I'm sure she'd love it! I compared the two versions late last year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zY4... I believe Seestar is still working on their S30 pro but no idea when it's getting released.
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I'm sure she'd love it! I compared the two versions late last year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zY4... I believe Seestar is still working on their S30 pro but no idea when it's getting released.
Beautiful! I really like the Seestars. I also shot the Helix nebula with my S30 last night. About 100 minutes. Need to get it off the S30 at some point :)
No filter. But my camera comes with a UV/IR cut glass in front.
10s vs 120s of the Skull Nebula. AKA NGC 246. My first time imaging it. Looks cool and smaller than I thought. #astronomy #astrophotography #space #nebula
10s exposure vs 120s exposure. It's so low in the sky. #astronomy #astrophotography #space #nebula
Of course we're expecting to get aurora a day after I leave a bortle 3 zone with a low northern horizon. Who can I complain to? And here's the sun and its sunspots taken with a Seestar S30 (I have one again!). #Astronomy #astrophotography #Sun #Seestar
Siril will reject frames it deems unworthy/poor. You can also control some of it using the FWHM and roundness filters. Or did you mean something else by 'quality'? Siril will pretty much stack anything that passes the thresholds and can be plate solved (or star-aligned).
My latest @siril.org script is now available to all. Still waiting for the official merge to Siril but in the meantime, you can access it through GitHub. Check out this video to learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7XR... #astronomy #astrophotography #Siril
First light live stream with the 91F. Impromptu and a short one: youtube.com/live/19w3u-6... #astronomy #astrophotography #livestream
The Supernova in NGC 7331 is finally starting to dim. Here it is tonight vs July 25. Different imaging conditions and slightly different telescopes but you can clearly see the supernova vs the core. Hope to make a timelapse out of it soon. #astronomy #astrophotography #space #supernova
Nice shot! I love the Draco Triplet. I shot it a few years ago with my 6" SCT and it fit almost perfectly. Meant to revisit at some point but never did. I'll need to dig up the image. Which scope did you use?
This is really cool!
A glimpse into Trump's make-believe world of "giant water valves" in Northern California…
Thanks, Dave. I did need this. I never liked Sunday nights.
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That sounds awesome! If you ever find yourself in the Boston area on a clear night and want to see the 25", reach out!
Thank you and awesome! We saw it briefly with the 25" Dob at my astro club's field on Friday. No where close to being as dark as Cherry Springs though. Bortle 5 was fairly good 😊
A silly milestone, but to celebrate the supernova in NGC 7331 that's till raging on as of this past Friday, I've reached 7331 subscribers on YouTube. Thanks to Supernova SN2025rbs for waiting until I hit this before dimming. www.youtube.com/Naztronomy #Astronomy #astrophotography #youtube
Got a chance to test the Svbony 70mm Quadruplet. Costs just $399 and I put it against my favorite scope, the Askar 71F. Watch the review and comparison here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iszF... #astronomy #astrophotography #space #telescope
Hey! You too!
On the teal side but definitely blue. We looked at around 600x mag so it looked spherical. Triton looked like a fuzzy white dot next to it. I need to go on a non-busy night. Then I can stick a camera in there. New moon and clear Friday nights usually bring a lot of observers to the field.
Yep, I'm in the burbs of Boston. The scope is in Westford, MA. About 45 mins northwest of Boston.
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Didn't take any pics thru this last night, just visual. Saw M27, M57, M11, M3, M13, M2, NGC7331, Neptune & Triton, Saturn, and a bunch of other other stuff. Wish I had one in my backyard.
Also using this beast tonight at @atmob.bsky.social #astronomy #astrophotography #telescope
Ready to start imaging! #astronomy #astrophotography #telescope
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The only way for these mfers to win is to cheat. Well, time for blue states to respond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiWd...
Welcome to the world, little one! Say hello to the newest (and cutest) member of the Museum of Science family, a baby armadillo named Backpack! Born right here at the Museum, this tiny pup is already stealing hearts with their tiny nose and big personality. #Science #Animals #Armadillo #BabyAnimal
Just wait for prices to go down 1500% and then profit.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu: “Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”
This is super cool!
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just found a new moon orbiting Uranus! Only 6 miles wide, this tiny Uranian moon escaped Voyager 2, Hubble, and Earth-based telescopes until now.
