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CALIFORNIA DREAMING . A “how it is going” vers

CALIFORNIA DREAMING
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A “how it is going” versus “where I was” post… The California Nebula.
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First image taken last week (#nikonz7) versus an image taken in early March of this year (#nikond5500) - near the beginning of my astrophotography adventures. Much cleaner images coming out of the Z7, infinity/star focus is much, much easier as well. Same lens was used for both (70-200 f/2.8 at 200mm). Roughly the same total exposure also for both (~90min).
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Hope you like it!
Have a great weekend. ✨ 🌌 💫
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#californianebula #ngc1499 #ngc1499californianebula #deepspace #astrophotographer #astrophotography #astrophoto #skyphotography #nightphotography #nightskyphotography #nightsky #perseus #space #dso #deepspaceobject #astronomy #backyardastronomy #backyardastronomer #backyardastrophotography #nightphotography #nightskyphotography #nightskychasers #nightshooterz #nightshooters #nightphotography_exclusive #night_captures #nightphotographypros

Cygnus, setting behind the hills, looking up our d

Cygnus, setting behind the hills, looking up our driveway.
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I waited until the moon set (about midnight) before heading outside for a few non-tracked photos. This is a 25 sec exposure and I simply painted the driveway with a flashlight for a few seconds.
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It’s getting colder but winter targets are slowly revealing themselves on the other side of the horizon (Orion, Auriga, Rosette)… 🌌
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NikonZ7a with 14-24mm (at 14mm f/2.8) • 25 sec at ISO 6400.
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#milkyway #milkywaychasers #backyardastrophotography #nightphotography #nightscaper #nightscape #nightskyphotography #night_shooterz #night_captures #backyardastro #milkywaygalaxy #milkywaypics #milkyway_nightscapes #skyguideapp #nightphotography_exclusive #cygnus #nightskyart #nightskies #nightsky #pocket_nights #instaneuch #starrynight #starrystarrynight #nikonmirrorless

SEVEN SISTERS / PLEIADES . Well, my attempt on the

SEVEN SISTERS / PLEIADES
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Well, my attempt on the Triangulum Galaxy last night was a complete failure due to tracking errors (non-guided). The target is also simply too small for my setup I think. However, later in the evening I turned the camera to Pleiades - which had in the meantime had risen above the tree line. Some sloppiness in tracking is still visible here (look at the smaller stars), but the main stars of the constellation are affected much less. I honestly didn’t think that I had collected enough data to reveal the faint blueish gas clouds, so I was pleasantly surprised to see them slowly reveal themselves without too much work in processing.
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Being approximately 444 light years away it is among the star clusters nearest to Earth, it is the nearest Messier object to Earth - it is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky.
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About 1.5 hour of exposure at 2.5min each frame plus some dark frames. Nikon Z7 with 70-200 f/2.8 and 1.4TC - shot at 280mm and f/5.
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#pleiades #dso #deepspace #deepskyobjects #deepspacephotography #astrophotography #astro #astronomy #m45 #sevensisters #7sistersstarcluster #starrysky #starrynight #spacephotography #spacephoto #deepskyobject #deepskyphotography #nikonmirrorless #nightsky #starryskystacker #astronomie #spacenerd #astronomylovers #nightshooterz #nightskyphotography #nightshooters #astronomyphotography #staradventurer

Single 120 second Ha exposure of the Lagoon Nebula

Single 120 second Ha exposure of the Lagoon Nebula and surrounding area, just before it disappears below the high tree line surrounding our area.
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Swipe to see what it looks like in the @fifthstarlabs Sky Guide app.
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Nikon Z7 astro mod at 400mm with 70-200 f/2.8 and 2x TC.
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#lagoonnebula #hydrogenalpha #halpha #astrophotography #hydrogenalpha #halpha #astro #astronomy #backyardastronomy #backyardastro #backyardastrophotography #nebula #nightphotography #nightsky #astronomik #space #deepspace #nebulae #trifidnebula #ng6530 #omeganebula #nikonmirrorless #astromod #astronomynerd #amateurastronomy #narrowband #narrowbandimaging

