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Cloudy in Kona yesterday evening, but sunset was still worth it. Enjoy your day…

#Kona #Hawaii #sunset #nature

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M42, the great Orion Nebula. This is a 2 hour exposure using a Seestar S30. I learned a masking technique for post processing that really helps to preserve nebula details…especially in the center where the long exposure tends to washout the details of the gas cloud. Thanks to the Photon Rookie on YouTube for sharing the technique. His skills are undeniably brilliant and he graciously shares them.

My first image using a new Seestar S30 Pro. Conditions were not ideal, but I think M42 came out nicely. I did some post processing in Siril and used a “masking” technique that I recently learned from Photon Rookie. #Seestar #Orion #nebula #stars #photography #astrophotography #nature #nightsky

A nice Hawaiian sunset from Holualoa with a bird crossing the orange sky.

Sunset from Holualoa…

#sunset #nature #hawaii #kona #holuauloa #photography

I had an almost identical experience. lol. I bought a Meade 8” Schmidt Cassegrain and took some blurry photos of Orion. I’ve been enjoying my S50 for over a year and just received the new S30 Pro. Enjoy and clear skies!

NGC-2359, Thor’s Helmet Nebula, from Holualoa HI. I’m pretty pleased with it after only 70 mins before the battery died on my Seestar S50. If I have clear skies again tonight, I’ll try to add to the stack. I will also see if I can improve on it with post processing using Siril and Graxpert, etc.

Thor’s Helmet. A beautiful emission nebula in the Canis Major constellation. My Seestar’s battery died and, so I had to limit the exposure to 70 mins. I’ll try to add more to the stack tonight or tomorrow. #nebula #stars #astrophotography #Seestar #nightsky #Thor #cosmos #nature #Hawaii

Horsehead nebula with part of the Flame Nebula too. Approx. 500 FITs images from a SeeStar S50 stacked and processed in Siril, Graxpert and GIMP. I like the results a bit more than what’s possible with the native SeeStar app tools. Sadly, I couldn’t use Astrosharp, since it is apparently only available for Windows; but I’m looking for alternatives. A big shout-out to Photon Rookie for his excellent tutorial on processing the Horse Head Nebula (among other deep sky targets)…he’s truly the GOAT of SeeStar Astro imaging. Check his work out on YouTube.

Old Seestar S50 image data of the Horse Head Nebula, but I reprocessed it using Siril, Graxpert & Gimp. Thx, Photon Rookie, for the great tutorial. I still need a Mac alt for Astrosharp, if anyone knows of one. #Nebula #stars #astrophotography #photography #nature #cosmos #nightsky

Sunset set in Hawaii. Off the Kona coast from Holualoa. A relatively unusual orange globe. No alterations…simple iPhone pic.

Kona sunset from Holualoa HI. Enjoy…

#sunset #hawaii #kona #nature #landscape #nature

Zoomed in image of the Hawaiian Hawk perched on a palm fronds.

Hawaiian Hawk perched high in a palm tree at the end of the day in Holualoa Hawaii.

The Hawaiian Hawk. I don’t see these in my yard often, but I got lucky yesterday. This beautiful hawk is only found on the Big Island of Hawaii.
#Hawk #bird #Hawaii #Kona #Endangered #Nature #photography #HawaiianHawk

A studio portrait of astronomer Carl Sagan standing with his arms crossed, smiling warmly at the camera. He is wearing a red turtleneck sweater. Behind him is a stylized cosmic backdrop featuring a spiral galaxy and scattered stars, giving the impression that he is positioned in front of a vast, luminous universe.

“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.”

— Carl Sagan

Last one…still Episode 42 at the Hawaiian Kīlauea volcano this shows the lava fountain and also the good view of the huge lava lake in the crater. #volcano #Hawaii #Kilauea #nature #photography #lava #pele #lavalake

Episode 42 at the Hawaiian Kīlauea volcano started yesterday. The eruption lasted well into the evening and lava fountains reached up to 1,300 ft. Here’s another video. #volcano #Hawaii #Kilauea #nature #photography #lava #pele

Episode 42 at the Hawaiian Kīlauea volcano started yesterday. The eruption lasted well into the evening and lava fountains reached up to 1,300 ft. I’ll share a few more videos separately. #volcano #Hawaii #Kilauea #nature #photography #lava #pele

Carl Sagan’s prediction about America, made 31 years ago.

