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#Jyväskylä is at its most beautiful before dawn.
In one of the images, the lines of the constellations (the massive Pegasus in the foreground) and the positions of the #Andromeda galaxy and #comet C/2025 R3 have been added. The yellow arrow shows the comet's movement from 11 to 19 April 2026. It may be visible with the naked eye or at least with binoculars during the week.
Round image short exposure with #Unistellar #Odyssey Pro
#astronomy #space

Kosmos w wersji Smart Home. Jak inteligentne teleskopy sprawiły, że nie musisz marznąć pod gwiazdami

Kiedyś amatorska astronomia oznaczała dwie rzeczy: walkę ze skomplikowanym montażem i odmrażanie sobie palców przy minus dziesięciu stopniach, by zobaczyć szarą plamkę.

Dziś? Stawiasz teleskop na tarasie, wracasz do ciepłego salonu i oglądasz kolorowe mgławice na iPadzie, popijając gorącą herbatę. Witajcie w erze „astrofotografii obliczeniowej”.

Tradycyjni astronomowie pewnie kręcą nosem. Dla nich patrzenie w okular i ręczne szukanie Gwiazdy Polarnej to rytuał. Ale dla reszty z nas, próg wejścia w ten świat był zawsze zbyt wysoki. I tu wchodzi technologia, która robi z teleskopem to, co iPhone zrobił z fotografią – automatyzuje magię.

Robot, który „widzi” więcej

Urządzenia takie jak Unistellar czy Vaonis Vespera/Stellina to nie są zwykłe lunety. To w zasadzie roboty wyposażone w czułe matryce i potężne komputery. Działa to tak: wynosisz sprzęt na zewnątrz, naciskasz przycisk, a on sam, dzięki GPS i analizie mapy nieba, wie, gdzie jest. Nie musisz wiedzieć, gdzie jest Wielka Mgławica w Orionie. Wpisujesz to w aplikacji, a teleskop sam na nią najeżdża.

Magia „Live Stacking”

To, co dzieje się później, to prawdziwy „game changer”. Ludzkie oko w nocy widzi słabo i w czerni-bieli. Matryca teleskopu zbiera światło przez minuty i godziny. Oprogramowanie nakłada na siebie kolejne klatki w czasie rzeczywistym (tzw. live stacking). Na ekranie tabletu szara mgła powoli zmienia się w szczegółową, kolorową strukturę galaktyki, a algorytmy odszumiające (coraz częściej wspierane przez AI) wyciągają detale, których nie zobaczyłbyś przez tradycyjny teleskop o średnicy lustra wielkości studni.

Niebo do dzielenia się

Najpiękniejsze w tej „smart-astronomi” jest jednak to, że przestaje być ona samotna. Obraz z teleskopu można rzucić na telewizor w salonie. W Święta, zamiast oglądać „Kevina”, cała rodzina może oglądać na żywo rodzącą się gwiazdę oddaloną o 1300 lat świetlnych.

To technologia, która paradoksalnie, patrząc w ekran, pozwala nam zobaczyć Wszechświat lepiej, niż gdybyśmy patrzyli bezpośrednio w niebo. A przy obecnych mrozach – funkcja sterowania z kanapy jest nie do przecenienia.

Nowy iPad Mini z OLED I procesorem Apple A20 Pro?

Carton plein pour ENVISION, les jumelles à Réalité Augmentée : 350 unités à 999$ en bonus !
https://mac4ever.com/192631
#Mac4Ever #ENVISION #Unistellar

So Astrofest is done and dusted for another year. For the first time since the early 2000s (when we did model rocket displays) we were volunteers. This time we were running one of the telescope pods - the Smart Telescope pod, which, unlike the other pods, was not limited to a single target. We were all over the sky, making the most of the ease of control and versatility of these fun devices.

@leece and I had three DwarfIIs, there was a pair of Seestar S50s, a Unistellar EVScopeII, and even a Vaonis Vespera II (which is a work of art, as well as being a stunning telescope).

We even had someone doing it oldschool with a guide mount and a DSLR with a very beefy lens!

We started the afternoon with sun and moon viewing - made challenging with the sunlight on our screens. After, one of the S50s continued with the moon for the rest of the night, while the rest of us went on to other targets, including 47 Tucanae, the Cat's Paw Nebula, C65 (The Sculptor Galaxy), The Lagoon Nebula, the SMC, the LMC, and even a random star that someone had the coordinates for tattooed on their arm!

We were on our feet pretty much from 2:30 when we set up to 10:30 when we finally departed, and talked to the public almost non-stop from about 4pm. We answered questions about what these weird looking devices were, and why people were not looking through them, what they could do, how much they cost, and which were the best. This last one was a tough one, as we own one brand, and there was another brand in the same price bracket right next to us :) We were fair, though, and highlighted the pluses and minuses of each. And explaining, many times, that we were not selling them.

