☀️ #sunspots today, 2.9.2025
💯 Amateur astro, travel and tech geek, content creator, Earth🌿 and space advocate, AI adopter, photo editor, equipment reviewer, encouraging visionary, no politics. Website: https://www.xipteras.com
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☀️ #sunspots today, 2.9.2025
Summer vibes ☀️ #blackandwhitephoto
NGC6946 #spacephoto
400mm with 60MP sensor
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SUNSPOTS, 31.8.2025 ☀️ — Sony Alpha 7RV, Sony FE 70-200mm F4 Macro G OSS || lens + 2X Teleconverter, Solar Protection Filter, ISO 320, 400 mm, 1/3000s, handheld.
😀 I'm wondering when #Bluesky will finally enable users to write longer posts.
These images are not about scientific accuracy, but about celebrating the raw beauty and energy of galaxies, nebulae, and star fields as they strike the human eye. This is deep space, reimagined in bold tones for the screens we carry every day. Thanks for stopping by.
Here I present the night sky in a vivid, overengineered style — with cropped perspectives, saturated colors, and exaggerated contrasts that reveal cosmic structures in a way that feels both artistic and intense.
"Stellar Chromatics" is my dedicated gallery for smartphone-optimized astrophotography, captured with the Vaonis Vespera II smart telescope.
The Owl Nebula #astrophoto ✨🔭 More #Vespera2 👉 com.xipteras.org/Astroimaging...
Moon + Sun ☀️ 🌒 30.8.2025
More pixels and info at com.xipteras.org/Astronomy/Pl...
NGC6543 + NGC6552 #spacephoto
“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” — Carl Sagan Somewhere in this galaxy, mysteries still wait to be discovered. #Cosmos #ThereIsAPlanetC
Nice
M63 #galaxies
This is exclusively for smartphone displays. Really.
The Heart & Soul Nebulae ✨🔭 #astrophoto by @xipteras.org
The Heart & Soul Nebulae #spacephoto
The Great Andromeda Galaxy 🌌 #messier31
I didn't think I could get any attention with my black iPhone. 'But no.
NGC1582 #stars in Perseus ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The robot was taking pictures all night long.
What a night! ✨🔭🖖 #nightsky #stars
GM from southern Germany 🏔️🌄
If you believe in that mission, join us. Follow this science-based account, retweet what resonates, and help this truthful view reach your friends who need it most. You might just be someone’s lighthouse in the storm. And as we sky lovers always say: #ClearSkies ✨🌟
We show people what’s really out there. Nebulae, galaxies, and #stars — the quiet wonders above and the delicate beauty below. It’s not just photography; it’s an invitation to reconnect with reality.
That’s why your presence, clicks and likes — and ours — matters here. As night sky enthusiasts and science communicators, we offer something different: a view of the universe untouched by corruption or division.
And in the meantime, millions scroll through their timelines, missing out on truth, beauty, and deeper perspective.
Social media today is loud. Algorithms amplify outrage, paid opinions dominate the feed, and real meaning often gets drowned in noise. Many thoughtful voices disappear into closed spaces — more focused, yes, but hidden from the public. #ScienceNotNoise
Rock ‘n’ roll! 🌞🔭👀 Testing the Sony 2x FE teleconverter today—Sun #solarphotography feels twice as close. 🌞✨ More thoughts on it coming up on my TL tomorrow. Until then—have a sunny day & stay tuned. ☀️✨
Are you a star explorer? ✨🔭👀 The “Propeller” in Messier 13, a globular cluster in the constellation of Hercules, is the three-bladed, dark Y-shaped pattern just off the cluster’s core. #stars #stargazing
🌞 #sunspots 24.8.2025
Every photo is a footprint. Not just in sand or soil, but in memory and effort. That’s the difference—you walk the path, the camera just proves you were there.
What does a REAL PHOTO feel like? A 20 km hike, two liters of water, a hat, sunscreen, good shoes—and the camera on your shoulder. That’s reality. Not AI pixels, but sweat, dust, wind, and light. A moment earned, not generated. #Photography #NoAI #RealLife #Hiking #TravelPhotography #Adventure
Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) and Hockey Stick Galaxy (NGC 4656)-2025b #galaxies
The Girl on the Mare #blackandwhitephoto 📸: @xipteras.org
Jewels 💎 of the summer sky ✨🔭 This is the Cygnus Loop: Eastern/Western Veil & Pickering’s Triangle #stars
It's the little things that make you happy. And the big ones too. NGC6888 #stars
Summer #stars
✨🔭🤖 What a night that was! #smarttelescope #vespera2
The Witch's Broom Nebula (NGC 6960), is a fascinating part of the larger Veil Nebula complex, a vast supernova remnant located in the constellation Cygnus. It is the aftermath of a star that exploded more than 5,000 years ago, its tendrils of gas and dust spreading across space. #nebulae
In charts and equations you’ll see λ for wavelength, θ for angles, Δ for change, Σ/σ for sums and noise—tools we use to understand the sky. So if my tweet looked like Greek to you… that’s because the language is literally built into our hobby.
That “letter salad” is Greek—and it’s everywhere in astronomy for good reasons. We use Greek letters to label stars in each constellation (e.g., α Centauri, β Orionis), and Greek terms shape our vocabulary: cosmos (κόσμος), galaxy (γαλαξίας), planet (πλανήτης, “wanderer”), eclipse (ἔκλειψις).
Ευχαριστω. Πραγματικα, τα ταξιδια στη Αιγυπτο ειναι μοναδικα και αξεχαστα.
🏛️ Στην ελληνική μυθολογία, η Κασσιόπεια ήταν η ματαιόδοξη και αλαζονική βασίλισσα της Αιθιοπίας, σύζυγος του βασιλιά Κηφέα και μητέρα της όμορφης πριγκίπισσας Ανδρομέδας. #stars #cassiopeia
Desert 🌵 Moon
Karnak Sacred Lake #Luxor Egypt 🇪🇬 ❤️
Make sure you don't miss #Venus and Jupiter in the early hours before sunrise tomorrow morning! They are still close together. Taking photos with a point of reference, 😉 such as a tree or a house, usually enhances the viewing experience. ✨
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💫 This link takes you to the homepage of a longtime amateur stargazer from Germany. Gerd writes his own hand-crafted astronomy articles—no AI, just passion, talent, and experience. Authentic and refreshingly real. Enjoy exploring! ✨🔭 #AmateurAstronomy #Stargazing #AstronomyBlog #Astrophotography
Symmetry #Moon #blackandwhitephoto
If you caught a Perseid, tag me @xipteras.org for an RT. I’m calling it for tonight and parking the scope. Good night—see you tomorrow with more posts and RTs. Fair warning: following me may cost you sleep. 😂🤣🖖 CS. 🌙✨
Observatory open, clear view toward Perseus—but the biggest floodlight of all, the #Moon, is washing the sky out. Even my neighbor’s bright garden #lightpollution lamps (wasted energy—no one out but a cat 🐈 ) are nothing in comparison.
Beneath the Swan #stars 🌌
Summer reflections #visitGreece
"Lucky Girl", 2025
A good ☀️ day to visit the nearby castle 🏰 in southern Germany. #castles
✨ Not everything needs to be documented or explained. Sometimes it’s enough to simply look — to feel awe at the vastness and infinity, to lose yourself in the depths of the deep sky. Just observe, without judgment, criticism, or comparison. Simply look… ✨ and enjoy the summer night sky #stars
The Sun with spots, 9.8.2025 #Solarobservation
Captured here on a crystal-clear August day, the solar disc reveals two striking sunspot groups: AR4165/68 (top left) and AR4169/72/71 (centre right). Each group is teeming with energy capable of propelling charged particles across the solar system. (4/6)
These imperfections are a reminder that even our star is an ever-changing, restless sphere of fire. (3/6)
Looking at today's image of the Sun, it’s easy to see what he meant: as is often the case, its glowing face is far from flawless, dotted with dark sunspots — each one a storm of magnetic energy many times the size of Earth. (2/6)
Cygnus constellation 🌌
You are welcome, dear Alexa.
