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  1. Whirlpool Galaxy, M51a interacting with dwarf galaxy M51b in the constellation Ursa Major: face-on, counterclockwise spiral, distance 21mly, 80mm refractor, 4h UV-IR cut filter, stacked processed in Siril.
    #whirlpoolgalaxy #galaxy #universe #nature #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  2. Whirlpool Galaxy, M51a interacting with dwarf galaxy M51b in the constellation Ursa Major: face-on, counterclockwise spiral, distance 21mly, 80mm refractor, 4h UV-IR cut filter, stacked processed in Siril.
    #whirlpoolgalaxy #galaxy #universe #nature #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  3. Whirlpool Galaxy, M51a interacting with dwarf galaxy M51b in the constellation Ursa Major: face-on, counterclockwise spiral, distance 21mly, 80mm refractor, 4h UV-IR cut filter, stacked processed in Siril.
    #whirlpoolgalaxy #galaxy #universe #nature #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  4. Whirlpool Galaxy, M51a interacting with dwarf galaxy M51b in the constellation Ursa Major: face-on, counterclockwise spiral, distance 21mly, 80mm refractor, 4h UV-IR cut filter, stacked processed in Siril.
    #whirlpoolgalaxy #galaxy #universe #nature #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  5. Whirlpool Galaxy, M51a interacting with dwarf galaxy M51b in the constellation Ursa Major: face-on, counterclockwise spiral, distance 21mly, 80mm refractor, 4h UV-IR cut filter, stacked processed in Siril.
    #whirlpoolgalaxy #galaxy #universe #nature #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  6. Messier 106, Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici (lower left): June 2026; 5 nights.
    80mm Refractor, IMX585 Color Camera; 2h 6m UV-IR and 1h 28m Ha-Oiii filter; stacked and processed in Siril; Bortle 5.
    Other galaxies visible in the image are: NGC4217 and NGC4276 (upper right), NGC4248 and NGC4131-2 (top of M106, among left edge), and MCG+08-22-105 (right of M106, lower middle-right).
    #ScienceSunday #galaxy #astronomy #astrophotography

  7. Messier 106, Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici (lower left): June 2026; 5 nights.
    80mm Refractor, IMX585 Color Camera; 2h 6m UV-IR and 1h 28m Ha-Oiii filter; stacked and processed in Siril; Bortle 5.
    Other galaxies visible in the image are: NGC4217 and NGC4276 (upper right), NGC4248 and NGC4131-2 (top of M106, among left edge), and MCG+08-22-105 (right of M106, lower middle-right).
    #ScienceSunday #galaxy #astronomy #astrophotography

  8. Seagull Nebula (IC 2177):
    90mm Tamron lens, IMX585 Color Camera; 4hr 15min Ha-Oiii; 45min Oiii-Sii; stacked and processed in Siril.

    #nebula #astrophotography #astronomy #space #photography #ScienceSunday

  9. Seagull Nebula (IC 2177):
    90mm Tamron lens, IMX585 Color Camera; 4hr 15min Ha-Oiii; 45min Oiii-Sii; stacked and processed in Siril.

    #nebula #astrophotography #astronomy #space #photography #ScienceSunday

  10. Seagull Nebula (IC 2177):
    90mm Tamron lens, IMX585 Color Camera; 4hr 15min Ha-Oiii; 45min Oiii-Sii; stacked and processed in Siril.

    #nebula #astrophotography #astronomy #space #photography #ScienceSunday

  11. Seagull Nebula (IC 2177):
    90mm Tamron lens, IMX585 Color Camera; 4hr 15min Ha-Oiii; 45min Oiii-Sii; stacked and processed in Siril.

    #nebula #astrophotography #astronomy #space #photography #ScienceSunday

  12. Seagull Nebula (IC 2177):
    90mm Tamron lens, IMX585 Color Camera; 4hr 15min Ha-Oiii; 45min Oiii-Sii; stacked and processed in Siril.

    #nebula #astrophotography #astronomy #space #photography #ScienceSunday

  13. Hydrogen alpha emission from Heart and Soul Nebula. Work in progress with my first 10+ hrs of data, taken over three months through narrowband filters.
    #astronomy #astrophotography @photography #ScienceSunday

  14. Hydrogen alpha emission from Heart and Soul Nebula. Work in progress with my first 10+ hrs of data, taken over three months through narrowband filters.
    #astronomy #astrophotography @photography #ScienceSunday

  15. Hydrogen alpha emission from Heart and Soul Nebula. Work in progress with my first 10+ hrs of data, taken over three months through narrowband filters.
    #astronomy #astrophotography @photography #ScienceSunday

  16. Hydrogen alpha emission from Heart and Soul Nebula. Work in progress with my first 10+ hrs of data, taken over three months through narrowband filters.
    #astronomy #astrophotography @photography #ScienceSunday

  17. Hydrogen alpha emission from Heart and Soul Nebula. Work in progress with my first 10+ hrs of data, taken over three months through narrowband filters.
    #astronomy #astrophotography @photography #ScienceSunday

  18. Emission Nebula IC1396 in Cepheus: 90mm Tamron DSLR lens, HOS palette, reprocessed with additional Oiii-Sii data. The bright red star on the outer edge of the nebula at 5 o'clock is Mu Cephei, William Herschel's Garnet Star, one of the largest stars in our galaxy.