Close up of the Katydid (bush cricket) that landed

Close up of the Katydid (bush cricket) that landed on me in my garden on Friday (swipe for short video).
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Man, my IG is so random I realize… galaxies one day and bugs or birds the next. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Instagram punishes you when you’re not completely niche… but a while ago I really stopped giving a shit and just posted stuff I’m currently shooting.
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Hope you enjoy my randomness, and thanks for following! 🤗
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These photos were taken quickly in horrid light (bright sunshine)… and the little bugger was all over the place! Handheld image with Nikon D850 + 105mm micro.
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#macrophotography #macroworld #igbest_macros #macroclique #insect_perfection #macro_captures #kings_insects #macromood #macro_kings #macro_highlight #mta_macro #top_macro #macroshot #macro_secrets #macro_mood #macromood #macro_highlight #igbest_macros #bns_macro #macrolove #nikon105macro #nature_brilliance #macro_brilliance #kings_macro #macro_captures #garden_photography #nuts_about_macro #bushcricket #katydid #closeupphotography

N A R R O W B A N D 🌝 Full moon this week with

N A R R O W B A N D 🌝
Full moon this week with clear skies so I finally got a chance to try a narrow-band filter from Astronomik. The clip-in filter sits just behind the lens and in front of the camera sensor. It filters out (almost) everything EXCEPT the wavelength 656 nanometers (and 6nm on each side). This is the coveted “Hydrogen Alpha” zone which produces the nice reds in emission nebulas.
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Consumer DSLRs have a permanent filter on the sensor which blocks most of this zone, but it can be removed to allow these wavelength to be captured. This is often called an “astro-modified” camera and can be done by several companies (or oneself if so inclined).
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My Nikon Z7 has been “astro-modded” so combined with the narrowband filter it can “see” the nebulae… even during heavily moonlit nights like this week (the moonlight and city light pollution is mostly filtered out).
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So here are a few images from this week that were all taken during almost full moon phases. Each are stacks of about 90min of data (only). The red channel from each has been extracted and processed as a greyscale image. These can be combined with color RGB versions later to provide extra “pop” and luminosity.
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Swipe to see 5 images from this week.
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The California nebula was soooo close to the bright moon and yet still turned out ok… it’s amazing shooting during moonlit nights like this!
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Hope you enjoy. Cheers.
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All images taken with modded Nikon Z7 and 70-200mm f/2.8, most at 200mm except wide field Cygnus (70mm). Roughly 45x2min exposures each including a few dark frames. Tracked on a sky-watcher star adventurer mount.
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#astrophotography #hydrogenalpha #halpha #astro #astronomy #backyardastronomy #backyardastro #backyardastrophotography #nebula #nightphotography #nightsky #astronomik #space #deepspace #nebulae #heartandsoul #cygnus #eaglenebula #omeganebula #northamericanebula #californianebula #nikonmirrorless #astromod #astronomynerd #amateurastronomy

Another handsome fellow from my garden safari this

Another handsome fellow from my garden safari this weekend.
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Handheld image single image with Nikon D850 + 105mm micro (natural light).
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#macrophotography #insectphotography #insects_of_our_world #backyardsafari #backyardphotography #macroworld #igbest_macros #macroclique #insect_perfection #macro_captures #kings_insects #macromood #macro_kings #macro_highlight #mta_macro #top_macro #macroshot #macro_secrets #macro_mood #macromood #macro_highlight #igbest_macros #bns_macro #macrolove #nikon105macro #nature_brilliance #macro_brilliance #kings_macro #macro_captures #garden_photography #nuts_about_macro

Another view of the fellow from my last post. I go

Another view of the fellow from my last post. I got a little lost on a backyard photo safari this weekend! 😝 More insect photos coming…
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#macrophotography #macroworld #igbest_macros #macroclique #insect_perfection #macro_captures #kings_insects #macromood #macro_kings #macro_highlight #mta_macro #top_macro #macroshot #macro_secrets #macro_mood #macromood #macro_highlight #igbest_macros #bns_macro #macrolove #nikon105macro #nature_brilliance #macro_brilliance #kings_macro #macro_captures #garden_photography #nuts_about_macro #closeupphotography #bee #honeybee

🟨 Y E L L O W 🟨 . It’s been a while… dec

🟨 Y E L L O W 🟨
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It’s been a while… decided to blow the dust off my macro lens and putter around the garden this afternoon. A few more bug images to follow over the weekend! 🐛 🐝 🐜
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This photo: Handheld image with Nikon D850 + 105mm micro (natural light).
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#macrophotography #macroworld #igbest_macros #macroclique #insect_perfection #macro_captures #kings_insects #macromood #macro_kings #macro_highlight #mta_macro #top_macro #macroshot #macro_secrets #macro_mood #macromood #macro_highlight #igbest_macros #bns_macro #macrolove #nikonmacro #nikon105macro #nature_brilliance #macro_brilliance #kings_macro #macro_captures #garden_photography #nuts_about_macro #closeupphotography

