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While most of Switzerland was watching the Euro ⚽️ final last night, I drove to a nearby hill to get a good view on the Milky Way core and the Rho Ophiuchi complex. It’s the only evening this month with clear skies - what a horrid month of weather it has been! 🌧 ☔️ ⛈
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Anyway, I digress… This photo is a two stack, side-by-side panorama with the lovely and fast 58mm f/1.4 Nikon lens. Each stack has about 20 images of 60 seconds exposures. Modified Nikon Z7 and tracked. Very little post processing here, mostly curve stretching and levels adjustments.
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Swipe to see the full pano 🌌
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#astrophotography #astronomy #milkywaychasers #milkywayphotography #milkywaygalaxy #rhophiuchi #antares #ophiuchus #nightphotography #spacephotography #deepspacephotography #nightimages #ig_nightphotography #nightshooters #nightphotography_exclusive #nikonastrophotography #nikon58mm #astronomer #backyardastronomy #backyardastrophotography

Sorry guys, it says UNIVERSE, so the best the rest

Sorry guys, it says UNIVERSE, so the best the rest of you can do is second place. 😛
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The simplest gifts are often the best gifts. ❤️ Birthday card I received today from my 12 year old son Liam. 🥰
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#birthdaylove #family #familylove #birthday #birthdayboy #birthdaycard #birthdaycards #homemadebirthdaycard

Alpaca Cuteness 🦙
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In Blausee for a day and c

Alpaca Cuteness 🦙
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In Blausee for a day and came across an alpaca farm. Yeah I know… Alpacas in the Swiss Alps?
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Too cute, had to share.
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#alpacalove #alpacafarm #alpaca #alpacagram #alpacaworld #alpacalife #alpacalife #alpacasofinsta #animals #animals_captures #animalsofig #cuteanimals #bestanimalpics #blausee #animalsoftheworld #funnyanimals #animals_illife #animalphotos #bestanimal #wildlifephotography #animalsofig #animals_captures #cuteanimalshot #animalsmood #kings_animals_love #raw_animals #animal_brilliance #nature_brilliance

NORTH AMERICA NEBULA 🌌
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A mostly starless ima

NORTH AMERICA NEBULA 🌌
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A mostly starless image of the North America Nebula, taken a few nights ago from my garden.
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Most of my deep space images have been very short exposures by astrophotography standards, and this has me struggling with controlling noise when processing the image. This one is maybe 40 minutes total exposure time (~20 x 2 min each). I’m mostly limited by the fact that I can’t stay up all night capturing data these days. 🥱
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Filtering out the stars and enhancing the nebulosity as separate layers certainly helps keep the noise under control, however.
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They’re not for everyone, bu I kinda’ like the starless images… they allow you to focus more on the nebula. Thoughts?
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#cygnusconstellation #astronomy #astronomer #backyardastronomy #backyardastro #nightsky #nightskyphotography #spacephotography #spacephoto #dso #deepspace #deepspacephotography #northamericanebula #ngc7000 #caldwell20 #northamericannebula #astronomer #amateurastronomy #astronomie #nightphotography #nightshooters #nightimages #nebula #nightshooterz #night_shooterz #nightphotography_exclusive #nikonz7

My first attempt at a beautiful and

LAGOON NEBULA.
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We’ve finally had a few stella

LAGOON NEBULA.
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We’ve finally had a few stellar evenings during this week’s new moon, making up for several really crappy months of new moon weather, just in time for peak milky way core viewing at our latitude. Last night was exceptionally stunning - by around 2am the full milky way arch was clearly visible to the naked eye and the night sky really had that “3D” look where you really feel you are but a tiny part of the cosmos. Really not bad for Bortle 4 skies.
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So… lots of pics to share once manage to catch up with processing. This one was taken last night in our driveway - swipe to see a detail and the position of the nebula in the sky at around 1am.
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The Lagoon Nebula is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It’s estimated to be between 4,000-6,000 light-years away from the Earth with a size of about 110 by 50 light years. It is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the eye from mid-northern latitudes.
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Other names: Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72.
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Shot info: Nikon Z7a with 70-200mm f/2.8 and 1.4x TC (at 280mm f/5) and CCD clip-in filter. Tracked exposures of only 16 x 2min and some dark frames.
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#astronomy #astronomer #lagoonnebula #backyardastronomy #backyardastro #nightsky #nightskyphotography #spacephotography #spacephoto #dso #deepspace #deepspacephotography #Messier8 #M8 #NGC6523 #Sharpless25 #RCW146 #Gum72 #nightsky #milkyway #milkywaychasers #astrophotos #spacephotography #nightexposure #nightphotography_exclusive #nikonastrophotography #astronomie #amateurastronomy #nasa

