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kreegan99🔭
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Capturing Photons - The Older The Better. There's nothing like deep space to soothe the mind and put things into perspective.

#Astrophotography #Astronomy 🔭 #Space #Rockets #SciFi #StarWars #Spaceflight #homebrew #meteorites.

Endicott, NY (he/him)
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kreegan99.bsky.social
Thought I would check this out this year. Lots of great speakers --> I'm attending this event. RT if you think others will find this helpful 🙌 2026.nightphotosummit.com
Night Photo Summit 2026
Inspiring night photographers across the galaxy.
2026.nightphotosummit.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
kreegan99.bsky.social
ic405 - The Flaming Star Nebula. I had fun framing it this way - It reminds me of a dragon. See it? HaRGB palette with about 8.5 hours worth of exposure time. Wide distribution of filters for each exposure group. Details are in the alt text.

#astrophotography 🔭📷
Astrobin: app.astrobin.com/i/rnd6qp
Whisps of dust and gas giving the appearance of flames off a near by star. IC405 - The Flaming Star Nebula Published: Jan 3, 2026 Total integration: 8h Integration per filter: - R: 1h 40m (20 × 300") - G: 1h 40m (20 × 300") - B: 1h 40m (20 × 300") - Hα: 3h (36 × 300") Equipment: - Telescope: Stellarvue SVX102T - Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro - Mount: Losmandy G11 - Filters: ZWO Blue 2", ZWO Green 2", ZWO H-alpha 7nm 2", ZWO Red 2" - Accessory: Raspberry Pi 4 - Software: Adobe Photoshop, Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP), Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Software Bisque TheSky For more information, visit AstroBin: https://app.astrobin.com/i/rnd6qp
January 3, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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chrislintott.bsky.social
At 5.15pm GMT today, the Earth will be at perihelion, the closest point to the Sun in our annual round.

This should be the start of the year. Happy new orbit, everyone!
January 3, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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oxygenisachoice.bsky.social
My newest one piece animatic is out on my youtube now! it's focused on Zoro and Sanji :D

#art #onepiece #zosan

youtu.be/l_EAi9m6sTE
Zoro + Sanji | One Piece Animatic
YouTube video by Oxygenisachoice
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
kreegan99.bsky.social
Here is one of my favorite visual objects, and makes a great astrophotography target too. Having a few names - The Owl Cluster, Dragonfly Cluster or ET Cluster, NGC 457 makes a great view in any size telescope. Details: 30 x 120s RGB, Stellarvue SVX102T Refractor, ASI2600MM. #astrophotography 🔭📷
A cluster of stars that resembles a dragonfly, an owl, or even ET from the movie the Extraterrestrial. Many of the stars are vibrantly colored orange, red, blue, yellow and they shine through a fairly dense background starfield.
January 2, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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astrodave.bsky.social
Jan Astro Events

3-Earth perihelion
3-Full Moon
4-Quadrantids
6-Moon occults Regulus (NE Asia)
8-Venus v Mars
10-Jupiter opposition
14-The Moon occults Antares (Australia)
18-Mercury v Mars
18-New Moon
27-The Moon occults M45 (Arctic)
29-Mercury v Venus

www.universetoday.com/articles/top...
Quadrantids. Credit: Stellarium.
January 2, 2026 at 1:45 AM
kreegan99.bsky.social
The Crescent Nebule (NGC 6888). I never tire of imaging this object and the surrounding area..

Details: RedCat 51mm, ASI2600MC Pro, AM5 mount. Dual band Ha/OIII filter, 3.5 hours exposure time at Cherry Springs State Park during the Black Forest Star Party.

#astrophotography 🔭📷
A crescent shaped nebula sits calmly surrounded by Hydrogen-Alpha wispy clouds and a sheening OIII blanket of blue dust and gas.
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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AstroBin's Image of the Day: "c/2025 K1" by APOWLuo and Vincent_huahua

www.astrobin.com/7io6gq/

#astrophotography
c/2025 K1
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
kreegan99.bsky.social
So how late in the the year do we need to get to negotiate healthcare? The Dems have this angle @GOP. We are now at November for 2026 topics. Cmon, bend my little bendies! #shutdown
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
kreegan99.bsky.social
The First Day of #KopernikAstroFest is in the books, and a great time! Join us for Day #2 tomorrow 10/4. Looking like more clear skies again! kopernikastro.org/astrofest/ #astronomy

Day #2 live cast - www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zgT...
October 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
kreegan99.bsky.social
Just one more day til #KopernikAstroFest, and it's looking like clear skies! Join The Kopernik Astronomical Society for a celebration of #astronomy. kopernikastro.org/astrofest/. October 3rd - 4th! 🔭

Day #1 (October 3rd) Live Link for you Youtube Virtual Attendees: www.youtube.com/watch?v=56fF...
October 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
kreegan99.bsky.social
It is that time of year again!!!! #KopernikAstroFest. Come join us for the celebration of astronomy and the night sky! kopernikastro.org/astrofest/. October 3rd - 4th!!! #astronomy 🔭
October 2, 2025 at 5:32 AM
kreegan99.bsky.social
I missed this recently, but NASA & ESA recently announced they discovered the 6000th exoplanet confirmation. That seems amazing to me, and it was just yesterday there were 10. Very abundant indeed. The imagination runs wild with this.

www.nasa.gov/universe/exo...
NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000 - NASA
The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found.
www.nasa.gov
September 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
kreegan99.bsky.social
Pregaming the Black Forest Star Party at Cherry Springs State Park, PA, and making huge progress on my target list. I need a bigger list... 😂. #starparty #astronony #visualobserving
September 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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briantheprimate.bsky.social
Rest in peace Ben of the Narrowband Channel. Thank you for sharing your love of #Astrophotography.
September 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
kreegan99.bsky.social
Here's what I worked on this weekend. The Summer Southern Milky Way! Using Canon R6, 70mm Zoom Lens @f/5.6, ISO 6400. A stack of 45sx10 frames, tracked on a Sky Guider. The data was captured at Cherry Springs State Park on 8/26. #astrophotography #astronomy #milkyway 🔭📷🌌 #stilllearning
This is a wide-ish angle view of the Milky Way Galaxy and the Southern most view of it. The milky way has tufts of dust, gas and stars in its spiral shape, and this shows the bands at their southernmost perch in August. There are at least 50 eye candy nebula, clusters, and other dark nebule in this view.
September 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
kreegan99.bsky.social
Here is a wide field shot I took at Cherry Springs Star Party back in June. Just getting around to processing it. Shows a lot of the dynamic of a star party... Canon Ra mirrorless, f2.8,15s, ISO 6400. #astrophotography #astronomy 🔭📷🌌
August 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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sjbastro.bsky.social
A timelapse of last night's #NoctilucentClouds display as seen from North Yorkshire. This covers about 15 minutes in real time. #Noctilucent #NLC #NoctilucentCloud #StormHour #PhotoHour
June 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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davidbflower.bsky.social
Citizen scientists help find exploding star. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Citizen scientists help Warwick experts find exploding star
Astronomers at the University of Warwick say members of the public spotted the explosion.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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lisabromfield.bsky.social
I’ve been a bit quiet on here lately, but I’ve been working on a project.
After 65 hours of integration, my largest and longest astro image to date is finally complete. This is a 4-panel mosaic of the Fighting Dragons of Ara 🐉🔥

#Astrophotography #nebula #NGC6188 #FightingDragonsOfAra #tasmania
June 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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davidbflower.bsky.social
10 years ago tonight I was capturing a Waxing Gibbous Moon. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
The Moon at waxing gibbous phase on a dark background.
June 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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jeff-in-va.bsky.social
Grab the antihistamines. The dark seahorse nebula, Fireworks Galaxy, and an open star cluster (lower left), all squattin’ in a large field of molecular dust. Taken with my Takahashi Epsilon in SW New Mexico and processed by me in central Virginia. Giddyup. #astrophotography #photography
A dusty field in space featuring a dark nebula shaped like a seahorse, the fireworks galaxy, and an open star cluster.
June 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
kreegan99.bsky.social
It doesn't get much better than a Cherry Springs Sunset on a clear night. The anticipation just adds to the dark sky effect of that park.
June 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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joegeiger.bsky.social
I was hoping to be more prolific during galaxy season but the weather has not cooperated. I did get an LRGB capture of NGC 3817 & NGC 3829 through my 8” SCT at f/10. I need more L data to bring out the tidal halo better but it’s a good start.🔭 #Astrophotography
A star field with a larger galaxy above a smaller one. The larger one has been deformed through the encounter and has a faint halo that hooks around to the right. These galaxies are 52 million ly away in Ursa Major.
May 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
kreegan99.bsky.social
Looking forward to this year's #CherrySpringsStarParty #CSSP2025 I came a day early to work out the kinks on my new astro-camper. Had a rainstorm, but was able to do some binoculars observing in the sucker holes that passed through with the clouds! Ready to go! Bring on those clear skies. #astronomy
June 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM