A #Seattle #space startup called #Interlune has struck a deal to send a helium-hunting camera to the #moon aboard Astrolab's FLIP rover, which is due for launch as soon as this year. It'll be the first off-Earth step in Interlune's plan to deliver lunar #helium3 to paying customers. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/interlune-astrolab-camera-moon-helium-3/
Marc
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Exploring the night sky together.
Read the stories behind our adventures: https://www.aaronpengellyphotography.com/blog/
#astronomy #photography #astrophotography #moon #stars #nightsky
A man and young child are seen crouching down next to a telescope, writing in an astronomy observation journal at night.
A child crouches down, looking through a telescope at night with the area bathed in a red glow.
A man crouches down, looking through a telescope at night with the area bathed in a red glow.
Exploring the night sky together.
Read the stories behind our adventures: https://www.aaronpengellyphotography.com/blog/
#astronomy #photography #astrophotography #moon #stars #nightsky
A man and young child are seen crouching down next to a telescope, writing in an astronomy observation journal at night.
A child crouches down, looking through a telescope at night with the area bathed in a red glow.
A man crouches down, looking through a telescope at night with the area bathed in a red glow.
Jeremy Garniaux
and 2 others
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Marc
boosted
My journey with photography began about 11 years ago when I bought my first telescope. The photos were terrible, but it ignited a passion for sharing the beauty of the world and universe around us.
I had to sell all my astronomy equipment when my family and I were downsizing and readying ourselves for nursing school 4 years ago, and my daughter and I have talked ever since about how we would one day get a new telescope to see the moon and stars once my nursing program was complete. Last week, that time finally came when I found two people selling their equipment, and long story short I was lucky to end up with a Star Adventurer 2i tracker and a Sky-Watcher 102mm Mak telescope.
While I haven't had the opportunity to test out the telescope with the tracker, I did get out on the night of July 14th to test out the star tracker with my collection of Sigma lenses and the images above are single exposure test images taken to assess the maximum exposure time with various focal lengths. I also took a few photos of the moon to combine into HDR images.
I hope you enjoy!
#photography #astrophotography #telescope #nightsky #astronomy #moon #stars
The star Deneb in the constellation Cygnus with some of the North America Nebula visible.
The star Deneb in the constellation Cygnus with some of the North America Nebula visible.
The Double Cluster in the constellation Perseus
The Double Cluster in the constellation Perseus
One half of a swipeable image of the Andromeda Galaxy
One half of a swipeable image of the Andromeda Galaxy
The Sky-Watcher 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope on the Star Adventurer 2i star tracker.
The Sky-Watcher 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope on the Star Adventurer 2i star tracker.
A photo of the star Vega in the constellation Lyra.
A widefield HDR image of the waning gibbous moon.
An HDR image of the waning gibbous moon.
My journey with photography began about 11 years ago when I bought my first telescope. The photos were terrible, but it ignited a passion for sharing the beauty of the world and universe around us.
I had to sell all my astronomy equipment when my family and I were downsizing and readying ourselves for nursing school 4 years ago, and my daughter and I have talked ever since about how we would one day get a new telescope to see the moon and stars once my nursing program was complete. Last week, that time finally came when I found two people selling their equipment, and long story short I was lucky to end up with a Star Adventurer 2i tracker and a Sky-Watcher 102mm Mak telescope.
While I haven't had the opportunity to test out the telescope with the tracker, I did get out on the night of July 14th to test out the star tracker with my collection of Sigma lenses and the images above are single exposure test images taken to assess the maximum exposure time with various focal lengths. I also took a few photos of the moon to combine into HDR images.
I hope you enjoy!
#photography #astrophotography #telescope #nightsky #astronomy #moon #stars
The star Deneb in the constellation Cygnus with some of the North America Nebula visible.
The star Deneb in the constellation Cygnus with some of the North America Nebula visible.
The Double Cluster in the constellation Perseus
The Double Cluster in the constellation Perseus
One half of a swipeable image of the Andromeda Galaxy
One half of a swipeable image of the Andromeda Galaxy
The Sky-Watcher 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope on the Star Adventurer 2i star tracker.
The Sky-Watcher 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope on the Star Adventurer 2i star tracker.
A photo of the star Vega in the constellation Lyra.
A widefield HDR image of the waning gibbous moon.
An HDR image of the waning gibbous moon.
Sander Meijer
and 1 other
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ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 has just released its shortlist of remarkable images for this year’s competition. See them now:
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/07/zwo-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2025/
#nature #photography #science #space #landscape #astronomy #astrophotography #comets #moon #plants #stars #sun
Roni Laukkarinen
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Title: Moonlight at Matsushima, Futago Island (1933)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://www.space.com/stargazing/july-full-moon-2025-rises-this-week-heres-what-to-expect-from-the-buck-moon#ShinHanga#Art#Showa#HasuiKawase#Moon#FullMoon#BuckMoon#Matsushima#Miyagi#Japan
ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 has just released its shortlist of remarkable images for this year’s competition. See them now:
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/07/zwo-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2025/
#nature #photography #science #space #landscape #astronomy #astrophotography #comets #moon #plants #stars #sun
Title: Moonlight at Matsushima, Futago Island (1933)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://www.space.com/stargazing/july-full-moon-2025-rises-this-week-heres-what-to-expect-from-the-buck-moon#ShinHanga#Art#Showa#HasuiKawase#Moon#FullMoon#BuckMoon#Matsushima#Miyagi#Japan
Estuve haciendo unas pruebas con la Luna y no logro capturar con la cámara, la pureza con la que se ve visualmente. Igual esto es algo de lo que saqué ayer con algunas referencias. Es un stack de unos 150 cuadros sin seguimiento con una Celestron NexImage 5 y un rafractor tipo Fraunhofer, Kasai 80mm f/15 a foco primario #luna#cráteres #crater#astronomía #astronomy #moon
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Julio J.
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Desde que estoy releyendo el manga “Space Brothers”, me ha vuelto el interés por el programa Apollo.
Estoy aprovechando para volver a escuchar este podcast de BBC World: “13 minutes to the Moon”. Son 12 episodios de menos de una hora llenos de entrevistas y datos de interés.
Una producción excelente narrada con un inglés muy claro (excepto algún entrevistado).
Disponible aquí y en todas las plataformas de podcasts (supongo):
Desde que estoy releyendo el manga “Space Brothers”, me ha vuelto el interés por el programa Apollo.
Estoy aprovechando para volver a escuchar este podcast de BBC World: “13 minutes to the Moon”. Son 12 episodios de menos de una hora llenos de entrevistas y datos de interés.
Una producción excelente narrada con un inglés muy claro (excepto algún entrevistado).
Disponible aquí y en todas las plataformas de podcasts (supongo):
Japanese startup Ispace has concluded that a hardware anomaly in a laser-based landing sensor caused the failure of its Mission 2 lunar landing earlier this month, the company announced Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/japan/science-health/ispace-crash-cause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #startups #moon #ispace #space