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
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
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
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
Here’s a shot from the Lunar Eclipse earlier this week. No editing. Straight off the camera. Canon T6i, 80 mm Refractor (480 mm FL), on a fixed tripod. #astrophotography #March14LunarEclipse
March 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Here’s a shot from the Lunar Eclipse earlier this week. No editing. Straight off the camera. Canon T6i, 80 mm Refractor (480 mm FL), on a fixed tripod. #astrophotography #March14LunarEclipse
March 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The weather has been so bad for so long, I’m playing with old data. Never was happy with where I got to with this one from September. Played with some new scripts in PixInsight after attending the most recent Masters of PixInsight class. Thoughts?
January 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The weather has been so bad for so long, I’m playing with old data. Never was happy with where I got to with this one from September. Played with some new scripts in PixInsight after attending the most recent Masters of PixInsight class. Thoughts?
This image of NGC 7635 (Bubble Nebula) was captured at Buffalo Astronoimical Association’s observatory by our imaging group using the club’s 14” telescope. This is my process of the data. More details in this blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2024/11/ngc-... #astronomy #astrophotography #space
November 26, 2024 at 12:49 AM
This image of NGC 7635 (Bubble Nebula) was captured at Buffalo Astronoimical Association’s observatory by our imaging group using the club’s 14” telescope. This is my process of the data. More details in this blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2024/11/ngc-... #astronomy #astrophotography #space
My image of M8 & M20 is up for image of the year at AstroWorld TV. Would definitely appreciate your vote. You can vote here: astroworldweb.com/image-of-the...
Voting is open until 12/6. You can only vote once.
Voting is open until 12/6. You can only vote once.
November 23, 2024 at 2:07 AM
My image of M8 & M20 is up for image of the year at AstroWorld TV. Would definitely appreciate your vote. You can vote here: astroworldweb.com/image-of-the...
Voting is open until 12/6. You can only vote once.
Voting is open until 12/6. You can only vote once.
Work in-process. Any thoughts or preference to one version or the other. NGC 7635 with 14” Edge HD. #astrophotography
November 20, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Work in-process. Any thoughts or preference to one version or the other. NGC 7635 with 14” Edge HD. #astrophotography
My latest blog post is about chasing Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) in October 2024. astronomy716.blogspot.com/2024/11/octo...
November 14, 2024 at 3:11 AM
My latest blog post is about chasing Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) in October 2024. astronomy716.blogspot.com/2024/11/octo...