#skywatcherusa — Public Fediverse posts

Orion Nebula (2022), captured from our terrace in the middle of the city with a Sky‑Watcher Newtonian telescope + Canon EOS 5D Mark III full‑frame cam. Pleased with how much detail came through despite urban light pollution. #orionnebula #graz #astrophotography #skywatcherusa #geoscience

Here's the full supermoon from just after midnight on Nov 5th. Supermoons occur when the full moon coincides with the moon being closest to Earth in its elliptical orbit (perigee). Full res + details: buff.ly/Vwjs3Ta #moon #supermoon #fullmoon #astrophotography #touptek #skywatcherUSA 🔭 📷

Here's my latest image. Captured from my neighbor's backyard (because this target doesn't clear the trees from my house). Messier 8 (The Lagoon Nebula), Messier 20 (The Trifid Nebula), and M21 (an open star cluster). More Details in the this blog post: https://astronomy716.blogspot.com/2024/07/m8-m20-and-friends-from-farm-across.html

#Space #Astronomy #Astrophotography #ZWO #ZWOASI2600MCPro #SkyWatcherUSA #ExploreScientific

A very cropped in image of M27 captured from my backyard on 9/1/2023. For more details check out this blog post:
https://astronomy716.blogspot.com/2023/09/m27-with-dual-narrowband-filter.html
#Space #Astronomy #Astrophotography #M27 #DumbbellNebula #ZWO #ZWOASI2600MCPRO #OptplongLeXtreme #ExploreScientific #SkyWatcherUSA

M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy captured from my backyard on 04/26/2023. Check out this blog post for more details: https://astronomy716.blogspot.com/2023/05/m101-pinwheel-galaxy.html #astrophotography #space #astronomy #galaxyseason #zwoasi2600mcpro #ZWO #explorescientific #skywatcherusa