Thanks to everyone who beta tested this script and provided feedback. A version has been sent to the @siril.org devs for review and merge! #astronomy #astrophotography
This is really cool! Great to see the kids at the event.
Beautiful!! Glad my video was helpful! I caught a really nice one this weekend. Need to upload the photo at some point.
Perseid meteor composite of the nights of 8/12-13 and 8/13-14. A few sporadics spoil the symmetry. Used a base image with radiant centered. Cut and pasted 25 meteor trails in same position relative to the stars. @naztronomy.com's tutorial was very helpful: youtu.be/Gy5Wl2pg2ck?... #astrophotography
Closed beta testing for my latest Siril script will end in a few days and then it'll be made public. If anyone still wants to give it a go, you can get it free from Patreon and through my discord: www.patreon.com/posts/136111... discord.gg/ZEFdX4m4 #Astronomy #astrophotography
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
A late night message from Gavin Newsom
Another Perseid meteor from last night. This one shows the entire view of my 14mm f/1.8 lens. The Pleiades and the Hyades are visible in the upper right. #astrophotography
Really cool catch! Even if it's over the bright house, it looks great!
Heading off to a Bortle 3 site this weekend (not for the Perseids) so it would be cool to see a few there. Saw two last night and then the moon became overwhelmingly bright.
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Really cool!
Just as @vincentledvina.bsky.social predicted, AR4172 (center left) released some C-class flares this morning. AR4178 (upper right) has some active filaments. Flares show as sudden bright spots in this time lapse representing almost 4 hours of real time h-alpha solar action. #astrophotography
I'd call seeing one a successful meteor shower! Humidity here is increasing as well and the moon is getting brighter so I'm gonna call it.
Went outside earlier and saw two fairly bright Perseid meteors back to back. Then I saw none for the next 30 mins. Anyone else have any luck? I'm not set up to image them because of the moon. #astronomy #perseids
I need to get that one day!
Imaging a new object (new for me) in Cygnus. Any guesses on what it is? It's a Sharpless (SH2) object but it has a common name. It's not as bright so it may not be fair but you can check your answer by reading the alt-text of the image (don't peek!). #astronomy #astrophotography #nebula #space
Perseid and the Pleiades! Very nice catch!
Super conjunction of Jupiter and Venus. 0334UT 12 August 2015. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
Jupiter and Venus are finally over the trees but the sun is out so they're getting washed out. Time to pack up! #Astronomy #astrophotography #Jupiter #Venus
Looks great! Which telescope and phone did you use?
Jupiter-Venus conjunction through a 40mm eyepiece and peeking through the leaves of my regular imaging gear. I think it's another ~30 mins before they go over the trees. Sunrise is in about 15 mins. #astronomy #astrophotography #venus #jupiter
Jupiter Venus conjunction. Sad they won't get high enough over the trees before sunrise for my Setup. #astronomy #astrophotography #Jupiter #Venus
Near Full Moon from my live stream on Saturday Aug 9th. Best 25% of 1000 frames stacked. Taken with a 70mm refractor (f/6.78). #astronomy #astrophotography #moon
Welp, forgot to cool my camera when I started imaging. Compare the thermal noise from tonight (left) vs last night (right). Sensor was around 30-31°C. #astronomy #astrophotography
Jupiter and Venus are going to be really close in the morning. I am not sure if it'll clear my neighbor's house but I plan to wake up and see. #astronomy #astrophotography #jupiter #venus
Somehow I've had string of clear nights! And I have 2 more coming up tonight and tomorrow. Not sure what's happening.
Thank you! I'm glad I was able to get that into view while keeping NGC7331 centered. I need to use a bigger scope to get Stephan's Quintet at some point.
Looks great! Supernova is clearly visible. Nice catch!
Thanks, Kevin 😊
It's a cluster kind of night. Caroline's Rose Cluster. Doesn't look too rosey yet. #astronomy #astrophotography
Anytime 😊 Feel free to ask more whenever.
Yep that's the supernova! It's a single exploding star 40 million light years away.
That is a galaxy! It's about 40 million light years away. The supernova is a single star out-shining the entire galaxy for a short time, it's incredible. A lot of galaxies have this disk shape. It's actually a spiral galaxy and we're looking at it from an angle so it looks disk-y.
Sure is! I've been imaging it for a few weeks now. Here's a post I made earlier with a processed image: bsky.app/profile/nazt...