Managed a milky way shot through the fleeting wisp

Managed a milky way shot through the fleeting wispy clouds last night. Sigh… the core is already disappearing quite early (but hey, Orion is creeping up late at night 😉).
#backyardastrophotography
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See my story for uncropped version.
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#milkyway #milkywaychasers #nightphotography #nightscaper #nightscape #nightskyphotography #night_shooterz #night_captures #backyardastro #milkywaygalaxy #milkywaypics #milkyway_nightscapes #skyguideapp #nightphotography_exclusive

EAGLE NEBULA 🦅
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Image taken last weekend. I’m nearing the limits of how far I can image into deep space with my current setup I think. This is a DEEP crop from the 45MP Nikon Z7 at 280mm. I have longer and faster lenses, but they are simply too heavy to mount on my star tracker, …and then they would have to be guided as well. Maybe soon I’ll invest in a heavier mount.
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Nikon Z7a with 70-200 f/2.8 and 1.4x TC. Roughly 30 exposures of 2 min each plus some dark frames.
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The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula and The Spire) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. Both the "Eagle" and the "Star Queen" refer to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near the center of the nebula, an area made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the aforementioned Pillars of Creation [wikipedia].
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The Eagle Nebula lies in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way - swipe to locate.
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#eaglenebula #messier16 #M16 #NGC6611 #starqueennebula #starqueen #thespire #nightphotography #deepspace #deepspacephotography #astrophotography #nightscaper #nightimages #nightsky #astropics #nikonmirrorless #spacephotography #milkyway #milkywaychasers #spacephotos #nebula #nebulae #astronomy #astronomer #backyardastronomy #backyardastrophotography #astrophoto #astronomynerd #amateurastronomy

And now a short break from astrophotography for so

And now a short break from astrophotography for some German Shepherd slo-mo fun. Featuring Yuma. 🐾

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#gsd #germanshepherd #gsdlove #gsdnation #gsdlife #dogoftheday #gsddaily #gsdstagram #slomo #slomotion #slomovideo #germanshepherdofig #germanshepherddaily #germanshepherdsofig #gsdlover #animalelite #animals_captures #animalsvideo #petvideos #mansbestfriend #mansbestfriend🐶

CASSIOPEIA, HEART & SOUL . Clear skies last night

CASSIOPEIA, HEART & SOUL
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Clear skies last night and the wind died down a little. I had a couple of hours so decided to shoot some wide field images of both the Cassiopeia area and the Eagle Nebula area (about an hour of subs for each).
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Here’s a quick edit of the Cassiopeia series which includes the Heart and Soul Nebulas to the bottom of the image. Getting a bit better at processing the images, especially controlling noise by separating nebulae from stars and then processing them separately.
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Swipe to see the sky placement of this at around midnight last night.
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Pleiades and California nebulae are already rising later in the night… the nights are getting shorter already, Orion will start edging its way back into view fit the winter in no time…
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Wishing everyone a nice weekend 🌌
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Nikon Z7a with 58mm f/1.4 (at f/2). 20 x 2min subs + few dark frames.
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#cassiopeia #nightphotography #nightskyphotography #nightsky #astrophotography #astronomy #backyardastronomy #backyardastrophotography #astrophotography #nikonz7 #nikonmirrorless #skyguideapp #heartandsoul #heartandsoulnebula #nebulae #nightskychasers #milkyway #spacephotography #spacephotos #astrophoto #astronomie #amateurastronomy #nikonastrophotography #starrysky #starryskystacker

Another milky way image - taken last week, while I

Another milky way image - taken last week, while I wandering around our neighborhood at 3am 😄 (see my previous posts). 🌌
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Full moon tonight - too bright for stargazing but it’s a good opportunity to process images taken earlier this month.
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Image: Nikon Z6 with 20mm f/1.8 S.
Merged vertical panorama of 4 images.
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#nightsky #ig_nightphotography #astrophotography #universetoday #nightscape #rsa_night #starrynight #stargazing #skymasters #nikonz6 #astrophoto #milkywaychasers #nightshooters #night_shooterz #ig_astrophotography #astroworld #sky_brilliance #sky_captures #milkyway_nightscapes #night_sky #instaneuch #milkyway #milkywaynightscapes #nightphotography #nightowlphotography #igneuchatel #nightshooters

