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So last week we had some clear skies and cold nights. I did some photos with my Dwarfiii, this one is Ptolemy's Cluster, with a little editing in Snapseed.

Later I will show you how I went with the new stackable mosaic capability we have now with this telescope.

#Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #BackyardAstronomy #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotograpy #SmartTelescope #Dwarf3

Over three nights last week, I shot #M17 over for a total of just over 8 hours.

This #Nebula is known as the #SwanNebula aka the #OmegaNebula aka #LobsterNebula aka #CheckmarkNebula aaaand #NGC6618, which is far, far too many names. Please do me a favour, and don't add to them.

For some reason, my telescope has decided that it is also #IC4701 aka #SH2-44 , but that is actually the fainter, sparser nebula in the top left.

In any event, this rich star forming region also contains several open clusters - #NGC6618 is embedded in M17, but #NGC6596 is in the foreground of SH2-44, and is not part of the star forming region.

Many of the stars are very hot fast burning stars, and they brightly illuminate the clouds of gas and dust.

Shot on a #Dwarf3 with the inbuilt Ha/OIII filter. Postprocessing in #Dwarflab Stellar Studio and #Snapseed .

#Astronomy #Astrophotography #Astrodon #BackYardAstronomy #SouthernSky

Here is a #SouthernSky classic - #C70 - The #SouthernPinwheel or #NGC300 .

This was shot over the course of four nights in the last week, with the last night being shot in OIII/SII , because I had that set up from shooting the #TriffidNebula earlier in the night.

This extra session has added some interesting highlights. In particular in the lower left tip of one of the arms, there is what appears to be a large nebula (but is more likely a group of them).

Postprocessed in #Dwarflab StellarStudio and #Snapseed.

#Astronomy #Astrophotography #Astrodon #SmartTelescope #BackYardAstronomy

The Moon and Venus were putting on a lovely display for us this evening.

#Nikon #P900 camera, manual mode, 1/15s f/8, 89mm.

#astronomy #Astrophotography #Astrodon #BackyardAstronomy #Moon #Venus

Very early this morning, just after my night's schedule had completed, there was still some dark sky. So I had a look around in #Stellarium, and found a comet in the far Western sky - 10P/Tempel . So I did a quick stack of it with my #Dwarf3 , and this was the result. One #musktrail , but I thought I'd leave it in in this case.

10/P Tempel is one of the Jupiter family of comets, and has a period of only 5.4 years, so we get to see it quite often. Because it does not get particularly close to the sun, we don't get to see much of tail, but we do get the neat fuzzy green of the excited gases around the nucleus.

#10pTempel #Astronomy #Astrophotography #SmartTelescope #BackYardAstronomy #SouthernSky #Astrodon #comet10ptempel2 #comet

Something a little different today.

This is the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, or #m24

What it is really is a gap in the dust of The Great Rift, and looks into the next spiral arm inwards from us.

5h22m in 15s subs at gain 60 using a #Dwarf3 #SmartTelescope .

#Astronomy #Astrophotography #Astrodon #BackyardAstronomy #SouthernSky

I had me a little play with the mosaic function for my Astronomy Group's target of the month earlier, the Lagoon Nebula, with a bonus Trifid Nebula thrown in there as well. Only about an hour's exposure, with these bright objects.

#Astronomy
#Astrophotography
#SouthernHemisphereAstronomy
#SmartTelescope
#Dwarf3
#DrivewayAstrophotography
#BackyardAstronomy
#TrifidNebula #LagoonNebula #Astrodon

Cold and crisp, and long winter solstice time nights have made for great observation times here in #PerthWesternAustralia . So now that it's come over all cloudy and rainy it's time to do some processing.

I have been catching a couple of snippets of things at the end of a longer project, and this is one of them. The Lagoon Nebula says hi!

Just 55 minutes.

#Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #SmartTelescope #Dwarf3 #DrivewayAstrophotography #BackyardAstronomy #Nebula #LagoonNebula #Astrodon

Making the most of the last night before the rain sets in, I decided to shoot a mosaic of the Lobster and the Cat's Paw nebulae. Six and a half hours total time, or about 1hr 35m for each corner.

This is a favourite subject of mine, and I never tire of it. Even if the lobster looks more like a crab to me.

Postprocessing in DwarfLab Stellar Studio and Snapseed.

#Dwarf3 #Astronomy #Astrodon #Astrophotography #Photography #BackyardAstronomy #SouthernSky #Snapseed

Last night I tried something a little different.

I got my #Dwarf2 out, and ran a couple of sessions on the #LagoonNebula ( #M8 ).

The first was in the near-infrared, using a SVBony IR pass filter.

The second, slightly shorter one, was in unfiltered RGB.

Then I shifted the IR image to a green tone, and layered the two images on top of each other.

I am rather pleased with the results. I did not use the #Dwarf3 for this, as I only have a 1.25" IR filter.

#Astronomy #Astrodon #Astrophotography #Photography #SmartTelescope #BackyardAstronomy #SouthernSkies

ρ-Ophiuchi Nebula Complex and friends.

