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Greetings! "Astro" means stars and "Potamus" means river. We're all connected by a River of Time and Space. Let's explore the Cosmos and travel through time together through the magic of #Astrophotography!
Located 43°N #DarkSky
Greetings! "Astro" means stars and "Potamus" means river. We're all connected by a River of Time and Space. Let's explore the Cosmos and travel through time together through the magic of #Astrophotography!
Located 43°N #DarkSky
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My #MLAstro #SAL-33 harmonic mount got its firmware updated today. That was after I forgot to turn off tracking and it ended up tipping over because I forgot it was on and it go top-heavy after slowly slewing. Bent my power plug. No harm. Factory firmware is gone. Newest release installed! 🌌🔭🦛
December 31, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Life Hack: Join #Astronomy clubs or attend star parties to meet like-minded individuals and expand your social circle. These days you can even do it remotely!
December 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Life Hack: Join #Astronomy clubs or attend star parties to meet like-minded individuals and expand your social circle. These days you can even do it remotely!
#Mars is called the Red Planet because its surface is covered in rusty dust. If you were on Mars though, it wouldn't be red. It would be more of a ruddy yellow.
December 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#Mars is called the Red Planet because its surface is covered in rusty dust. If you were on Mars though, it wouldn't be red. It would be more of a ruddy yellow.
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🌓Yesterday’s Moon revealed in metallic tones, highlighting subtle mineral differences across its surface.
🔭High-resolution image composed of four tiles.
... diving into details
🔭High-resolution image composed of four tiles.
... diving into details
December 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🌓Yesterday’s Moon revealed in metallic tones, highlighting subtle mineral differences across its surface.
🔭High-resolution image composed of four tiles.
... diving into details
🔭High-resolution image composed of four tiles.
... diving into details
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December 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I love coffee to . 😍🤣
Did you know that the Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most productive scientific instruments ever built? Astronomers using Hubble data have published more than 15,000 scientific papers. Those papers have been cited in other papers 738,000 times.
December 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Did you know that the Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most productive scientific instruments ever built? Astronomers using Hubble data have published more than 15,000 scientific papers. Those papers have been cited in other papers 738,000 times.
Life Hack: Timing shots for planetary alignments or eclipses sharpens long-term planning skills. Luckily, there are web sites that can help with that. See http://astropotamus.com/articles/web-sites for more information.
December 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Life Hack: Timing shots for planetary alignments or eclipses sharpens long-term planning skills. Luckily, there are web sites that can help with that. See http://astropotamus.com/articles/web-sites for more information.
Our #Sun is a medium-sized star; there are stars out there millions of times larger and brighter.
December 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Our #Sun is a medium-sized star; there are stars out there millions of times larger and brighter.
This old Potamus is pleased to see that old Potamus's #AstroRig back up and running! 🌌🔭🦛
Got abt 6 hrs of data with IC 342 (Hidden galaxy)-basically all the dust in our galaxy in this celestial pole area obscures the galaxy otherwise it'd be brighte as Andromeda..hope to get more data but tracking has been difficult along with weather
#astronomy
#astrophotography
#astronomy
#astrophotography
December 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This old Potamus is pleased to see that old Potamus's #AstroRig back up and running! 🌌🔭🦛
Life Hack: Mastering cameras, telescopes, and editing software enhances your tech skills in a fun way. Plus it's always great at parties when you whip out a bunch of galaxy glamour shots!
December 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Life Hack: Mastering cameras, telescopes, and editing software enhances your tech skills in a fun way. Plus it's always great at parties when you whip out a bunch of galaxy glamour shots!
The #Moon's surface is covered in fine, glassy dust caused by billions of years of impacts. In the next 10 years, there's a 95% chance that every man that has walked on the Moon so far will be dead.
December 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The #Moon's surface is covered in fine, glassy dust caused by billions of years of impacts. In the next 10 years, there's a 95% chance that every man that has walked on the Moon so far will be dead.
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I haven’t spent much time on globular clusters, but I think I need to change that.
