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Thanks for the updated info

INTERESTING FACT: We used to say "3 Earths could fit inside the Great Red Spot," that is now outdated! The GRS is now roughly 1.3 times the width of Earth (about 16,350 km or 10,160 miles). At its current rate of shrinkage, it is becoming more circular and could become a perfect circle by 2040.

A photograph of the planet Jupiter against a black space background. The planet appears as a large, cream-colored sphere with distinct horizontal bands of tan, brown, and light blue-grey stretching across its surface. In the lower-left quadrant of the planet, the "Great Red Spot" is visible as a prominent, pale-orange oval-shaped storm nestled within one of the atmospheric bands. The image has a soft, slightly grainy texture characteristic of backyard astrophotography.

Clear skies finally delivered! 🌌 Captured Jupiter tonight, and I couldn't have asked for a better view of the Great Red Spot. It’s humbling to see a storm larger than Earth just hanging out in the eyepiece. 🔭✨
​#Astrophotography #Jupiter #Space #Astronomy

@briancoxtalks.bsky.social you're just spamming now!

I post my astrophotography images to share my interest in astronomy.

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You should try some of the newer Veralux scripts, they are amazing 👍

Good detail, and clean. What did you use to remove stars?

Every 5 minutes, really! 😞

Should be renamed the Strawberry Nebula!?

Great image and such sharp detail.

First quick process of #Jupiter last nights data with IO transit shadow.

A good night of setup and testing with 70Gb of data gathered. Let's see how it processes, saw the transit of IO with it's shadow, so hoping I can make a good job of the processing to bring this detail out.

Sky forecast is showing a good period of clear skies

ASI585MC PRO, ZWO EFW, ZWO AUTOFOCUS, in boxes

So finally after weeks of cloud and rain, tonight brings a period of clear skies, so finally I will get a chance to complete my new gear setup, and planning to test my new camera, ASI585MC PRO on the magnificent plant #Jupiter

Hopefully post some images later 🤞

#astrophotography

This is part of the Cygnus Loop, a massive supernova remnant. What you’re looking at are the shockwaves from a star that exploded thousands of years ago, still rippling through space and ionizing the gas it hits.
Red light comes from Hydrogen-alpha, while the blue-green hues indicate Oxygen III.

When the skies stay gray, the hard drives come out. The "Continuous Cloudy Skies" streak continues, so I’ve been diving back into old data to see what I can pull out. Here is a fresh look at the Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6992) from sept 2025.
#Astrophotography #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour

Just to say, been cloudy for weeks and still waiting to complete setup and get to use them 😂 🌫️🌧️😞

New ZWO Filter Wheels, Epstein's Scope, Jupiter & Thanks 🙏🏼 YouTube video by Dylan O'Donnell

So good to see @dylanodonnell.bsky.social sharing his knowledge.

youtu.be/b_BGT_g2uTk?...

I have actually got this new filter wheel, plus a ASI585MC specially to image Jupiter, mainly the camera not really the filter wheel!

I love this image, so cool

Andromeda holds a special place for stargazers because it is the most distant object visible to the naked eye.
​Distance: It is located 2.5 million light-years away. When you look at it tonight, the light entering your eyes left the galaxy when early human ancestors were first walking the Earth.

A wide-field astrophotography shot of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) showing its bright, glowing galactic core and distinct spiral arms of dust and blue stars, set against a dense backdrop of distant stars in deep space

While clouds are killing the opportunities to do any astronomy currently, still re-processing older data. Today #M31 #Andromeda

I'm practicing using the new #VeraLux scripts and getting 'interesting' results.

What are your thoughts?

#Astrophotography #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour

Thank you David 👍

INFO: IC 1396. 🐘🌌
​Also known as the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, this cosmic cloud is over 100 light-years across. For context, our entire solar system is just a tiny speck compared to one of those dark "fingers" of dust.

#Astrophotography #Astronomy #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour
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​A high-detail narrowband astrophotograph of the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula (IC 1396). The image uses the SHO palette, featuring a vibrant mix of golden-yellow and deep turquoise. The central "trunk" is a dark, dense column of dust rimmed with glowing gold light, silhouetted against a backdrop of swirling teal and cyan ionized gases. Thousands of sharp stars are scattered across the frame.

​A narrowband image of the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) processed in the OSH palette. The scene is dominated by fiery red and orange hues, with subtle hints of deep teal in the shadows. The structure of the nebula appears more dramatic and moody, with the dense dust clouds of the "trunk" glowing intensely at the edges where high-energy radiation hits the hydrogen gas.

Decisions, decisions... IC 1396 in two different flavors. 🐘✨
​I put together both an SHO (Hubble Palette) and an OSH version. It’s wild how switching the mapping of Sulfur, Hydrogen, and Oxygen can completely change the "mood" of the Elephant’s Trunk.

Which do you prefer?

New sprouting daffodil

Taking a stroll today.

Not long now for first Daffodil's

FACTS:
Distance: Approximately 5,200 light-years away.
Age: The central cluster (NGC 2244) is very young—only about 2 million years old.
The "Hole": The central cavity is roughly 50 light-years across, carved out by the intense stellar winds of the massive O-type stars.

A false-colour SHO image of the Rosette Nebula showing a central cluster of stars surrounded by swirling gold and blue gas clouds with intricate dark dust structures

More cloudy skies re-processing; the "Rose" of the Monoceros constellation, reimagined in SHO. 🌹🌌

I love how the Hubble Palette reveals the hidden structural complexity of #NGC2244. Those dark dust globules are where the next generation of stars are currently being born.

#Astrophotography

William Optics Z73 with ASIAIR, Guide scope, auto focuser, filter wheel with cable management

William Optics Z73 with ASIAIR, Guide scope, auto focuser, filter wheel with cable management

Spent this morning setting up the new equipment to the William Optics Z73 scope. So pleased that I can now organise all the cabling nice and tidy.

With that done, I just need some clear skies to focus and tune it all now, The forecast is not looking good for the next few days/nights.

Electronic fouser, filter wheel and asi585mc camera

New additional equipment for this year, will be adding this to the WO Z73 APO setup. Camera is the #ZWO ASI585MC, excited to see how it works on my setup, all reviews of it are so positive, just need clear skies now 🙂

Thanks to #FLO www.firstlightoptics.com As ever, providing excellent service

The nebula is a small part of the Veil Nebula, which itself is the debris field of a massive supernova. A star roughly 20 times the mass of our Sun exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. When it happened, the explosion would have been brighter than Venus and visible during the day for weeks