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My #solar photo for the day.

More prominence activity, and that big plage connecting two sunspots. I put the relative size of earth as the dot in 'j' of 'jromz03'. :)

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February 5, 2026 at 3:16 AM
92% Waning #Moon. Taken around 10:30pm, rising from the east.

Noticed that Jupiter is still eye catching-y bright every night. Even after opposition last month.

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February 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
My solar photo for today. Big plages that seems to be combining near the center bottom (still at least 10x the earth). A few low prominences, filaments, and sunspots to see.

Also, today's my youngest's 18th birthday. Where does the time go?

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February 2, 2026 at 5:09 AM
My solar photo on this hot day. This calls for some coke and vanilla ice cream.

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January 31, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Happy New Year!

Aircon broke (some motherboard issue with either indoor unit or compressor), and we have upcoming heatwave days this week. Need to make heaps of ice cubes then.

#astrophotography #solar #sun #sydney #australia
January 4, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Happy birthday to my favorite #cobberdog!
November 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Hey, it's a full moon tonight!

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November 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The #sun in this glorious Sydney arvo.

The true color of the sun is white, since it emits the entire visual spectrum equally. It's only in Earth where light get scattered on our atmosphere.

(I capture the sun in B/W, and apply color in post)

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October 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The near side of the #moon (the one facing us) looks smoother because it got "paved over" by lava billions of years ago, while the far side stayed rough and battered.

#astrophotography #moonhour #sydney #australia
September 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Dammit, that's why the 3rd target failed overnight. I forgot to set the 'goto target, center, start guiding' option!
September 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Skull Nebula. A planetary nebula with a triple-star system at its center. A nebula of just a few thousand years, a cosmic blink compared to other DSO.

Personally, I call this The Metroid nebula instead. 🎮

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September 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Jellyfish cluster, or Messier 30, or NGC 7099. A cluster as old as the Milky Way, roughly 27,000 light years away from us. Best viewed between August and September. Unusual because it has heaps of blue younger stars, compared to its age.

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September 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
#Saturn will be in opposition starting tomorrow. Excellent time to observe this planet, weather permitting.

(Celestron C90Mak + ASI178MC + 2x Barlow. Top 5,000 frames out of 15,000.)

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September 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Messier 11 or the Wild Duck Cluster. They say it looks like a flock of ducks on a V-formation when viewed from a telescope. An old cluster, estimated to be 220 million years old. Unusual because usually cluster would have drifted apart by then.

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September 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Sunday #solar photo. A tad unremarkable on the Ha spectrum.

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September 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Animated GIF of Blood Moon earlier.

I need coffee...

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September 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
End of Eclipse started.
September 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
September 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Stars are now visible, increased exposure time.
September 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
#Eclipse is getting red.
September 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Progress so far of the #eclipse.
September 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Eclipse is starting... A few clouds but overall clear. Setup is focused and capturing.

#moon #eclipse
September 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A look at the other participant in tonight's cosmic event. Yeah, the #sun. Hopefully, it we will have a good field of view this early morning. I'll definitely be losing sleep.

Arrow pointing at Earth. It's the dot in 'j'. Yeah. we're that small.

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September 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
#Moon at before 8pm tonight.

It's really fascinating that as the Sun is 400 times larger than the moon it is also 400 times further away as well. That's why for now the moon can cover the sun. Not so in a few million years.

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September 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
September 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM