Saturn looks like a tiny gold flying saucer going across my viewfinder! No pics yet but camera attach is on back order.

Collimation was a cinch!
🤓😁

#Astronomy
#clearskies
#telescopes

It’s remarkable what astrophotographers can capture from their back yard. Lauren Hughes @WestwoodAstro took this photo of the Pinwheel Galaxy M101 from his driveway

Note he captured a supernova, which he has labelled SN 2023ixf

Original post https://astrodon.social/@WestwoodAstro/110437683717032817

#Astronomy #Astrophotography #ClearSkies #AstroTuesday #Astrodon #Astronomer #AstronomyMastodon

Q: Anyone else noticing the smoky weather lately? 🤔

A: Yeah, bro! Air quality sucks right now due to #wildfires. Gotta stay inside and protect those lungs. 😷 Let's all pray for #ClearSkies soon. 🌤️ #ClimateChange #StaySafe #BitBook

The Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) 5000 ly distance from us in the constellation Cygnus.
I captured this over 2 nights (Wednesday and Friday) this week with a total of 8 hrs of integrated 5 minute narrowband (Ha and Oiii) exposures. The skies were a bit hazy from the forest fire smoke from Alberta. #astrophotography #nlastro #clearskies #nebula

In this picturesque scene, we see a yellow sports car driving along an autumnal avenue. The car is sleek and low to the ground, with a powerful engine and clean lines. It seems to hug the road as it speeds along, the driver reveling in the thrill of the ride.

#SportsCar #AutumnDrive #FallColors #AutumnLeaves #ClearSkies #OpenRoad #ThrillOfTheRide #YellowCar #PowerfulEngine #CrispAir #PerfectWeather #Adventure #EmbraceLife #EnjoyTheMoment #RacingThroughAutumn #AutumnalAvenue #FastAndFurious

It’s been a while since I have done any narrowband imaging, so I took advantage of #clearskies last night and spent around 4 hours on IC 1805, capturing the core of the Heart #nebula in SHO palate, and thought I would include a monochrome HA image just to offer the perspective. #astrophotography #Astrodon

It’s been a while since I have done any narrowband imaging, so I took advantage of #clearskies last night and spent around 4 hours on IC 1805, capturing the core of the Heart #nebula in SHO palate, and thought I would include a monochrome HA image just to offer the perspective. #astrophotography #Astrodon

My third target for #galaxy season 2023. NGC 4565, aka The Needle galaxy in Coma Berenices. A beautiful side-on spiral galaxy with a bright central core and well defined dust lanes visible in its outer edges. It also has lots of smaller surrounding objects to view. 4 hours of integrated LRGB. Taken 03/30/2023. #astrophotography #clearskies

My third target for #galaxy season 2023. NGC 4565, aka The Needle galaxy in Coma Berenices. A beautiful side-on spiral galaxy with a bright central core and well defined dust lanes visible in its outer edges. It also has lots of smaller surrounding objects to view. 4 hours of integrated LRGB. Taken 03/30/2023. #astrophotography #clearskies

We've had a sighting of the USS Ross in the wild, holding a defensive position near Deep Space Nine in a battle against several Terran Empire starships.

#StarTrekOnline #ClearSkies

cc: @delevely

Well it *does* look like #clearskies this evening so after dinner time to get the #telescope out! #astrodon

After capturing some OIII data a couple of nights afterwards I was able to produce a colour HOO rendering of NGC 2359. #astrophotography #nebula #Astrodon #clearskies

After capturing some OIII data a couple of nights afterwards I was able to produce a colour HOO rendering of NGC 2359. #astrophotography #nebula #Astrodon #clearskies

I was fortunate enough to have a little time under some clear skies last night, at least for a couple of hours anyway lol. Enough time to capture some narrowband Ha data on a target I have long been wanting to capture! NGC 2359 aka Thors Helmet #nebula approximately 15,000 ly distance in the constellation Canis Major. #Astrodon #astrophotography #clearskies

I was fortunate enough to have a little time under some clear skies last night, at least for a couple of hours anyway lol. Enough time to capture some narrowband Ha data on a target I have long been wanting to capture! NGC 2359 aka Thors Helmet #nebula approximately 15,000 ly distance in the constellation Canis Major. #Astrodon #astrophotography #clearskies

HA finished on IC63, adding up to 13h of integration time. now playing the clear skies waiting game again. 😵‍💫

#astrodon #astrophotography #clearskies #astronomy #space #nebula

#SkyWatch #Astrophotography When your mount stops tracking in the middle of a 5 minute exposure, you get star trails. #SillLearning #ClearSkies

Our Outreach co-chair person @AstroMo did a training for the Woodbine Carnegie Library as part of the Library Telescope Program.
https://dbrnews.com/news/on-loan-from-the-woodbine-library-a-gateway-to-the-final-frontier/article_1ca9ef88-9b4b-11ed-8fc4-a31dc5ff32ca.html

#astronomy #library #nightsky
#telescope #clearskies

RT @Skysurfer77x
I know being very fortunate with my location & conditions. Also, "comets are like cats 🐈 " (@AwesomeAstroPod 😅) , they do whatever they want...! But at least it looks promising, that u'll be able to catch it with binoculars. The closest approach is still to come 🤞#clearskies

RT @saloplarus@twitter.com

Always worth staying out a bit longer. Watching a couple of these beauties on the track, glanced up to see a big bright #meteor break up between Mars and Jupiter 👀🌠 #woodcock #clearskies

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/saloplarus/status/1612541998019543041