Horsehead and Flame Nebula are a rite of passage for any new camera gear, so I pointed my ToupTek585M at it and snapped away with L, R, G, and B filters. As usual, Alnitak (the easternmost star in Orion's Belt) is a problem. At some point, I'll try again with shorter exposures, but for now I'm...showcasing how bright that star is. Let's go with that.

Prints: https://briangweber.com/featured/horsehead-and-flame-nebula-brian-weber.html
Details: https://www.astrobin.com/g9t1vj/

#astrophotography #space #nebula #orion #horsehead #photography

"I was completely overwhelmed by the beauty of it all, to the point of forgetting everything around me! A sky of absolute purity, free from artificial light.”

This is how astrophotographer Julien Looten remembers the night he captured this extraordinary view of our VLT at Cerro Paranal, #Chile

Wondering what all those cosmic objects and phenomena in the image are?
Find out: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2602a/

📷 J. Looten /ESO

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics #space #science

"I was completely overwhelmed by the beauty of it all, to the point of forgetting everything around me! A sky of absolute purity, free from artificial light.”

This is how astrophotographer Julien Looten remembers the night he captured this extraordinary view of our VLT at Cerro Paranal, #Chile

Wondering what all those cosmic objects and phenomena in the image are?
Find out: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2602a/

📷 J. Looten /ESO

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics #space #science

M104: The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared

This floating ring is the size of a galaxy. In fact, it is a galaxy -- or at least part of one: the photogenic Sombrero Galaxy, one of the largest galaxies in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies. The dark band of dust that obscures the mid-section of the Sombrero Galaxy in visible light actually glows brightly in infrared light.

Image Credit: NASA, JPL, Caltech, SSC, R. Kennicutt (Steward Obs.) et al.,

#astrophotography
#M104
#APOD

M104: The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared

This floating ring is the size of a galaxy. In fact, it is a galaxy -- or at least part of one: the photogenic Sombrero Galaxy, one of the largest galaxies in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies. The dark band of dust that obscures the mid-section of the Sombrero Galaxy in visible light actually glows brightly in infrared light.

Image Credit: NASA, JPL, Caltech, SSC, R. Kennicutt (Steward Obs.) et al.,

#astrophotography
#M104
#APOD

NGC2335, the Seagull nebula, another ongoing project I’ve been working on for about three weeks. In this case as well, this image was obtained by capturing the radiation emitted in the ionized hydrogen spectrum and partly in oxygen, with about 15 hours of integration time.
The stars, instead, were acquired in broadband across the entire visible-light spectrum.
🔭 #Astrophotography ‪@flyinghabu.bsky.social‬ #globalmuseum #space

The Milky Way Over Monument Valley
Credits: Wally Pacholka, AstroPics.com, TWAN
#nature #space #astrophotography

Once again, I can't just call it a day and let it go, so I did yet another post-processing, and once again, I can't tell which one I prefer. So you tell me 😅

#astrophotography #astronomy

Rétrospective. Comme d'autres je m'y met. 9 photos seulement car j'ai peu fait de sortie (surtout qu'il n'y avait plus beaucoup de vie dans le lac de grand lieu cet été)
#photography #retrospective #compilation #Bretagne #astrophotography #bird

Rétrospective. Comme d'autres je m'y met. 9 photos seulement car j'ai peu fait de sortie (surtout qu'il n'y avait plus beaucoup de vie dans le lac de grand lieu cet été)
#photography #retrospective #compilation #Bretagne #astrophotography #bird

Last night I set up my telescope so we could all watch the planets while waiting for the new year to arrive.

After the fireworks had subsided, I attached my camera and captured my first astrophoto of the year featuring Jupiter and its moon Europa.

Happy New Year everyone!

#astrophotography #jupiter #space

Last night I set up my telescope so we could all watch the planets while waiting for the new year to arrive.

After the fireworks had subsided, I attached my camera and captured my first astrophoto of the year featuring Jupiter and its moon Europa.

Happy New Year everyone!

#astrophotography #jupiter #space

And also this because why not 😅

#astronomy #astrophotography

And this will be my Orion Nebula for 2025.

Skywatcher 200/1000
NEQ6 pro
Canon EOS R6 Mk2
217 lights, 40 flats, 30 darks
processed with Siril, GraXpert, Gimp and Rawtherapee

#astronomy #astrophotography

I think this will be it. This is my Horse-head Nebula photo for 2025. I'll do a better picture in 2026, hopefully.

Skywatcher 200/1000
NEQ6 pro
Canon EOS R6 Mk2
456*30s lights, 40 flats, 40 darks
processed with Siril, GraXpert, Gimp and Rawtherapee

#astronomy #astrophotography

Siril is a heck of a great piece of software. BUT.

I've used the 1.4.0 beta 3 version for a long time and was perfectly fine with it, even if it was complaining that I should update.

I've updated to 1.4.0 final, and now every other stretch, the app crashed 😤

all my sympathy to all the contributors though.

#astrophotography

Last night was a good night. The Horse-head Nebula (and part of the Flame Nebula), in the Belt of Orion. Not the final image.

#astronomy #astrophotography