Early in the evening Leece did duck off to watch the Astrophotography competition awards, as she had been shortlisted. And, to her surprise, she had just sat down when they announced the winner for the Night Sky Friendly Lighting category - with her image of the rising galactic core over a resort near Bindoon taking the prize!

It was a fantastic, if exhausting experience, and one we look forward to repeating in Feb 2026.

#astronomy #astrophotography #ScienceEducation #Astrofest #PerthWA #Astrofest #Astrofest2024 #Bindoon #DarkSkyAlliance #DwarfII #SeeStarS50 #Unistellar #Vespera2

You gotta stop staring at the sun, @spsheridan!

#SolarFlares #SolarPhotography #Unistellar

Unistellar Brings Its Smart Solar Filter to the Odyssey Telescope Line https://petapixel.com/2024/02/15/unistellar-brings-its-smart-solar-filter-to-the-odyssey-telescope-line/ #unistellarodyssey #smartsolarfilter #sunphotography #odysseypro #telescopes #unistellar #Equipment #astronomy #telescope #eclipse #odyssey #optics #nikon #space #News

A bit of #astronomy this evening via my #evscope #jupiter #horseheadnebula #flamenebula #trianglenebula #m33 #unistellar

Nice to see the sun out, so here is an update. #Solar #Sun #Astronomy #Unistellar #evScope

Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks is in outburst, having greatly increased in brightness a few days ago. I just observed it with my #Unistellar eVscope. The insert shows the comet's unusual appearance. #comet #pons-brooks

#Astrophotographers: Do you use the stock iOS/iPadOS tools for simple image processing? If not, is there a good iOS non-subscription app for doing it? I have mainly public outreach in mind, not necessarily extracting data. I’m looking for someone to potentially present an #OPTYCs workshop on this to TYC (two-year college and community college) astronomy faculty. Feel free to boost.

#ITeachAstronomy #AstroPhotography #ImageProcessing #Unistellar

And some more….
#m11 #m16 #m17 #m51 #astronomy #astrophotography #unistellar #evscope

#astronomy #astrophotography #M83 #unistellar
Even under less then optimal skies my #evscope still pulls it in for a better then decent capture.

So many sunspots today! Shot with my Unistellar eVscope2 and a solar filter. #sun #sunspot #unistellar #eVscope2

That blue-green smudge is comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS), which I photographed last night with my #Unistellar #eVscope #comet

#m104 #astrophotography #astronomy #unistellar #evscope

Although in very light polluted skies, I am back to observing.

The Sombrero Galaxy

Supernova 2023ixf located in spiral galaxy, M101 (the Pinwheel Galaxy). Shot just now with my #Unistellar #eVscope #supernova

The amateur #astrophotography
#evscope telescope made by #unistellar in #Marseille, France, makes it into a Nature paper!

Some skilled amateur astronomers managed to catch the moment when NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft slammed into an asteroid on purpose last September 2022.

Check-out the editorial at
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00671-4

Image of the #Sun taken 7 May 2023 using a #Unistellar #eVscope2 with a solar filter.

Tonight's nearly #fullmoon shot with a #Unistellar #eVscope

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) with its eye-catching spiraling structure which appears to swallow its neighbor...

Watched from downtown #marseille on a moonlight-less yet lightly cloudy night using 6 min exposure on the evScope.

#evscope #astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #galaxy #M51 #whirlpoolgalaxy #Bortle8

M81 Bode's Galaxy

Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #m81 #galaxy #ursamajor #messier #messiermarathon

C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is a long-period comet from the Oort cloud that was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) on March 2, 2022. The comet has a bright green glow around its nucleus, due to the effect of sunlight on diatomic carbon and cyanogen. It’s closest approach to Earth was on February 1, 2023, at a distance of 0.28 AU (42 million km; 26 million mi).

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #comet #c2022e3 #ztf

Unistellar Releases a New Smartscope: the eQuinox 2

by David Dickinson

A great telescope just got better. Unistellar just announced the release of its new eQuinox 2. The smartscope will be part of the Unistellar line, joining the eVscope 2 and eQuinox.

https://www.universetoday.com/159265/unistellar-releases-a-new-smartscope-the-equinox-2/

#astronomy #space #telescope #unistellar #equinox2 #smartscope

Astro Advent for December 16th: the Flame Nebula and Alnitak in Orion. I shot this with my #Unistellar telescope during a live online demonstration of how it worked. #AstroAdvent #FlameNebula

NGC 1501 Blue Oyster Nebula

The Blue Oyster is a planetary nebula, representing an aging star that has shed its outer layers. Unlike the other planetary nebula, however, the central star of the Blue Oyster is not a typical white dwarf, but has a
spectra more like a Wolf-Rayet Star.  In photographs, the magnitude 14.5 central star suggests a pearl inside a blue oyster.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #ngc1501 #nebula #camelopardalis