M52 is my current target. Also the bubble nebula is in view just above M52. It's dim because I'm shooting without a filter. #astronomy #astrophotography #starcluster
Supernova SN2025rbs is still visible. The moonlight is eating up a lot of the light from the galaxy but we'll see what we have once I stack these. #astronomy #astrophotography #supernova
Same target, different scope. Testing the Svbony 70mm Quadruplet. Interesting scope. It's a loaner and I'll hopefully have my review of it done this week. #astronomy #astrophotography #space #telescope
Yea, I blocked them from the channel.
This comet was a lot of fun. At one of the viewings in October, someone told me "I saw the comet at that part of the sky yesterday, how's it so much higher today" (paraphrased)😂
Good thought. YouTube already flagged and hid his comment but I'll block him as well.
Looks like YouTube beat me to it. I can see his comment in YouTube studio but not in the video anymore.
I never know whether to delete comments from flat earthers, try to argue, leave them, or what. He's definitely a flat earther based on the videos he posts. I'm pulling towards deleting. Video in question is my timelapse of Comet C/2023 A3: www.youtube.com/shorts/8u2ot... #astronomy
Ah yeah, this new script does that 😊 It's flexible and can do basically any telescope and also auto-stitches mosaics. People are testing it now and so far I've had good feedback. Hope to open a merge request next week.
Beta for the latest Siril script is live. Closed beta for now but it's free! There's a free tier on Patreon and you can also join my discord and request beta access: www.patreon.com/posts/naztro... Hoping to have it public in the next 10-12 days. #astronomy #astrophotography #space
Yeah! Once I submit this for the Siril Scripts repository, would love to get your input on other features we can add to get it close to WBPP. I think Local Normalization is a big one.
Yeah I'll make that a priority for the next version. In the meantime you can get around that by adding your master flats and master darks twice (don't need biases since flats should be calibrated already). The script just needs at least 2 frames of each type so master*2 should just avg themselves.
Venus and Jupiter from this morning. 0244UT 10 August 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
Live stream started looking at nebulae but now we're looking at the moon in dual narrowband: www.youtube.com/live/jrIggtd... #astronomy #astrophotography #moon
Join me for an astro live stream: www.youtube.com/live/jrIggtd... #astronomy #astrophotograly #livestream
My first target of the night. NGC7000. The North America Nebula/Cygnus Wall. #astronomy #astrophotography #space
One of tonight's target is the Bubble Nebula and friends. #Astronomy #astrophotography #space #telescope
I don't know if I'd call it superior since it's still in beta but using plate solved data instead of only star alignment, you don't even need to overlap your frames to create a mosaic. This is a rough example of stacking 3 frames for each the Heart and Soul Nebula.
I need to make some UI improvements based on what APP does (e.g. assign frames to multiple sessions, naming sessions, etc.)
I took some inspiration from being a longtime APP user myself! Mosaics in Siril is new and one benefit it has over APP right now is the ability to plate solve individual images. Makes stitching mosaics MUCH easier because you can register based on coordinates instead of relying on star patterns.
Found a new profile pic. 16" refractor at the Harvard CFA. #astronomy #telescope
Oh it also automatically stitches mosaics (if coordinates info exists in the headers). And I'll be making it work with dual narrowband and broadband data at the same time in the next release. First version will be just the basics.
It allows multi session stacking in Siril and automates the rest of the stacking process (e.g. plate solving, registration) so that you don't have to manually do anything in Siril. I'll have a demo video of it soon. Similar to my smart scope script but for non-smart scopes: youtu.be/6v0SHEe0ZJ8
Quick teaser of a new script I'm working on for @siril.org. Works for non-smart scope images (but also some smart scopes). Beta testing will start soon. Testers in my discord & Patreon Patrons (including free members) will get access to test: patreon.com/naztronomy #astronomy #astrophotography 🔭
Awesome! I wish I had a good view of that part of the sky. I have to wait for it to go past us before I can see it.
Anytime! It was great to meet you 😊 The September event should be even cooler with Saturn in view.
Quick walkthrough on how to add interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS to Stellarium. December should be a really good time to start imaging this! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqh6... #astronomy #tutorial
A 1st quarter + 16 hour Moon. Best 20% of 1200 mono frames taken with a Takahashi TSA 120 with 0.7x focal reducer and ZWO ASI2600MM camera. Stacked with Autostakkert, sharpened with Registax, processed with Photoshop. #astrophotography
