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Astro Fyfe
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All things space and nerd;
Astrophotographer in The Big Sky State of Montana!

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Be still my heart!

I recently had the chance to use my friend’s Hyperstar setup and camera. What an incredible light bucket! I can see why these setups are so popular 🤯

Time: 10.5hrs
Scope: C9.25 with Hyperstar
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI294mc Pro

#astrophotography
It’s Pleiades season again! 🎉

Fun fact, the Pleiades isn’t an emission nebula, but a reflection nebula, meaning all of the light seen here is being reflected from the enormous blue stars within!

Time: 6.5hrs
Scope: Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophotography
October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Neighborhood Gardens
Nikon FM2 | Fuji 400 | 50mm f/2.0
🎞️
October 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The Soouuullll Nebula.

This is 14hrs on a C9.25 and Hyperstar during a full moon phase(I know, I was desperate). You can tell the moon reduced the dynamic range that I was able to capture, but still was able to capture some decent detail regardless!

#astrophotography
October 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Here’s 7 hrs of M33 for your viewing pleasure!

I love all space photos, but I’m a galaxy lover at heart. The Triangulum is at the sweet spot in size that makes it one of the more approachable targets for mid-focal length telescopes (400-600mm).

#astrophotography
September 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Be still my heart!

I recently had the chance to use my friend’s Hyperstar setup and camera. What an incredible light bucket! I can see why these setups are so popular 🤯

Time: 10.5hrs
Scope: C9.25 with Hyperstar
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI294mc Pro

#astrophotography
September 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Teddy Bear Nebula 🧸

I don’t get the name, but it is pretty cute!

Total Time: 14hrs
Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy
September 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hopefully back to quicker turnarounds on projects; I snagged 6hrs on the Pac-Man nebula last night! Used a slightly different narrowband palette, which I feel highlights the core a bit more!

Total Time: 6hrs
Scope: Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro
#astrophotography
September 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Quite possibly my longest project to date, I finally finished my mosaic of the Andromeda galaxy! I learned a ton from this one, and feel much more comfortable with now. Still, I’ll be sticking to one-offs for a little while 😅

Total Time: 24hrs (12 per tile)
#astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy
August 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I just realized I never posted my third photo in my Cygnus Loop series! This is the Eastern Veil, and was caught a bit over a month ago during a window in the early summer storms here in MT

#astrophotography
August 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Crescent is an expanding cloud of gas ejected by a dying red supergiant-turned Wolf-Rayet star in Cygnus. I’ve always thought it looks more like a 🧠 though

Total Time: 11hrs
Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophotography
July 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Another night of imaging let me push the dark nebula a bit farther to the forefront.

Seasoned APers, any advice on pulling out more detail? What’s your process? Thanks!

Total Time: 11.5hrs
Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophotography
July 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Happy Independence Day!

Pickering’s triangle felt suitably patriotic for a day like today!

Total Time: 8.5hrs
Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy
July 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Iris nebula!

I’ve been working on my skills in post processing to pull out the fainter dust lanes in dark nebula like this. Not perfect, but liking it so far!

Total Time: 8.5hrs
Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophotography #astronomy
July 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Another shot I forgot to post! The Pelican Nebula sits right next to the North America in Cygnus, and shares the Dark Nebula in between them that gives them so much personality!

Total Time: 6hrs
Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophotography
June 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The Western Veil Nebula

Acquisition: Total Time: 8.15hrs
Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy
June 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
If today’s space news is breaking your heart, here’s NGC 4565 to remind you that space is enchanting and will always be there to explore… whenever our country decides it’s a priority again.

Time: 2hrs
Scope: Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophotography
June 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This is so depressing. Jared was and is the clear choice, and is another casualty of this administration’s crusade to replace competence with blind loyalty. NASA’s future looks much more dim now. I’m so sad…
From a WH spokesperson on reports it was withdrawing Jared Isaacman’s nomination to lead NASA: “It’s essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump’s America First agenda and a replacement will be announced directly by President Trump soon.”
June 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A first for me; I was finally able to snag a bit of time on the Lagoon Nebula! This is a tricky target for me where I live, and I’ll definitely be putting a couple more nights on this guy.

Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophotography
May 31, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Quick capture while waiting for the main target to rise the other night: The Hercules Globular Cluster!

Total Time: 2hrs
Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy
May 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The 📌🛞 Galaxy!

Captured a couple weeks ago during a brief break in the rain!

Total Time: 6.5hrs
Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy
May 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The Cygnus Wall!

I’ve been so excited to shoot this target with my new scope! This is only 4ish hrs and already the details are incredible!

Total Time: 4.25hrs
Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy
May 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
When you troubleshoot for months and finally figure out a weird star shape issue:
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May 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Elephant Trunk Nebula in Cepheus! What a beaut in narrowband 😍

Total Time: 8.5hrs
Scope: Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ASI533mc Pro

If you wanna help me buy more gear, you can buy prints through the link in my bio!

#astrophotography #astronomy
May 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted anything! Long story short;
(new scope+learning curve)x weather = 🫥

Hopefully that’ll change moving forward!

Total Time: 4.5hrs
Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy
May 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
More learning, more galaxies! Newts are tricky to master! I had my first full clear night in weeks and decided to capture M106 and its neighbors!

Total Time: 7.5hrs
Scope: Apertura Carbonstar 150p
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophotography
March 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM