Wonky Astronomer
@wonkyastronomer.bsky.social
Amateur astronomer, owner of Hazelbrook Observatory (a dome in my back yard). Asteroid occultation observer.
I observed an occultation of binary star Antares by the moon. The smaller star of the pair reappeared on the moon's dark limb a few seconds before the brighter star. #astronomy #occultation #moon
March 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I observed an occultation of binary star Antares by the moon. The smaller star of the pair reappeared on the moon's dark limb a few seconds before the brighter star. #astronomy #occultation #moon
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Nothing to see here. Just JWST 🔭 IMAGING A PLANETARY SYSTEM AROUND ANOTHER STAR. Look at the different planet colors! Go NASA science!!! science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
NASA’s Webb Images Young, Giant Exoplanets, Detects Carbon Dioxide - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured direct images of multiple gas giant planets within an iconic planetary system. HR 8799, a young system 130
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March 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Nothing to see here. Just JWST 🔭 IMAGING A PLANETARY SYSTEM AROUND ANOTHER STAR. Look at the different planet colors! Go NASA science!!! science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Tonight I'm live steaming from Hazelbrook Observatory. Two asteroid occultations in 12 minutes. Starting at 12:30 UTC March 13. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OMi...
Two Occultations in 12 minutes - March 13 2025
YouTube video by The Wonky Astronomer
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March 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Tonight I'm live steaming from Hazelbrook Observatory. Two asteroid occultations in 12 minutes. Starting at 12:30 UTC March 13. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OMi...
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My friend Martin Ratcliffe recently shared his photo montage of the 2023 annular solar eclipse over Bryce Canyon, Utah.
I may be biased, but I think it's spectacular (and it got selected for an astronomy picture of the day). 🧪🔭
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap23101...
I may be biased, but I think it's spectacular (and it got selected for an astronomy picture of the day). 🧪🔭
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap23101...
February 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
My friend Martin Ratcliffe recently shared his photo montage of the 2023 annular solar eclipse over Bryce Canyon, Utah.
I may be biased, but I think it's spectacular (and it got selected for an astronomy picture of the day). 🧪🔭
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap23101...
I may be biased, but I think it's spectacular (and it got selected for an astronomy picture of the day). 🧪🔭
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap23101...
On Sunday night, at a club observing session with the 30-inch telescope, I took this 30 second exposure of the scene and accidentally caught #comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) in the background. The bright object on the right is the crescent moon. #Astronomy
February 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
On Sunday night, at a club observing session with the 30-inch telescope, I took this 30 second exposure of the scene and accidentally caught #comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) in the background. The bright object on the right is the crescent moon. #Astronomy
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Saturn, the Moon and Venus, tonight (1 Feb’25) over Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne. (Neptune is in there too for those with good eye-sight). @davidbflower.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Saturn, the Moon and Venus, tonight (1 Feb’25) over Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne. (Neptune is in there too for those with good eye-sight). @davidbflower.bsky.social
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Europa and it's shadow transits across Jupiter! Beautiful sequence taken over 2 hours with a Celestron 14" EHD telescope and QHY678m camera. (R, 3910mm FL) 📷🔭
January 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Europa and it's shadow transits across Jupiter! Beautiful sequence taken over 2 hours with a Celestron 14" EHD telescope and QHY678m camera. (R, 3910mm FL) 📷🔭
#Asteroid 2024 YR4 may impact Earth on Dec. 22 2032 (1.3% chance). Official statement from the International Asteroid Warning Network. iawn.net/documents/NO...
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January 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
#Asteroid 2024 YR4 may impact Earth on Dec. 22 2032 (1.3% chance). Official statement from the International Asteroid Warning Network. iawn.net/documents/NO...
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🌟 This stunning image of C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was captured just 2 hours ago from southern Australia. The streamers of gas and dust, known as synchrones, are caused by the breakup of the comet's nucleus.🔭
#astrophotography #comet
Exp: 23 x 30s
Scope: Askar SQA55
Rig details: skymaps.com/ir0/
#astrophotography #comet
Exp: 23 x 30s
Scope: Askar SQA55
Rig details: skymaps.com/ir0/
January 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🌟 This stunning image of C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was captured just 2 hours ago from southern Australia. The streamers of gas and dust, known as synchrones, are caused by the breakup of the comet's nucleus.🔭
#astrophotography #comet
Exp: 23 x 30s
Scope: Askar SQA55
Rig details: skymaps.com/ir0/
#astrophotography #comet
Exp: 23 x 30s
Scope: Askar SQA55
Rig details: skymaps.com/ir0/
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A long ago collision of two galaxies stirred up this far off star system called the Black Eye Galaxy (M64) and resulted in all this dark galactic dust obscuring the active starburst core. I photographed this using a 16 inch vintage telescope and modern ccd camera
#astrophotography #space #galaxies
#astrophotography #space #galaxies
January 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
A long ago collision of two galaxies stirred up this far off star system called the Black Eye Galaxy (M64) and resulted in all this dark galactic dust obscuring the active starburst core. I photographed this using a 16 inch vintage telescope and modern ccd camera
#astrophotography #space #galaxies
#astrophotography #space #galaxies
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Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS photographed about one hour after sunset tonight from West Beach, located near Adelaide in South Australia. Despite the twilight conditions, many passersby were able to see the comet with just their eyes.
Exposure: 1x10sec
Equipment: skymaps.com/ir0/
Credit: Kym Thalassoudis
Exposure: 1x10sec
Equipment: skymaps.com/ir0/
Credit: Kym Thalassoudis
January 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS photographed about one hour after sunset tonight from West Beach, located near Adelaide in South Australia. Despite the twilight conditions, many passersby were able to see the comet with just their eyes.
Exposure: 1x10sec
Equipment: skymaps.com/ir0/
Credit: Kym Thalassoudis
Exposure: 1x10sec
Equipment: skymaps.com/ir0/
Credit: Kym Thalassoudis
I took this photo of the #moon 12 years ago today with an iPhone 5 through my 12-inch Dobsonian telescope. Not sure I could do any better with a modern phone! #Astronomy #Astrophotography
January 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I took this photo of the #moon 12 years ago today with an iPhone 5 through my 12-inch Dobsonian telescope. Not sure I could do any better with a modern phone! #Astronomy #Astrophotography
While here in eastern Australia we have clouds and rain for the next week…
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) at high noon!
A lunchtime comet chase of a rare "daytime comet"
100mm scope and DSLR, 5x 1/100s, 8deg from the Sun, garage door protecting optics, Sun almost overhead. Maybe near venus-bright, ~3arcmin tail. Nearest thing I've ever imaged to the Sun...
A lunchtime comet chase of a rare "daytime comet"
100mm scope and DSLR, 5x 1/100s, 8deg from the Sun, garage door protecting optics, Sun almost overhead. Maybe near venus-bright, ~3arcmin tail. Nearest thing I've ever imaged to the Sun...
January 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
While here in eastern Australia we have clouds and rain for the next week…
Video of #Mars egress from behind the #moon by Jean-François Gout. Recorded at ~2FPS with an ASI2600MC on a C8 at F/7.0. Played back at 12x real speed. youtu.be/_hc6Q3b53oM
#Occultation
#Occultation
Mars egress
YouTube video by Jean-François Gout
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January 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Video of #Mars egress from behind the #moon by Jean-François Gout. Recorded at ~2FPS with an ASI2600MC on a C8 at F/7.0. Played back at 12x real speed. youtu.be/_hc6Q3b53oM
#Occultation
#Occultation
Messier 83 (Southern Pinwheel) is a spectacular face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Hydra at a distance of 14.7 million light years. The galaxy is quite bright, so the image appears instantly when my telescope lands on it. Using a monochrome camera helps. #M83 #Astronomy #Astrophotography
January 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Messier 83 (Southern Pinwheel) is a spectacular face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Hydra at a distance of 14.7 million light years. The galaxy is quite bright, so the image appears instantly when my telescope lands on it. Using a monochrome camera helps. #M83 #Astronomy #Astrophotography
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Lunar occultation of Elnath just now from Kuala Lumpur.Due to very cloudy sky, I couldn’t make any good recording with the IOTA-VTI .I was frantically adjusting the exposure in & out! In fact I thought I might have totally missed it 30 seconds before ingress! #astronomy #astrophotography
January 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Lunar occultation of Elnath just now from Kuala Lumpur.Due to very cloudy sky, I couldn’t make any good recording with the IOTA-VTI .I was frantically adjusting the exposure in & out! In fact I thought I might have totally missed it 30 seconds before ingress! #astronomy #astrophotography
A nice video of the occultation of Saturn (and triple star 83 Aquarii) on Jan. 4th from Poland. credit: Janusz Wiland. #Astronomy #Saturn #moon www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzqO...
Zakrycie Saturna 4.01.2025
YouTube video by Janusz Wiland
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January 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A nice video of the occultation of Saturn (and triple star 83 Aquarii) on Jan. 4th from Poland. credit: Janusz Wiland. #Astronomy #Saturn #moon www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzqO...
A night at Linden Observatory. The Beames Dome contains a vintage 24-inch telescope which is not in useable condition. The second pic shows a 16-inch dobsonian telescope in use while the red light on the battery pack lights the scene. #Astronomy
January 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A night at Linden Observatory. The Beames Dome contains a vintage 24-inch telescope which is not in useable condition. The second pic shows a 16-inch dobsonian telescope in use while the red light on the battery pack lights the scene. #Astronomy
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An animation showing how Io's specular highlights change with changing viewing geometry. The illumination geometry is constant. The highlights are rendered using a preliminary illumination model - the specular reflections are based on the Phong specular reflection model.
vimeo.com/914591010
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Io specular reflections
An animation showing how the specular highlights on Jupiter's satellite Io vary when the viewing geometry changes. The illumination geometry is constant. The…
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January 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
An animation showing how Io's specular highlights change with changing viewing geometry. The illumination geometry is constant. The highlights are rendered using a preliminary illumination model - the specular reflections are based on the Phong specular reflection model.
vimeo.com/914591010
vimeo.com/914591010
The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae, located in the constellation Orion about 1400 light years away. The Bright star between them is Alnitak, the easternmost star in Orion's belt. This image is stack of 36 x 30sec exposures with a ZWO ASI533MC camera. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
January 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae, located in the constellation Orion about 1400 light years away. The Bright star between them is Alnitak, the easternmost star in Orion's belt. This image is stack of 36 x 30sec exposures with a ZWO ASI533MC camera. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
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space fireworks to celebrate the new year 🎆
January 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM
space fireworks to celebrate the new year 🎆
47 Tucanae is the best globular cluster in the sky (and M13 isn't even second best!) It's a dense, spherical collection of ancient stars about 14,000 light years distant - pretty close for a glob. This image is from Dec 26 - a stack of 45 x 4 sec exposures. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
December 31, 2024 at 11:26 AM
47 Tucanae is the best globular cluster in the sky (and M13 isn't even second best!) It's a dense, spherical collection of ancient stars about 14,000 light years distant - pretty close for a glob. This image is from Dec 26 - a stack of 45 x 4 sec exposures. #Astronomy #Astrophotography