Located at the meeting of Scorpio and Ophiuchus, this is arguably the most venomous part of the sky.

Let's look around.

Down the bottom we have Antares, a red supergiant, illuminating IC4606 - the Antares Nebula, and next to it the edge of the globular cluster M4.

Above M4 is a region illuminated by Al Niyat or Sigma Scorpii.

In between and above M4 and Antares is the tiny globular cluster NGC6144.

Directly above that is IC4603, and above that is the edge of what is recognised as IC6404, the ρ-Ophiuchi nebula itself.

Lastly, almost directly above Antares is IC4605 - the Blue Angel nebula.

Shot with a #Dwarf3 from my back yard in suburban #PerthWA , post processed in Stellar Studio, #Snapseed , and #GooglePhotos . Total exposure 6:19, 60s subs at gain 80, Ha/OIII filter.

#Astronomy #Astrophotography #Astrodon #BackyardAstronomy #SouthernSky #Photography

So last night was our usual Friday night RPG session, this time with @leece GMing. In honour of #Mermay we are playing a bunch of #mermaid police constables in a magical Victorian London.

While we were gaming, though, our #Dwarf3 #SmartTelescope s were beavering away at the comet #C2025r3panstarrs , which has just invaded the foot of #Orion .

Here is the result of one of the shots. Post processing in Stellar Studio and #Snapseed .

#Astronomy #Astrophotography #Astrodon #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstronomy

Just a 10 minute look at the Carina Nebula with the Dwarf 3 and some #Snapseed editing.

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I've had the telescope out for the last few days before the cloud has come in. This month's target from #AstronomyGroupOfWesternAustralia is The Statue of Liberty #nebula

I went a different path with the editing because I was struck with the sheer volume of stars in the area and didn't want dampen them down. So I left most of them in and upped the colour because I thought it looked cool.

#Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #SmartTelescope #DwarfLabs #Dwarf3

This month's target of the month from AGWA is the Statue of Liberty Nebula ( #NGC3579 ), which is in Carinae, and near the famous Eta Carinae Nebula.

This is three hours with a #Dwarf3 in Ha/OIII . Post processing in #Snapseed and Stellar Studio.

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https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Geophysical/1/3/1 🤔 It was red earlier... I am stuck here because the clouds were kind and the Dwarfs are running in the front yard.

Maybe down at the beach we might get a shot if the aurora makes an appearance.

#Astrodon #Astronomy #DrivewayAstrophotograpy #BackyardAstronomy #AuroraAustralis

So as I mentioned earlier, the quest for my astronomy gathering this month is to get a photo of the Rosette Nebula, which is pretty good for us to shoot at home at the moment.

You saw my in progress shot with my Dwarf 3, but I haven't forgotten about my Dwarf 2, so Rob lent me his SVBONY CLS filter and I've had a bunch of sessions with it.

So here's the result, and I'm loving the rosiness of the Rosette 🙂

Of course I should call it my preferred moniker - the Unicorn Nostril. Well, look at it, it's right there at Monoceros's snout in the right place!

#Astrodon
#Astronomy
#Astrophotography
#SouthernHemisphereAstronomy
#DrivewayAstrophotograpy
#BackyardAstronomy
#SmartTelescope
#Dwarflabs
#Dwarf2
#Nebula

So the challenge from my Astronomy club for us this month is The Rosette Nebula, Caldwell 49 or NGC 2237.

This is a bit of a rough cut - I've not seen it done with an OIII SII filter before, and I'd like to add some more frames. Thanks to @rdm for lending me the filter!

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #southernhemisphereAstronomy #drivewayAstrophotograpy #backyardastronomy #smarttelescope #dwarflabs #dwarf3 #nebula

@FotoVorschlag
'Objekte die mit "J"  beginnen oder so aussehen ...'
Träller:
"When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love, will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
The age of Aquarius..."

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First time I have tried time lapse with the -Dwarf 3- oops strike that, I did it with the Dwarf2! #LunarEclipse #astronomy #astrophotography #Astrodon #SouthernhemisphereAstronomy #drivewayAstrophotograpy #backyardAstronomy #Smarttelescope #Dwarf2 #Dwarflab

@rdm insisted I post this even though it was drawn in about 10 seconds with my finger.

He likes the immediacy.

#humour
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#TheTurtleMoves #TerryPratchett #Discworld

Well, I put the telescope out last night and targeted the Keyhole Nebula. Now, I don't know about you but this looks like Great A'Tuin, Sir Terry's marvelous astrochelonian, is checking on a star cluster nest of eggs.

May Sir Terry rest in peace and know that he's loved. I met him a few times, a wonderful soul he lit up a room like a gentle nebula himself!

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I rode this image into dangerous territory last night, because I ran out of space in the telescope, oops, but still it turned out pretty well. Remind me to clear off the scope this arvo!

The first time I processed the image it was pretty bright, it didn't look very natural, so I did this version. I might post the lurid one later.

So who's ready to see the Carina Nebula I did a couple of nights ago after this? Only an hour or so but you'll get to see us Southern Hemisphere types' consolation prize for not having a pole star.
#Astrodon
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