Celebrating Magic Wool Day ✨
Advent Calendar - Door 24.
#art #speedpaint #fediart #mastoart #celebration #galaxy #fantasy
Celebrating Magic Wool Day ✨
Advent Calendar - Door 24.
#art #speedpaint #fediart #mastoart #celebration #galaxy #fantasy
Celebrating Magic Wool Day ✨
Advent Calendar - Door 24.
#art #speedpaint #fediart #mastoart #celebration #galaxy #fantasy
Well, it looks like you can't buy #Samsung any more:
"Unremovable #Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on #Galaxy Series Devices"
https://cybersecuritynews.com/spyware-on-samsung-devices/amp/
"This has sparked outrage among consumers in countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, where affordable Galaxy models are popular entry points into Android."
Another datapoint in favor of "in future, only #rich people can afford #privacy or #security". 😔
#security #privacy #malware #smartphones #Android #IronSource #AppCloud #tracking
Well, it looks like you can't buy #Samsung any more:
"Unremovable #Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on #Galaxy Series Devices"
https://cybersecuritynews.com/spyware-on-samsung-devices/amp/
"This has sparked outrage among consumers in countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, where affordable Galaxy models are popular entry points into Android."
Another datapoint in favor of "in future, only #rich people can afford #privacy or #security". 😔
#security #privacy #malware #smartphones #Android #IronSource #AppCloud #tracking
My latest processing assignment for my #astrophotography class, using data from the Gateway Remote Telescope.
This is the star-forming region CG 4, known as “God’s Hand” — although as a Star Wars fan I think of it as “Millennium Falcon Escaping the Jaws of the Giant Space Slug.” It’s my favorite astro image so far and I can’t get enough of it, so here are 3 versions: a wide view, a starless image, and a tighter crop. Details in the alt text.
My latest processing assignment for my #astrophotography class, using data from the Gateway Remote Telescope.
This is the star-forming region CG 4, known as “God’s Hand” — although as a Star Wars fan I think of it as “Millennium Falcon Escaping the Jaws of the Giant Space Slug.” It’s my favorite astro image so far and I can’t get enough of it, so here are 3 versions: a wide view, a starless image, and a tighter crop. Details in the alt text.
JWST NIRCam and MIRI image of Arp 142, also known as NGC 2936, NGC 2937, and UGC 5130, or the Penguin and the Egg.
The Penguin is a spiral galaxy whose shape has been distorted by the gravity of the elliptical Egg galaxy. The two are about 100,000 light-years apart and completed a close pass between 25 and 75 million years ago.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2024/124/01J06XYGEDEE86D1H9N5EJ9EG0
Hubble image of Arp 220, also known as IC 4553.
Arp 220 is the aftermath of a collision between two spiral galaxies. The collision set off a burst of star formation, creating star clusters seen as bluish-white bright knots in this image.
This image is part of a collection of 59 images of merging galaxies released to celebrate Hubble's 18th anniversary in 2008.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Evans
Source: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/hubble-interacting-galaxy-arp-220/
Hubble image of Arp 220, also known as IC 4553.
Arp 220 is the aftermath of a collision between two spiral galaxies. The collision set off a burst of star formation, creating star clusters seen as bluish-white bright knots in this image.
This image is part of a collection of 59 images of merging galaxies released to celebrate Hubble's 18th anniversary in 2008.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Evans
Source: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/hubble-interacting-galaxy-arp-220/
Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) in the morning sky, just before twilight starts.
The camera was on a fixed tripod, no tracking, short telephoto lenses. 30 images were taken, then stacked with software.
This comet is faint to the naked eye, pretty in binoculars, and it's only seen in the northern hemisphere.
Note that in the first photo, if you zoom in close, some of the stars are elliptical smudges. Those are galaxies, tens of millions of light years away.
If you don't want to get up at 5:30 am, wait a day or two and it'll be visible low in the northwest in the evening sky, getting higher and moving south day by day.