ANDROMEDA GALAXY 🌌 . Our closest neighbor - th

ANDROMEDA GALAXY 🌌
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Our closest neighbor - the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way (2.5 million LY). Taken last week from our garden while I was observing and shooting the Perseid meteors with other equipment.
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I realize that it’s not Hubble-level imagery, but I’m awestruck that one can decently shoot such far-reaching objects with rudimentary equipment (no telescope).
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About 70 exposures x 90 seconds each stacked with maybe 15 dark frames. Nikon Z7a with 70-200 f/2.8 (at 200mm f/3.5). ISO 1000. Unguided on a Star Watcher Star Adventurer.
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#m31 #andromeda #andromedagalaxy #messier31 #ngc224 #spacephotography #astrophotography #deepspace #deepspacephotography #spiralgalaxy #astronomy #m110 #m32 #spacepictures #astronomer #sky_captures #night4view #nightphotography #spaceobjects #spaceimages #nightpixels #spacexploration #spacelovers #astrophotography_ #astrophotography_space #nightphotography #nightsky

3 AM in Le Côty 😴 🌌 . Last night, while t

3 AM in Le Côty 😴 🌌
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Last night, while the star tracker was ticking away following the Andromeda Galaxy for a few hours, I did a little walk around the neighborhood with another camera to capture a few landscape milky way scenes. The neighboring farmers had just recently mowed and tilled the fields to prepare for the mechanical hay baler, producing aesthetic lines of neatly mowed grass. The milky way core provides a nice backdrop.
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Pretty quiet at 3am! 😴 💤
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Image: Nikon Z6 with 20mm f/1.8 S.
Merged panorama of 4 images.
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#nightsky #ig_nightphotography #astrophotography #universetoday #nightscape #rsa_night #starrynight #stargazing #skymasters #nikonz6 #astrophoto #milkywaychasers #nightshooters #night_shooterz #ig_astrophotography #astroworld #sky_brilliance #sky_captures #sky_sultans #milkyway_nightscapes #night_sky #instaneuch #milkyway #milkywaynightscapes #nightphotography #nightowlphotography #igneuchatel

Beautiful evening last night! ☄️ 🌌 . Spott

Beautiful evening last night! ☄️ 🌌
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Spotted many meteors streaking across the clearly visible milky way. I’ve over 1200 pics to go through (mostly timelapse sequences), but here’s one that I spotted while importing the images today. It’s actually a 3-image composite, blending the foreground from 1 image and the sky and meteors from 2 others.
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The view is to the northeast sky (Cassiopeia), with Andromeda galaxy clearly visible just above the pine tree. This is close to the perceived source of the meteors (a.k.a. the radiant). The orange glow of the village of Le Pâquier in the background.
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In case you missed it last night, the Perseids shower is actually peaking today and tonight, but skies are not supposed to be as clear in our area today. Good luck if you’re heading out tonight! 🍀 ☄️🤞🏻
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Taken with unmodified Nikon Z6 and 20mm S f/1.8 (at f/2 • 20s exposures).
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#nightsky #ig_nightphotography #astrophotography #universetoday #nightscape #rsa_night #starrynight #milkywaygalaxy #stargazing #skymasters #nikonz6 #astrophoto #milkywaychasers #nightshooters #night_shooterz #ig_astrophotography #astroworld #sky_brilliance #sky_captures #sky_sultans #milkyway_nightscapes #night_sky #perseids #perseid #perseidsmeteorshower #meteor #meteorshower #andromedagalaxy
#instaneuch

#perseidmeteorshower coming up this week! There’

#perseidmeteorshower coming up this week!
There’s a new moon this week so conditions will be great, as long as skies are clear! 🤞🏻 ☄️
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Here’s a single exposure pic from last year, taken from our garden near Neuchâtel Switzerland - a meteor, the milky way central core and Jupiter.
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Single exposure of 15 seconds with Nikon Z6 and 20mm S f/1.8 (at f/2).
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#nightsky #ig_nightphotography #astrophotography #universetoday #nightscape #rsa_night #starrynight #milkywaygalaxy #stargazing #skymasters #nikonz6 #astrophoto #milkywaychasers #nightshooters #night_shooterz #ig_astrophotography #astroworld #sky_brilliance #sky_captures #sky_sultans #milkyway_nightscapes #night_sky #nikonz6mirrorless #perseids #perseid #perseidsmeteorshower #meteor #meteorshower

