Ernie Jacobs
@astro716.bsky.social
Husband, Father, Engineer, and Amateur Astronomer/Astrophotographer. My astrophotography blog: https://astronomy716.blogspot.com/?m=1
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from the farm across the street. iPhone. #astrophotography
October 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from the farm across the street. iPhone. #astrophotography
My latest image captured with my wife-field imaging rig from my backyard on 10/3/2025. NGC 1499, The California Nebula in Perseus. More details in this Blog Post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-... #space #astronomy #astrophotography
October 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My latest image captured with my wife-field imaging rig from my backyard on 10/3/2025. NGC 1499, The California Nebula in Perseus. More details in this Blog Post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-... #space #astronomy #astrophotography
M31, The Andromeda Galaxy captured with my wide-field imaging rig from my backyard on 9/19/2025. More details in this blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-... #astrophotography #space #astronomy
September 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
M31, The Andromeda Galaxy captured with my wide-field imaging rig from my backyard on 9/19/2025. More details in this blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-... #astrophotography #space #astronomy
The Heart & Stampeding Buffalo … er hmm … Soul Nebulae captured from my backyard on 9/8/2025. For more details, check out this blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-... #astrophotography #space #astronomy
September 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Heart & Stampeding Buffalo … er hmm … Soul Nebulae captured from my backyard on 9/8/2025. For more details, check out this blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-... #astrophotography #space #astronomy
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M31 Andromeda Galaxy. ZWO Seestar. 1 hour of 10 second exposures. Post processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop. #astrophotography
September 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
M31 Andromeda Galaxy. ZWO Seestar. 1 hour of 10 second exposures. Post processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop. #astrophotography
A couple of iPhone shots from an impromptu imaging session at our club’s observatory. Clear skies broke out on a holiday weekend. #astrophotography
September 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
A couple of iPhone shots from an impromptu imaging session at our club’s observatory. Clear skies broke out on a holiday weekend. #astrophotography
Beautiful night tonight (of course it is clear on Sunday night) and I tried out my iPhone 16 pro from my drive way. Wow! Single 30 sec exposure on a tripod. I’m sure the phone is doing some AI processing. I did save the file in Raw format. #iphonemilkyway #astrophotography
August 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Beautiful night tonight (of course it is clear on Sunday night) and I tried out my iPhone 16 pro from my drive way. Wow! Single 30 sec exposure on a tripod. I’m sure the phone is doing some AI processing. I did save the file in Raw format. #iphonemilkyway #astrophotography
A wide-field look into the Sadr region of Cygnus. Lots of Milky Way goodness in this frame. Swipe to view the image without stars. More details in this Blog post: Exploring the Sadr Region: Backyard Astrophotography of Cygnus’ Celestial
Wonders
#Space #Astrophotography #nebulae #Cygnus
Wonders
#Space #Astrophotography #nebulae #Cygnus
July 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A wide-field look into the Sadr region of Cygnus. Lots of Milky Way goodness in this frame. Swipe to view the image without stars. More details in this Blog post: Exploring the Sadr Region: Backyard Astrophotography of Cygnus’ Celestial
Wonders
#Space #Astrophotography #nebulae #Cygnus
Wonders
#Space #Astrophotography #nebulae #Cygnus
8,000 years ago a star 20x’s more massive than our Sun went Kaboom. This left behind this beautiful supernova remnant known as The Cygnus Loop or Veil Nebula. Swipe to view the image without stars. More details in this blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/07/wide...
#Space #Astrophotography
#Space #Astrophotography
July 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
8,000 years ago a star 20x’s more massive than our Sun went Kaboom. This left behind this beautiful supernova remnant known as The Cygnus Loop or Veil Nebula. Swipe to view the image without stars. More details in this blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/07/wide...
#Space #Astrophotography
#Space #Astrophotography
This time with the photo. Here’s a wide field photo of The North America Nebula, Pelican Nebula, and surrounding nebulosity. Can you find Deadpool’s Head? More details in this Blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/07/nort...
#Space #Astrophotography #nebulae
#Space #Astrophotography #nebulae
July 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This time with the photo. Here’s a wide field photo of The North America Nebula, Pelican Nebula, and surrounding nebulosity. Can you find Deadpool’s Head? More details in this Blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/07/nort...
#Space #Astrophotography #nebulae
#Space #Astrophotography #nebulae
Here’s a wide field photo of The North America Nebula, Pelican Nebula, and surrounding nebulosity. Can you find Deadpool’s Head? More details in this Blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/07/nort...
#Space #Astrophotography #nebulae
#Space #Astrophotography #nebulae
North America Nebula, Pelican Nebula, and Friends in HOO
a wide field image of NGC 7000, IC 5070 and surrounding nebulae captured from ny backyard on 6/28/2025 & 6/29/2025. Astro716
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July 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Here’s a wide field photo of The North America Nebula, Pelican Nebula, and surrounding nebulosity. Can you find Deadpool’s Head? More details in this Blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/07/nort...
#Space #Astrophotography #nebulae
#Space #Astrophotography #nebulae
Cr 399 - The Coathanger Asterism. This wide field photo was captured from my backyard on 6/23/2025. This object is a great to observe with binoculars (no fancy equipment required). More details in this Blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/07/cr-3... #space #astrophotography
July 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Cr 399 - The Coathanger Asterism. This wide field photo was captured from my backyard on 6/23/2025. This object is a great to observe with binoculars (no fancy equipment required). More details in this Blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/07/cr-3... #space #astrophotography
Some Celestial Fireworks just in time for the Independence Day holiday in the US. NGC 6946, The Fireworks Galaxy captured at our club’s observatory on 6/22/25 with the 14” Edge HD. Details in this blog: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/07/ngc-... #astrophotography #space #celestron #fireworksgalaxy
July 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Some Celestial Fireworks just in time for the Independence Day holiday in the US. NGC 6946, The Fireworks Galaxy captured at our club’s observatory on 6/22/25 with the 14” Edge HD. Details in this blog: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/07/ngc-... #astrophotography #space #celestron #fireworksgalaxy
First light with my Askar FMA180 rig. IC 1396 - The Elephant Trunk Nebula captured on 5/11/2025 from my backyard. More details in this blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/05/firs... #astronomy #astrophotography #nebulae #askarfma180pro
May 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
First light with my Askar FMA180 rig. IC 1396 - The Elephant Trunk Nebula captured on 5/11/2025 from my backyard. More details in this blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/05/firs... #astronomy #astrophotography #nebulae #askarfma180pro
Messier 109 (M109) captured on 4/23/2025 from our club’s observatory by our imaging group. This is my processing of the data. More details in this Blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/05/m109... #space #astronomy #astrophotography
May 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Messier 109 (M109) captured on 4/23/2025 from our club’s observatory by our imaging group. This is my processing of the data. More details in this Blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/05/m109... #space #astronomy #astrophotography
Imaged the Leo Triplet Tuesday 4/22. A very well known, large, and bright Main-belt asteroid, 8 Flora, was in my data. Processed image in comments. More details in my blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-tr... #astronomy #space #astrophotography #asteroid #8flora
April 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Imaged the Leo Triplet Tuesday 4/22. A very well known, large, and bright Main-belt asteroid, 8 Flora, was in my data. Processed image in comments. More details in my blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-tr... #astronomy #space #astrophotography #asteroid #8flora
Super stoked! Asteroid 8 Flora photobombed my image of the Leo Triplet. Here’s a quick GIF of the 1st and last frames, cropped and annotated. #astrophotography
April 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Super stoked! Asteroid 8 Flora photobombed my image of the Leo Triplet. Here’s a quick GIF of the 1st and last frames, cropped and annotated. #astrophotography
Last time our Great Niece was here, she enjoyed playing with one of the dog’s toys (a squeezable mini soccer ball). My wife and mother-in-law come home from shopping with 3 more just for her to play with when she visits. Now, how do I get her into astrophotography? 😀#astrophotography
April 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Last time our Great Niece was here, she enjoyed playing with one of the dog’s toys (a squeezable mini soccer ball). My wife and mother-in-law come home from shopping with 3 more just for her to play with when she visits. Now, how do I get her into astrophotography? 😀#astrophotography
Reposted by Ernie Jacobs
At NEAIC 2025 I presented a talk on automating WBPP in PixInsight using the event script.