    #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  19. Emission Nebula IC1396 in Cepheus: 90mm Tamron DSLR lens, HOS palette, reprocessed with additional Oiii-Sii data. The bright red star on the outer edge of the nebula at 5 o'clock is Mu Cephei, William Herschel's Garnet Star, one of the largest stars in our galaxy.

    #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  20. Emission Nebula IC1396 in Cepheus: 90mm Tamron DSLR lens, HOS palette, reprocessed with additional Oiii-Sii data. The bright red star on the outer edge of the nebula at 5 o'clock is Mu Cephei, William Herschel's Garnet Star, one of the largest stars in our galaxy.

    #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  21. Emission Nebula IC1396 in Cepheus: 90mm Tamron DSLR lens, HOS palette, reprocessed with additional Oiii-Sii data. The bright red star on the outer edge of the nebula at 5 o'clock is Mu Cephei, William Herschel's Garnet Star, one of the largest stars in our galaxy.

    #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  22. Emission Nebula IC1396 in Cepheus: 90mm Tamron DSLR lens, HOS palette, reprocessed with additional Oiii-Sii data. The bright red star on the outer edge of the nebula at 5 o'clock is Mu Cephei, William Herschel's Garnet Star, one of the largest stars in our galaxy.

    #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  23. Elephant's Trunk Nebula and its locality (IC1396): My first attempt to adapt a thirty years old 90mm f2.8 macro lens to an astro camera. 4 nights in Feb-March '26, total exposure 3 hrs 37 min, narrowband Ha-Oiii filter, processed in Siril.
    The bright red star on the outer edge of the nebula at 4 o'clock is Mu Cephei, William Herschel's Garnet Star, one of the largest stars in our galaxy.
    #ic1396 #nebula #GarnetStar #WilliamHerschel #astronomy #nature #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  24. Elephant's Trunk Nebula and its locality (IC1396): My first attempt to adapt a thirty years old 90mm f2.8 macro lens to an astro camera. 4 nights in Feb-March '26, total exposure 3 hrs 37 min, narrowband Ha-Oiii filter, processed in Siril.
    The bright red star on the outer edge of the nebula at 4 o'clock is Mu Cephei, William Herschel's Garnet Star, one of the largest stars in our galaxy.
    #ic1396 #nebula #GarnetStar #WilliamHerschel #astronomy #nature #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  25. Elephant's Trunk Nebula and its locality (IC1396): My first attempt to adapt a thirty years old 90mm f2.8 macro lens to an astro camera. 4 nights in Feb-March '26, total exposure 3 hrs 37 min, narrowband Ha-Oiii filter, processed in Siril.
    The bright red star on the outer edge of the nebula at 4 o'clock is Mu Cephei, William Herschel's Garnet Star, one of the largest stars in our galaxy.
    #ic1396 #nebula #GarnetStar #WilliamHerschel #astronomy #nature #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  26. "Stands at the sea,
    wonders at wondering: I
    a universe of atoms
    an atom in the universe."
    ~ Richard P. Feynman.

    #nature #ScienceSunday #photography

  27. "Stands at the sea,
    wonders at wondering: I
    a universe of atoms
    an atom in the universe."
    ~ Richard P. Feynman.

    #nature #ScienceSunday #photography

  28. "Stands at the sea,
    wonders at wondering: I
    a universe of atoms
    an atom in the universe."
    ~ Richard P. Feynman.

    #nature #ScienceSunday #photography

  29. "Stands at the sea,
    wonders at wondering: I
    a universe of atoms
    an atom in the universe."
    ~ Richard P. Feynman.

    #nature #ScienceSunday #photography

  30. "Stands at the sea,
    wonders at wondering: I
    a universe of atoms
    an atom in the universe."
    ~ Richard P. Feynman.

    #nature #ScienceSunday #photography

  31. Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A): Only second astrophotography this winter, given either eternal cloud cover or arctic temperature.

    #nebula #astronomy #astrophotography #ScienceSunday

  32. Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A): Only second astrophotography this winter, given either eternal cloud cover or arctic temperature.

    #nebula #astronomy #astrophotography #ScienceSunday

  33. Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A): Only second astrophotography this winter, given either eternal cloud cover or arctic temperature.

    #nebula #astronomy #astrophotography #ScienceSunday

  34. Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A): Only second astrophotography this winter, given either eternal cloud cover or arctic temperature.

    #nebula #astronomy #astrophotography #ScienceSunday

  35. Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A): Only second astrophotography this winter, given either eternal cloud cover or arctic temperature.

    #nebula #astronomy #astrophotography #ScienceSunday

  36. Science Sunday brings interactive learning to St. Patrick’s County Park

    SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — Bringing the classroom outdoors! ND-LEEF hosted Science Sunday, providing demonstrations and hands-on activities…
    #UnitedStates #US #USA #america #ecosystems #Hands-onactivities #Interactivelearning #Nativeplants #ND-LEEF #science #ScienceSunday #St.Patrick'sCountyPark #technology #Underwaterrobots #unitedstatesofamerica
    europesays.com/2449560/

  37. A film I love, never tire of re-watching, especially on #ScienceSunday?

    Contact (1997).

    One of the all-time great opening sequences!

  38. A film I love, never tire of re-watching, especially on #ScienceSunday?

    Contact (1997).

    One of the all-time great opening sequences!

  39. A film I love, never tire of re-watching, especially on #ScienceSunday?

    Contact (1997).

    One of the all-time great opening sequences!