Commercial use of my work — images or texts — is strictly unwanted. This is passion, shared from one amateur to other amateurs. Please don’t contact me for professional collaborations. Although not rich, not at all, I’m not interested in money. Money means nothing to me. 💰👉🗑️ Thanks + CS ✨🔭🙂
Just a gentle reminder. I'm an 💯 amateur (astro)photographer, and I capture my images for everyone — no matter who you are, rich or poor, slim or fat, or where you live on this planet. My photos are for you, for all you, for free. 🌍✨ ...
Del is small, and beautiful too. Thx for the info. Indeed, Pallas (9.4mag) is near Rotanev in Del tonight.
Mark, it was the first thing I noticed on my holiday in Greece when I started taking photos at midnight. I thought, wait a minute, you have your 70–200mm lens in your bag, don't you? And then...
Waxing Gibbous, 6.8.2025 #moon
🐬 The Dolphin, is a small constellation in the northern sky. It is easily recognisable due to its compact, distinctive, diamond-shaped asterism, which is sometimes called 'Job's Coffin'. It is best observed during late summer and early autumn when it climbs highest in the sky around midnight.
Delphinus ✨ #constellations
The Sun in white light at 200mm. 5.8.2025 #sunspots
Ευχαριστω
Vivid #stars ✨ #visitGreece 07.2025
NGC 7023 is a reflection nebula located in the constellation of Cepheus. #astrophotography #nebulae
👽🌌 The Drake Equation, crafted in 1961 by astronomer Frank Drake, is more than just … x.com/xipteras/sta... #MadUFOWeek #ETexists #DrakeEquation #CosmicMystery #WeAreNotAlone #ThereIsAPlanetC
🪐✨ On the night of July 24, 2025, under the clear summer skies of Greece, two distant wanderers of our solar system — Saturn and Neptune — appeared side by side as tiny points of light among countless stars. #planets x.com/xipteras/sta...
The most beautiful memories are the ones that last forever. 🌅 #sunsetphotography
Thank you, Alexa.
Happy to be back home in Germany 🥳🎉🇩🇪 after some unforgettable days in Greece. I witnessed 11 magical sunsets — many of which I’ve already shared here — often tweeting right from the beach. 😅📱🌊) x.com/xipteras/sta...
Light beams 🌅 #visitGreece #sunsetphotography
#auspol #Education #Australia
Aquila ✨ #stars
Cassiopeia is a cosmic marvel filled with nebulae, star clusters, and colorful stars. #stargazing
Currently taking photos of the Milky Way ✨🔭with the Sony camera. What an amazing night sky. 🌌 #astrophotography
One more #sunsetphotography
Beauty is simplicity. #visitGreece
👽 ET phone ☎️ home ✨
It’s a simple handheld snap, pls don’t expect perfection 😉 here.
Best views. #visitGreece
Andromeda #stars constellation. ✨ 📱 iPhone 16 Pro, 3s, handheld.
💯 magic ⛵️ #Sailing #visitGreece
In voller Pracht #insects
The Best Beaches on Evia Island (Euboea), Greece #Euboae #visitGreece The Blog of Dimi theblogofdimi.com/best-beaches...
… It doesn’t demand to be seen; it simply moves through time, inviting you—through your own stillness and pace—to follow or to preserve it in its fleeting splendor. #TimelessBeauty #MomentsOfWonder — 📸📚:@xipteras
The mimetic magic arrives quietly—unexpected, graceful in a moment of surprising beauty. Among countless passing instants, it unfolds silently, often unnoticed, yet full of wonder. …
Unterwegs am Hafen 🌅 #visitGreece
Where the Light Meets the Horizon. #visitGreece
