So cool. If you zoom in on the upper right, you see a little crescent. That's the Martian moon Phobos.

Zoom in again and you'll see a star next to Phobos. That's Earth! That's home.

Seen from Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover.

https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/curiosity-views-earth-setting-phobos-rising/ #science #space #astronomy

And also this because why not 😅

#astronomy #astrophotography

So cool. If you zoom in on the upper right, you see a little crescent. That's the Martian moon Phobos.

Zoom in again and you'll see a star next to Phobos. That's Earth! That's home.

Seen from Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover.

https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/curiosity-views-earth-setting-phobos-rising/ #science #space #astronomy

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

Time for a new #introduction post after the move!

I'm Sar, a 50yr old nerdy guy from Northern Ireland. I love IT, and am into tech and all things computing.

My hobbies include playing #WorldOfWarcraft, reading about World Of #Warcraft and thinking about #WoW

Seriously though, my *other* hobbies also include:
#Astronomy
#Linux (alternating between #Bazzite & #ArchLinux)
#Gaming on #Steam, #PS5 & #Switch (mainly on PC though, see above!)
#SciFi such as #StarWars, #Startrek, #Babylon5, #Marvel & #DC etc
Also a screenshot junkie #VirtualPhotography

I'm also awaiting the results of my #Autism diagnosis as I write this, and am also fairly confident I have #ADHD as well, giving me the #AuDHD super-deluxe wombo-combo 😂

I decided to make the jump to this self-hosted instance at the end of 2025 after many happy years on masto.ai/@sar, and have no regrets.

Yet.

Time for a new #introduction post after the move!

I'm Sar, a 50yr old nerdy guy from Northern Ireland. I love IT, and am into tech and all things computing.

My hobbies include playing #WorldOfWarcraft, reading about World Of #Warcraft and thinking about #WoW

Seriously though, my *other* hobbies also include:
#Astronomy
#Linux (alternating between #Bazzite & #ArchLinux)
#Gaming on #Steam, #PS5 & #Switch (mainly on PC though, see above!)
#SciFi such as #StarWars, #Startrek, #Babylon5, #Marvel & #DC etc
Also a screenshot junkie #VirtualPhotography

I'm also awaiting the results of my #Autism diagnosis as I write this, and am also fairly confident I have #ADHD as well, giving me the #AuDHD super-deluxe wombo-combo 😂

I decided to make the jump to this self-hosted instance at the end of 2025 after many happy years on masto.ai/@sar, and have no regrets.

Yet.

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

The Moon's terminator last night.

#astronomy

Hello Fedifriends!
Can anyone recommend an astronomy app?
There are many and I have many of them but I only want to invest in the "premium" service for once single app and I can't decide...
Stellarium mobile?
Sky tonight?
Star walk2?
A completely different one?

I want help recognizing what I see in the sky, data on specific stars and planets... But the AR description of Star walk 2 advanced features sound amazing too... Are they worth it?

#astronomy #astronomytech #Astrodon #astronomyApp