This is just 0.5hr on M13, a large globular cluster in the direction of Hercules. Reprocessed with Siril, GraXpert, Veralux Hypermetric Stretch, GIMP. #Seestar S50 🔭 🧪
This is just 0.5hr on M13, a large globular cluster in the direction of Hercules. Reprocessed with Siril, GraXpert, Veralux Hypermetric Stretch, GIMP. #Seestar S50 🔭 🧪
December 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I haven’t spent much time on globular clusters, but I think I need to change that.
This is just 0.5hr on M13, a large globular cluster in the direction of Hercules. Reprocessed with Siril, GraXpert, Veralux Hypermetric Stretch, GIMP. #Seestar S50 🔭 🧪
This is just 0.5hr on M13, a large globular cluster in the direction of Hercules. Reprocessed with Siril, GraXpert, Veralux Hypermetric Stretch, GIMP. #Seestar S50 🔭 🧪
Awesome
When can you understand English? For me it's about 1200 AD with any decent time between ' what's was that?'
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From Old English to Modern American English in One Monologue
YouTube video by Simon Roper
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December 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Life Hack: Regular stargazing sessions cultivate a childlike sense of wonder that can uplift your spirit daily. Which improves your mood and strengthens your mind which helps you live longer!
December 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Life Hack: Regular stargazing sessions cultivate a childlike sense of wonder that can uplift your spirit daily. Which improves your mood and strengthens your mind which helps you live longer!
By tracking objects, astrometry helps predict future positions of asteroids and comets. Without it, we wouldn't be able to plan missions to orbit, the Moon, or other planets in the solar system.
December 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
By tracking objects, astrometry helps predict future positions of asteroids and comets. Without it, we wouldn't be able to plan missions to orbit, the Moon, or other planets in the solar system.
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Another clear night ahead (although the Moon is getting more and more annoying), so I'll try to extend my #Seestar S30 Orion mosaic again. Shown is the version so far (left) and the version one day before. The difference is last night's haul :-) 🧪🔭⚛️
December 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Another clear night ahead (although the Moon is getting more and more annoying), so I'll try to extend my #Seestar S30 Orion mosaic again. Shown is the version so far (left) and the version one day before. The difference is last night's haul :-) 🧪🔭⚛️
Life Hack: Learning ISO, aperture, and shutter speed in #astrophotography makes you a pro in other photography styles. Learn more at http://astropotamus.com/learn
December 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Life Hack: Learning ISO, aperture, and shutter speed in #astrophotography makes you a pro in other photography styles. Learn more at http://astropotamus.com/learn
Even if you're just shooting DSLR #Astrophotography, you need a good tripod. Here's what I use: https://amzn.to/3WYz8of
December 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Even if you're just shooting DSLR #Astrophotography, you need a good tripod. Here's what I use: https://amzn.to/3WYz8of
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I won a national astrophotography competition!
December 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I won a national astrophotography competition!
Life Hack: Not every night goes as planned, but perseverance in #Astrophotography builds emotional resilience. And that's what will carry you through until the day you die.
December 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Life Hack: Not every night goes as planned, but perseverance in #Astrophotography builds emotional resilience. And that's what will carry you through until the day you die.
Life Hack: Recognizing faint celestial details enhances awareness of the world around you. It also lets you see ghosts, specters, and spooks. Who you gonna call?
December 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Life Hack: Recognizing faint celestial details enhances awareness of the world around you. It also lets you see ghosts, specters, and spooks. Who you gonna call?
The energy of quasars comes from supermassive black holes consuming matter in distant galaxies.
December 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The energy of quasars comes from supermassive black holes consuming matter in distant galaxies.
My niece sent me this pic from a Christmas a long time ago...
December 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
My niece sent me this pic from a Christmas a long time ago...
"How will you enter 2026?"
Me:
Me:
December 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"How will you enter 2026?"
Me:
Me:
Our governor just declared a State of Emergency for the area I live (among others) because of the winter storm. ❄🌨🔭🦛
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December 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Our governor just declared a State of Emergency for the area I live (among others) because of the winter storm. ❄🌨🔭🦛