Dylan O’Donnell
@dylanodonnell.bsky.social
(M IT, GC Astronomy) Art, science, music & tech - Byron Bay 🇦🇺 Team Celestron. Host of StarStuff on YouTube - Public Domain AP. Probably alcoholic. ByronBayObservatory.com.au
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Hello! My YouTube channel now has almost TEN YEARS of Astronomy & Astrophotography videos! Here are 240 of them... Thanks to everyone watching. It's hard to believe I'm still going but honestly - it's a joy. Clear skies! 🔭📺🪐
youtube.com/DylanODonnell
youtube.com/DylanODonnell
Thanks @paramountobs.bsky.social !
So good to see @dylanodonnell.bsky.social sharing his knowledge.
youtu.be/b_BGT_g2uTk?...
I have actually got this new filter wheel, plus a ASI585MC specially to image Jupiter, mainly the camera not really the filter wheel!
youtu.be/b_BGT_g2uTk?...
I have actually got this new filter wheel, plus a ASI585MC specially to image Jupiter, mainly the camera not really the filter wheel!
New ZWO Filter Wheels, Epstein's Scope, Jupiter & Thanks 🙏🏼
YouTube video by Dylan O'Donnell
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February 7, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Thanks @paramountobs.bsky.social !
Thanks Rami! What a huge honor … I was one of their first collabs on their young instagram and now I’ve come full circle on their 3m+ account !
Yeaaahhh!
Go check out who is on the @esa.int collab on insta!
It’s our very own @dylanodonnell.bsky.social!
Such a great program from ESA 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Go check out who is on the @esa.int collab on insta!
It’s our very own @dylanodonnell.bsky.social!
Such a great program from ESA 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
January 21, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Thanks Rami! What a huge honor … I was one of their first collabs on their young instagram and now I’ve come full circle on their 3m+ account !
Thanks for watching and the kind words :) life has slowed me down recently too but I’ll get back on the horse soon.
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Thanks for watching and the kind words :) life has slowed me down recently too but I’ll get back on the horse soon.
Hanging with FILLIPO from @PrimaLuceLab and the Testar crew at @IAC2025sydney ! They wouldn’t let me take the new focuser because it’s the “only one in Australia”. Pshhh 😅
October 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Hanging with FILLIPO from @PrimaLuceLab and the Testar crew at @IAC2025sydney ! They wouldn’t let me take the new focuser because it’s the “only one in Australia”. Pshhh 😅
lol weird. At least we weren’t fucking.
September 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
lol weird. At least we weren’t fucking.
Anyone going to the 76TH INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS (Sydney) next Friday? Apparently it’s a free day so I’ll be hanging around 🍻
September 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Anyone going to the 76TH INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS (Sydney) next Friday? Apparently it’s a free day so I’ll be hanging around 🍻
Once you go black …
September 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Once you go black …
10% talent/tylenol, 10% effort, 40% equipment and 40% weather/conditions!
NGC 6729 - Old Mate Yoda
Apertura 75Q (Reduced F4)
QHY Minicam 8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i mount
63 x 2m Red
70 x 2m Green (oops)
65 x 2m Blue
Total : 6.6hours
#astrophotography #qhyccd #skywatcher
NGC 6729 - Old Mate Yoda
Apertura 75Q (Reduced F4)
QHY Minicam 8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i mount
63 x 2m Red
70 x 2m Green (oops)
65 x 2m Blue
Total : 6.6hours
#astrophotography #qhyccd #skywatcher
September 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
10% talent/tylenol, 10% effort, 40% equipment and 40% weather/conditions!
NGC 6729 - Old Mate Yoda
Apertura 75Q (Reduced F4)
QHY Minicam 8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i mount
63 x 2m Red
70 x 2m Green (oops)
65 x 2m Blue
Total : 6.6hours
#astrophotography #qhyccd #skywatcher
NGC 6729 - Old Mate Yoda
Apertura 75Q (Reduced F4)
QHY Minicam 8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i mount
63 x 2m Red
70 x 2m Green (oops)
65 x 2m Blue
Total : 6.6hours
#astrophotography #qhyccd #skywatcher
M17 Omega is like the TEMU version of M42 Orion. It kind of has the same shape and colours but looks like it's been hitting the crystal pipe and has fallen on hard times.