You can now watch Part 1 on YouTube — how to trigger Telegram notifications, copy frames, and more.
Code & docs included.
Watch: youtu.be/Xd097a8Zlxg
#PixInsight #Astrophotography
You can now watch Part 1 on YouTube — how to trigger Telegram notifications, copy frames, and more.
Code & docs included.
Watch: youtu.be/Xd097a8Zlxg
#PixInsight #Astrophotography
Using SECRET WBPP Features: Notifications on Your Phone!
YouTube video by The Space Koala
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April 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
At NEAIC 2025 I presented a talk on automating WBPP in PixInsight using the event script.
You can now watch Part 1 on YouTube — how to trigger Telegram notifications, copy frames, and more.
Code & docs included.
Watch: youtu.be/Xd097a8Zlxg
#PixInsight #Astrophotography
You can now watch Part 1 on YouTube — how to trigger Telegram notifications, copy frames, and more.
Code & docs included.
Watch: youtu.be/Xd097a8Zlxg
#PixInsight #Astrophotography
Reposted by Ernie Jacobs
April 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Reposted by Ernie Jacobs
642 - the number of galaxies in this image of the Markarian's Chain neighborhood! Imaged from the driveway last week with the William Optics GT-81 refractor. More image details on my Astrobin page at app.astrobin.com/i/1lkrwb. #astrophotography #astronomy
April 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
642 - the number of galaxies in this image of the Markarian's Chain neighborhood! Imaged from the driveway last week with the William Optics GT-81 refractor. More image details on my Astrobin page at app.astrobin.com/i/1lkrwb. #astrophotography #astronomy
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Decided to image M106 while learning how to use my Meade 8" SCT. The 2000mm focal length makes focus and guiding much more challenging. It will take time to master but the final image shows the potential of the scope. 160, 1-min exposures in LRGB + 40 2-min in Ha. #astrophotography
April 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Decided to image M106 while learning how to use my Meade 8" SCT. The 2000mm focal length makes focus and guiding much more challenging. It will take time to master but the final image shows the potential of the scope. 160, 1-min exposures in LRGB + 40 2-min in Ha. #astrophotography
Here’s my latest blog post, Building a “Super” Wide-Field Imaging Rig. Haven’t had many opportunities to image the last few months. This project has been keeping me busy. astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/04/buil... #astrophotography #telescopes
Building a “Super” Wide-field Imaging Rig
Building a super wide-field astrophotography imaging rig. Astro716
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April 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Here’s my latest blog post, Building a “Super” Wide-Field Imaging Rig. Haven’t had many opportunities to image the last few months. This project has been keeping me busy. astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/04/buil... #astrophotography #telescopes
My latest blog post on last week’s Lunar Eclipse. A short one. Hopefully weather improves and I get some imaging time. astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/03/marc... #astrophotography #lunareclipse #astro716
March 14, 2025 Lunar Eclipse
A photo of the March 14, 2025 Lunar Eclipse from Eden, NY Astro716
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March 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
My latest blog post on last week’s Lunar Eclipse. A short one. Hopefully weather improves and I get some imaging time. astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/03/marc... #astrophotography #lunareclipse #astro716
A most pleasant and unexpected surprise. Some mild Aurora at our club’s observatory tonight. #astrophotography #aurora
March 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
A most pleasant and unexpected surprise. Some mild Aurora at our club’s observatory tonight. #astrophotography #aurora