If you can get away from bright city lights, this comet is bright enough that even a cell phone (especially propped on a stationary object) can get decent photos.
Please boost and share widely, especially the finder charts.
#Comet #NewMexico #Photography #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Galaxy
Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) in the morning sky, just before twilight starts.
The camera was on a fixed tripod, no tracking, short telephoto lenses. 30 images were taken, then stacked with software.
This comet is faint to the naked eye, pretty in binoculars, and it's only seen in the northern hemisphere.
Note that in the first photo, if you zoom in close, some of the stars are elliptical smudges. Those are galaxies, tens of millions of light years away.
If you don't want to get up at 5:30 am, wait a day or two and it'll be visible low in the northwest in the evening sky, getting higher and moving south day by day.
If you can get away from bright city lights, this comet is bright enough that even a cell phone (especially propped on a stationary object) can get decent photos.
Please boost and share widely, especially the finder charts.
#Comet #NewMexico #Photography #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Galaxy
Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) in the morning sky, just before twilight starts.
The camera was on a fixed tripod, no tracking, short telephoto lenses. 30 images were taken, then stacked with software.
This comet is faint to the naked eye, pretty in binoculars, and it's only seen in the northern hemisphere.
Note that in the first photo, if you zoom in close, some of the stars are elliptical smudges. Those are galaxies, tens of millions of light years away.
If you don't want to get up at 5:30 am, wait a day or two and it'll be visible low in the northwest in the evening sky, getting higher and moving south day by day.
If you can get away from bright city lights, this comet is bright enough that even a cell phone (especially propped on a stationary object) can get decent photos.
Please boost and share widely, especially the finder charts.
#Comet #NewMexico #Photography #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Galaxy
M81 Bode's Galaxy and M82 Cigar Galaxy.
ZWO Seestar S50.
250mm, f5, 1220 exposures of 10’’.
#telescope #telescopes #zwo #zwoasi #zwoseestar #zwoseestars50 #seestar #seestars50 #astro #astrophoto #astrophotos #astrophotography #astrophotographer #spacephotography #astronomy #spaceexploration #nasa #universe #space #deepsky #deepspace #galaxy #galaxies #bode #bodegalaxy #cigar #cigargalaxy #m81 #m82 #messier81 #messier82 #messier
M81 Bode's Galaxy and M82 Cigar Galaxy.
ZWO Seestar S50.
250mm, f5, 1220 exposures of 10’’.
#telescope #telescopes #zwo #zwoasi #zwoseestar #zwoseestars50 #seestar #seestars50 #astro #astrophoto #astrophotos #astrophotography #astrophotographer #spacephotography #astronomy #spaceexploration #nasa #universe #space #deepsky #deepspace #galaxy #galaxies #bode #bodegalaxy #cigar #cigargalaxy #m81 #m82 #messier81 #messier82 #messier
JWST NIRCam and MIRI image of Arp 142, also known as NGC 2936, NGC 2937, and UGC 5130, or the Penguin and the Egg.
The Penguin is a spiral galaxy whose shape has been distorted by the gravity of the elliptical Egg galaxy. The two are about 100,000 light-years apart and completed a close pass between 25 and 75 million years ago.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2024/124/01J06XYGEDEE86D1H9N5EJ9EG0
NGC 7331 - a galaxy about 44 mil light years away - recently became a sought-after target for many astrophotographers as Supernova was detected in it. Interestingly although I can see the remains of it in a single raw exposure, once I stack them core of the galaxy ends up much brighter washing it out no matter how I would try to process it. If anyone has any tips on how to salvage it I would love to hear from you.
NGC 7331 - a galaxy about 44 mil light years away - recently became a sought-after target for many astrophotographers as Supernova was detected in it. Interestingly although I can see the remains of it in a single raw exposure, once I stack them core of the galaxy ends up much brighter washing it out no matter how I would try to process it. If anyone has any tips on how to salvage it I would love to hear from you.