To the right of Alnitak is NGC2024, and above and to the left is IC434 - The Flame Nebula, with the Horsehead Nebula on the right hand edge. In between the two nebulae, though, is a third one - NGC2023.

Also scattered around are three other tiny and/or faint nebulae - IC431, IC432 (both below NGC2024) and IC435 (to the right of NGC2023).

Lastly, in the top left quadrant we have Sigma Orionis.

So we have a lot going on, and it makes for a pretty composition (in my opinion).

Shot on a Dwarf3, 3hr 58 minutes, 60s@80, OIII/Ha filter. Post processed in Stellar Studio and Snapseed.

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An L-shape formed by two reddish nebulae with a bright star in the corner of the L is the centre of the image. Another bright star is in the bottom left corner, and there is a smaller blue nebula in between the arms of the L. On the upper arm of the L is the famous Horsehead dark nebula.

The North America Nebula
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This is my latest image of the North America Nebula, a vast emission region in Cygnus, about 2,600 light-years away. The resemblance to the North American continent is striking — even in the raw data, the “Gulf of Mexico” region glows vividly in hydrogen light.

Captured and processed in the HOO palette (Hydrogen–Oxygen–Oxygen), the image combines warm hydrogen tones with cool oxygen blues. This mapping brings out the delicate structures and ionization fronts hidden in the nebula — the areas where newborn stars sculpt their surroundings with light and wind.

The dark band cutting across the nebula is a dense molecular cloud (L935), blocking the light behind it. Inside these dusty regions, new stars are still forming — invisible in visible light but revealed through narrowband imaging.

Every time I process this region, I’m reminded of how alive our galaxy is — constantly building, shaping, and recycling itself.

Scope: Askar 103APO
Lens: Askar 0.6x Reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 294MC Pro
Filter: Antlia Tri-Band RGB Ultra
Mount: SkyWatcher AZ-EQ5-GT
Guiding: SkyWatcher Evoguide 50ED with ZWO ASI 224MC
Controller: ZWO ASIAir Pro
Focusser: ZWO EAF

Integration time: 3hrs 20min

Full version and print available at:
https://adfr.io/astro/20251105_ngc7000/

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S̶u̶p̶e̶r̶luna d̶e̶l̶ c̶a̶s̶t̶o̶r̶o̶ di novembre
B̶e̶a̶v̶e̶r̶ November s̶u̶p̶e̶r̶moon
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Something a little different.

The #Dwarf3 has three built-in filters, a visual filter (blocks IR and UV), the "Astro" filter which lets in IR, and an Ha/OIII filter.

Normally, for galaxies and clusters, you'd use the Astro filter to maximise the light getting into the sensor.

Last night I did something a little different. The Small Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, and one of only a few galaxies visible to the naked eye. It is also close enough for us to see non-stellar objects. By using the Ha/OIII filter instead of the usual Astro filter, I was able to highlight and isolate the many star-forming regions in this galactic neighbour.

Taken as a 2x2 mosaic over just under 6 hours last night. 60s frames at gain 90. Postprocessed in #Snapseed and Stellar Studio.

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The Small Magellanic Cloud, with most of the stars stripped away, leaving the many star-forming regions. There are two large ones near the middle of the top, and many smaller ones in the centre. In the top right corner is the globular cluster 47Tuc.

Hello folks. It's a bit difficult getting this galaxy from my place in the suburbs as it's quite low in the sky for me and doesn't hang around, but it's one of our rare big face on spirals, so I had to give it a shot.

After a little post I think it looks quite good.

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A large spiral Galaxy with multiple arms, the Triangulum Galaxy, dominates the scene amidst a medium star field.

As it seems to be a popular target at the moment, here's one of our closer galactic neighbours, the #TriangulumGalaxy.

Here in Perth it is a tricky target, and I just got lucky and snuck in a shot between the neighbour's houses. As a result, with it only 20-odd degrees above the horizon, it is a bit noisy.

#Dwarf3 #SmartTelescope 1hr 34 minutes, over two nights. Gain 60 and Gain 80, 60s exposures, about 45 minutes each session. Postprocessed in #Snapseed and Stellar Studio.

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A swirling spiral Galaxy with a slight bar in the middle. Sort of pinkish.

"End of the Belt"
This is a fun shot, centred on Alnitak - one end of Orion's Belt. Off in the corner we have the middle of the belt, Alnilam.

To the right of Alnitak is NGC2024, and above and to the left is IC434 - The Flame Nebula, with the Horsehead Nebula on the right hand edge. In between the two nebulae, though, is a third one - NGC2023.

Also scattered around are three other tiny and/or faint nebulae - IC431, IC432 (both below NGC2024) and IC435 (to the right of NGC2023).

Lastly, in the top left quadrant we have Sigma Orionis.

So we have a lot going on, and it makes for a pretty composition (in my opinion).

Shot on a Dwarf3, 2hr 51 minutes, 60s@80, OIII/Ha filter. Post processed in Stellar Studio and Snapseed.

#Dwarf3 #SmartTelescope #BackYardAstronomy #Astronomy #astrophotography #Astrodon #Snapseed #Orion #IC434 #NCG2023 #NGC2024 #HorseheadNebula

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