M1 Crab Nebula

M1 Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula. It is located in the northern constellation Taurus, the Bull. The Crab Nebula has an apparent magnitude of 8.4 and lies at a distance of 6,500 light years from Earth. It is the result of a supernova explosion, SN 1054, that was observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054 AD.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #m1 #nebula #taurus #messier #messiermarathon

#AstroAdvent for December 10. #Unistellar #eVscope

This little fella moving amongst the stars is a space rock. One activity of the observatory is to observe near earth objects - asteroids - as they fly by. Data captured is sent to professional scientists at SETI and used to refine the orbit and shape of the asteroids. This is 1989JA in May this year.
December 10 #Astronomy #Unistellar #PlanetaryDefence

Astro Advent for December 8th. #AstroAdvent #unistellar #eVscope

M33 Triangulum Galaxy

M33 is a famous spiral galaxy located in the small northern constellation Triangulum. It is the third largest galaxy in the Local Group, after the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way. The galaxy lies at a distance between 2.38 and 3.07 million light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 5.72.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #m33 #galaxy #triangulum #messier #messier #unistellar

#AstroAdvent for December 6th. #unistellar #eVscope2

Astro Advent for December 5th. #AstroAdvent #eVscope #unistellar

#AstroAdvent for December 3rd, an asteroid photobombs the Crab Nebula #unistellar #eVscope

December 2nd of #AstroAdvent the International Space Station #unistellar #eVscope

It is December and I am celebrating #AstroAdvent by putting out a new astronomical image every day as we count down to Christmas. All images were taken by me this year with a #Unistellar #eVscope.

@nasa and thanks to TESS, I got to observe a transit of an exoplanet from my backyard with a little #Unistellar #eVscope - absolutely thrilling. So much I made a gif of the event and made it my animated profile image!

A composite shot of Jupiter and the Galilean moons shot lastnight with my #unistellar #eVscope.

My alignments are a bit rough, but here is an hour of Jupiter's rotation as captured with the updated #Unistellar app with an #eVscope2

The star known as Gamma Trianguli (center) as caught with my #Unistellar #eVscope a few nights ago. Gamma Trianguli VI was the home of Vaal in the classic Star Trek episode The Apple.

Wow, colleagues at the #SETI institute collaborating with the #Unistellar citizen-scientist network made this great animation showing the places from which we could observe the #transit of the #exoplanet #HIP41378 f on November 12-13.

Answer: from (almost) everywhere.

Read more / source: https://www.unistellar.com/blog/observe-a-saturn-like-planet/

#astronomy

NGC 6934

Magnitude 8.83 globular cluster located 52,000 light-years away in the constellation Delphinus.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #ngc6934 #cluster #delphinus #caldwell47

NGC 7006

Magnitude 10.6 globular cluster located 135,000 light-years away in the constellation Delphinus. NGC 7006 appears in the science fiction novel Beyond the Farthest Star by Edgar Rice Burroughs, where it is used as a point of reference by the inhabitants of the planet Poloda to determine the approximate location of Earth.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #ngc7006 #cluster #delphinus #caldwell42

M92

Magnitude 6.4 globular cluster located 26,700 light-years away in the constellation Hercules. M92 is approaching us at 112 km/sec and was a "Polarissima Borealis", or "North Cluster", about 12,000 years ago (10,000 BC), and it will again in about 14,000 years (16,000 AD).

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #m92 #cluster #hercules #messier #messiermarathon

M13

Located 25,000 light-years from Earth, M13 is by far the most famous sight in this part of the sky. It competes with M5 as the brightest globular cluster north of the celestial equator. The cluster contains some 500,000 stars with an age of 13 billion years, not much younger than the universe itself.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #m13 #cluster #hercules #messier #messiermarathon

NGC 1973 Running Man Nebula

Bright nebula located in the constellation Orion.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #ngc1973 #nebula #orion

NGC 1973 Running Man Nebula

Bright nebula located in the constellation Orion.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #ngc1973 #nebula #orion

NGC 1973 Running Man Nebula

Bright nebula located in the constellation Orion.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #ngc1973 #nebula #orion

M15

Magnitude 6.2 globular cluster located 35,700 light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. At an estimated 12.5±1.3 billion years old, it is one of the oldest known globular clusters. Its core has undergone a contraction known as "core collapse" and it has a central density cusp with an enormous number of stars surrounding what may be a central black hole.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #m15 #cluster #pegasus #messier #messiermarathon

NGC 7814

Magnitude 11.6 spiral galaxy located 40 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. It is sometimes referred to as "the little sombrero", a miniature version of Messier 104.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #ngc7814 #galaxy #pegasus

NGC 7822

Young star forming nebula in the constellation of Cepheus. It is 2,900 light-years away and contains one of the hottest stars discovered within 1 kpc of the Sun, namely BD+66 1673, an eclipsing binary system consisting of a star that has a surface temperature of nearly 45,000 K and a luminosity about 100,000 times that of the Sun.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #ngc7822 #nebula #cepheus