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 🦙 . 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 🌌 . 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

RHO OPHIUCHI My first attempt at a beautiful and

RHO OPHIUCHI

My first attempt at a beautiful and popular astrophotography target. Rho Ophiuchi is easy to locate but it never rises very high above the horizon at our latitude - being located in the southern sky, it’s located just above the significant light pollution of the Swiss lowlands (relative to our location). I used a 2 min exposure time for only about 15 subs, but due to the light pollution the details were almost washed out even at only 2 minutes. I recovered quite a bit of info but there’s a lot of noise here that I had to contend with.
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Antares and Rho Ophiuchi Region
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The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a dark nebula of gas and dust that is one of the closest star-forming regions to our Solar System.
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Antares (the bright orange one in this photo) is on average the fifteenth-brightest star in the night sky, and the brightest object in the constellation of Scorpius. It is is a red supergiant, a large evolved massive star and one of the largest stars visible to the naked eye. Its exact size remains uncertain, but if placed at the center of the Solar System, it would reach to somewhere between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Its mass is calculated to be around 12 times that of the Sun.
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Shot info: Nikon Z7a with 70-200mm f/2.8 (at 150mm f/4) and CCD clip-in filter. Tracked exposures of only 15 x 2min and some dark frames.
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#astronomy #astronomer #backyardastronomy #backyardastro #nightsky #nightskyphotography #spacephotography #spacephoto #dso #deepspace #deepspacephotography #antares #rhoophiuchi #rhoophiuchicloudcomplex #nikonmirrorless #nikonz7 #scorpioconstellation #astronomie #astropix #astrophoto #

LAGOON NEBULA. . 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 🦢 🔭 . 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 🦊 . 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 👁. . 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

Happy Earth Day 🌱 🌎 . Everyone you have ever

Happy Earth Day 🌱 🌎
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Everyone you have ever known, every memory you have ever made is on that “Pale Blue Dot”.
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Image, of course, from @nasa
Words from #carlsagan
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Carl Sagan was a member of the Voyager Imaging Team. He had the original idea in 1981 to use the cameras on one of the two Voyager spacecraft to image Earth. He realized that because the spacecraft were so far away the images might not show much. This was precisely why Sagan and other members of the Voyager team felt the images were needed — they wanted humanity to see Earth’s vulnerability and that our home world is just a tiny, fragile speck in the cosmic ocean.
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https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/536/voyager-1s-pale-blue-dot/
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#palebluedot #nasa #voyager1 #solarsystem #earthday #earthday2021 #earthfocus #earthpics #earthcapture #space

Starless image of the Heart and Soul Nebulae. This

Starless image of the Heart and Soul Nebulae. This is my first image taken with my newly astro-modified Nikon Z (from @lifepixelinfrared ), so was eager to get a couple of hours of data with it last night. The 45MP are wonderful to work with! However, with my cold fingers last night I just missed perfect focus on the stars and basically messed up a nice, sharp image. It was also quite windy at times. So here’s a starless version nevertheless, which is still worth sharing IMHO 🙂 ✨ 🌌.
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Roughly 25 subs of 2 minutes each, with Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 (at f/3.5 and 135mm), cropped.
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(from NASA): Located near the constellation Cassiopeia, about 6,000 light-years from Earth, the Heart and Soul nebulae form a vast star-forming complex that makes up part of the Perseus spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. The nebula at the bottom is the Heart, designated IC 1805 and named after its resemblance to a human heart. Above it is the Soul nebula, also known as the Embryo nebula, IC 1848 or W5. The Perseus arm lies further from the center of the Milky Way than the arm that contains our sun. The Heart and Soul nebulae stretch out nearly 580 light-years across, covering a small portion of the diameter of the Milky Way, which is roughly 100,000 light-years across. The two nebulae are both massive star-making factories, marked by giant bubbles that were blown into surrounding dust by radiation and winds from the stars.
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#heartnebula #soulnebula #embryonebula #heartandsoulnebula #ic1805 #ic1848 #nightphotography #deepspace #space #spacephotography #nightsky #nightskychasers #astrophotography #astrophoto #astrophotographer #astronomy #backyardastrophotography #backyardastronomer #deepsky #nightpics

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