A nice tail slap from a humpback whale yesterday off the Kona coast of Hawaii.

#humpback #whale #Hawaii #nature #ocean #sealife #kona

A short clip of spinner dolphins waking for the evening feeding off the Kona coast of Hawaii.

#dolphin #spinnerdolphin #Hawaii #nature #ocean #sealife #kona

The Flaming Star Nebula is a beautiful emission and reflection Nebula in the Auriga constellation. It is 1,500 light years way and it spans over 5 light years. It surrounds the “run away” star known as AE Auriga.

The Flaming Star Nebula - in the Auriga Constellation. Both an emission & reflection nebula about 1,500 light years away.

#Nebula #stars #astronomy #astrophotography #universe #nature #galaxy #nightsky

Seestar S50 - 90 min exposure of NGC 2264

The Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster from last night. Bright moon made the 90 min exposure just barely enough, but then clouds cut things short.

#stars #nebula #astronomy #astrophotography #nature #nightsky #Hawaii

Seestar S50 image of the waning gibbous moon from Feb 4. Slightly over-sharpened to make the features pop and also brought up the saturation for that mineral moon effect.

Same Feb 4 moon image, with less processing than the other one.

The waning gibbous moon from last night. I over-sharpened it to make the features pop a bit. Also, increased the saturation for that mineral moon effect. Hope you all like it.

#Moon #astrophotography #astronomy #Hawaii #nature

This is a 182 minute exposure of M1 using a Seestar S50. I cropped it a bit to show off the nebula, since it was pretty small in the full frame. This is one of my longer exposures and it really improved on the quality vs only 1 hour. It was also a bright full moon.

I nice astrophotography night here in Holualoa HI. This is a 3 hour exposure of the Crab Nebula (M1). It's a supernova remnant 6,500 light years away.

#supernova #nebula #stars #astronomy #astrophotography #nature #Hawaii #photography #crabnebula

The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174) is a spectacular emission nebula about 6,400 light years away in the Orion constellation. It is part of the open star cluster NGC 2175.

The Monkey Head Nebula in the Orion Constellation. 60 min exposure on a Seestar S50. Full moon and some clouds made it a bit challenging. #stars #nebula #photography #astronomy #seestar #nature #hawaii #astrophotography #nightsky

Manta ray night snorkeling tour off the Kona coast. An amazing experience for my son and I. Highly recommended when on the Big Island of Hawaii. #manta #snorkeling #ocean #nature

Messier 81 (Bode’s Galaxy) as a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years distant with a diameter of about 96,000 light years. The spiral structure with dust lanes makes it a very beautiful (and popular) target. This was a good test of my equipment at low temperatures. It got down to 20F on the first night with no glitches. Taken from my back yard.

M81 (Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years distant. The galactic nucleus contains a supermassive black hole of roughly 70 million solar masses. Image was taken over two nights (12/29 and 12/30) and represents about 16 hours total exposure. #Astrophotography

The Monkey Head Nebula

NGC 2174 - The Monkey Head nebula from my garden in Munich, Germany. Do you see the monkey?

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Complex of dust and gas forming a shape reminiscent of that of a seagull in flight.

The Seagull Nebula - IC2711
Beautifull region of nebulosity in Monoceros, 3650 ly away. Four hours of data collected a week ago with my 72mm refractor and a dual narrowband filter.

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The Rosette Nebula is an H II region in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way at a distance of approx. 5000 light years. The Nebula measures roughly 130 light years in diameter. The bright stars in the center excite the atoms in the nebula, causing them to emit radiation themselves.

Reedit of my Rosettte Nebula taken last February: Using Veralux HyperMetric Stretch in Siril 1.4 really helps me bringing out more contrast.

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Dunkler Himmel, zu sehen ist darauf ein roter Emissionsnebel, durch den eine Pferdekopf-förmige Dunkelwolke sichtbar wird.

Gestern hat es endlich geklappt: meine erste vorzeigbare Aufnahme des Pferdekopfnebels (IC 434). Das waren insgesamt 138 Minuten. #Astro 🔭

…and your deep sky images are amazing!

Thanks, Wolfgang. I appreciate the tip!