Apertura 75Q (Native)
QHY Minicam8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i
35 x 2m R
11 x 2m G (oops)
35 x 2m B
Total: 2.7hrs
Apertura 75Q (Native)
QHY Minicam8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i
35 x 2m R
11 x 2m G (oops)
35 x 2m B
Total: 2.7hrs
September 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
M17 Omega is like the TEMU version of M42 Orion. It kind of has the same shape and colours but looks like it's been hitting the crystal pipe and has fallen on hard times.
Apertura 75Q (Native)
QHY Minicam8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i
35 x 2m R
11 x 2m G (oops)
35 x 2m B
Total: 2.7hrs
Apertura 75Q (Native)
QHY Minicam8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i
35 x 2m R
11 x 2m G (oops)
35 x 2m B
Total: 2.7hrs
Geez thats a bit fancy 😂
September 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Geez thats a bit fancy 😂
Cable management is for the man who changes nothing :) I change my image train like I change my underwear. At least once a month.
September 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Cable management is for the man who changes nothing :) I change my image train like I change my underwear. At least once a month.
Hahaha of course
September 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Hahaha of course
You guys aren’t ready for this level of sophistication.
September 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
You guys aren’t ready for this level of sophistication.
If the DOD is now the Dept. of War … surely US Space Command can be STAR WARS again too? Make America Dorks Again! 🇺🇸
September 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
If the DOD is now the Dept. of War … surely US Space Command can be STAR WARS again too? Make America Dorks Again! 🇺🇸
I looked and snapped for about an hour :)
September 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I looked and snapped for about an hour :)
Any other aussies wake up at 3:30am on a work day Monday? 😅 Quick single exposure to see the stars close to totality. Next one in March is at a much more forgiving evening time.
September 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Any other aussies wake up at 3:30am on a work day Monday? 😅 Quick single exposure to see the stars close to totality. Next one in March is at a much more forgiving evening time.
You’re upside down !
September 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
You’re upside down !
Saturday night's 97% Moon. When it hits 100% around 3:30am AEST tomorrow, it will go blood red as we enter the totality of a full lunar eclipse. Not the best time for those of us with day jobs, but there will be an evening one in March 2026 if you miss this one.
Apertura 75Q / 300mm / F4
Apertura 75Q / 300mm / F4
September 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Saturday night's 97% Moon. When it hits 100% around 3:30am AEST tomorrow, it will go blood red as we enter the totality of a full lunar eclipse. Not the best time for those of us with day jobs, but there will be an evening one in March 2026 if you miss this one.
Apertura 75Q / 300mm / F4
Apertura 75Q / 300mm / F4
Breaking 🚨 - The Dark Sky Preservation petition is the #1 open petition by signatures before the Australian Parliament right now!!! Sign here : www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/... 🇦🇺
September 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Breaking 🚨 - The Dark Sky Preservation petition is the #1 open petition by signatures before the Australian Parliament right now!!! Sign here : www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/... 🇦🇺
Debugging the equipment in the observatory.
September 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Debugging the equipment in the observatory.
Thank you @estherrockett.bsky.social 👏🏼
September 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Thank you @estherrockett.bsky.social 👏🏼
Yeh that’s messed up. There are a lot of “good intention” policies here but nothing ever happens and nobody is ever held to account. The sky just gets worse.
September 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Yeh that’s messed up. There are a lot of “good intention” policies here but nothing ever happens and nobody is ever held to account. The sky just gets worse.
We have TWO WEEKS to get 7k Australian 🇦🇺 signatures on this official parliamentary petition to deal with the insanity of street lighting and light pollution. Please add yours mates. Or you know, (pictured). www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
September 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We have TWO WEEKS to get 7k Australian 🇦🇺 signatures on this official parliamentary petition to deal with the insanity of street lighting and light pollution. Please add yours mates. Or you know, (pictured). www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...