Happy to report that the young magpie we rescued l

Happy to report that the young magpie we rescued last week after a night of extreme winds was released a few days later and rejoined its siblings. We spotted its parents feeding it shortly after it made its way to its nest, so we’re confident it was reintegrated successfully. 🥰 ❤️
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This image was taken about an hour after its release, on its way up to its nest.
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#magpie #eurasianmagpie #eye_spy_birds #rescuebird #birdrescue #picapica #birdsineurope #birds_private #birds_captures #nuts_about_birds
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#your_best_birds #bird_freaks #kings_birds #birds_brilliance #birdphotography #birdlife #birdconservation #birdfreaks #birds_adored #birdshot
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#birdphotos #bestbirdshots #bestbirds #bestbirdsshot #magpiebeauty #birdplanet #birds_perfection #bird_lovers_daily
#best_birds_of_ig #best_birds_of_world

Core of Cygnus 🦢 🔭
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Swipe to see its locati

Core of Cygnus 🦢 🔭
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Swipe to see its location in the sky if you’re not sure.
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Last night we finally had wonderfully clear skies - first nice evening in so long! Unfortunately I couldn’t stay up to late but managed about 15 x 90sec exposures before having to call it a night. The sky doesn’t get quite dark enough these days until about 23:15, so there’s a much shorter window of opportunity compared to winter astrophotography.
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So, this is only about 20 min total exposure time on the central part of the Swan, featuring the North American Nebula in the bottom left. You may have to tilt your head to the left to “see” it.
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Astro-modified Nikon Z7 at about 90mm on a 70-200mm f/2.8 (f/4 / ISO 1600).
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#cygnus #cygnusconstellation #deneb #astronomy #astronomer #backyardastronomy #backyardastro #nightsky #nightskyphotography #spacephotography #spacephoto #dso #deepspace #deepspacephotography #northamericanebula #ngc7000 #caldwell20 #northamericannebula

THE STARE 🦊
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A lone fox takes advantage of a n

THE STARE 🦊
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A lone fox takes advantage of a newly mowed hay field in its hunt for field mice. He was nice to me, posing for a few moments as I slowly pulled my car over and quietly snapped a few frames.
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Photography Rule No. 1 ~ Always have camera!
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#fox #foxes #foxesofig #nutsaboutwildlife #foxesworldwide #redfox #vulpes #vulpesvulpes
#nature_brilliance #natureaddict
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#naturediversity #wildlifephotography #animalcrossing #naturephotography #foxesandcub #foxesworldwide #redfoxes #lovefoxes #animalsaddict
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#wildlifephoto #wildlifephotographic #bbcwildlife #bestwildlife #featuredwildlife #wildlifephotos #instaneuch #animalphotography #animaux #animals_captures

I see you 👁.
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Red Kite surveying our garden la

I see you 👁.
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Red Kite surveying our garden last week, maybe checking out the chicken coop….
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The third largest raptor in Switzerland, after the Bearded Vulture and the Golden Eagle.
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👈🏻 Swipe for full view.
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#redkite #milvusmilvus #milanroyal #birds #birds_captures #kings_birds #birds_private #eye_spy_birds #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #birds_adored #animalphotography #birdsonearth #raptors #swissbirds #naturebirdshots #birds_nature #bestbirdshots #bestbirds #birdoftheweek #birdsofswitzerland #birdsofprey #bird_brilliance #backyardbirds #backyardbirding #birdseyeview #best_birds_of_world #best_birds_of_ig

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