John Keller
@astron7.bsky.social
I am retired and live in The Villages, Florida. I am very active in maintaining my sanity by focusing on Electronically Assisted Astronomy using my Seestar S50 all in one smart telescope.
I am amazed by the ability of the Seestar S50 to achieve clarity through terrible skies. I took a 30 second video of the Sun through fast moving clouds. I then stack all of the frames of the video into a single image that averaged out the frames and the clouds vanished in the final image.
February 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I am amazed by the ability of the Seestar S50 to achieve clarity through terrible skies. I took a 30 second video of the Sun through fast moving clouds. I then stack all of the frames of the video into a single image that averaged out the frames and the clouds vanished in the final image.
There is less than 315 days to Christmas, unless DOGE deletes is as a threat to President Musk.
a man wearing a beanie with the word multivers on it stands in front of a christmas tree
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February 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
There is less than 315 days to Christmas, unless DOGE deletes is as a threat to President Musk.
I really liked the detail my Seestar was able to catch in the Orion Nebula last night. I also was surprised by how good it did on Bodes Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy in only 16 minutes. Clear skies have been few and far between lately.
January 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I really liked the detail my Seestar was able to catch in the Orion Nebula last night. I also was surprised by how good it did on Bodes Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy in only 16 minutes. Clear skies have been few and far between lately.
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Map showing Air traffic getting rerouted around the Debris response area on Thursday:
January 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Map showing Air traffic getting rerouted around the Debris response area on Thursday:
There is a large coronal hole on the solar disk today. They are a cooler dark area in the Sun's corona that is less dense than the surrounding plasma. They're caused by open magnetic fields on the Sun that allow high speed solar winds to escape into space. They can only be seen from space.
January 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There is a large coronal hole on the solar disk today. They are a cooler dark area in the Sun's corona that is less dense than the surrounding plasma. They're caused by open magnetic fields on the Sun that allow high speed solar winds to escape into space. They can only be seen from space.
The bright nebula in the middle is Messier 78, often called “Casper the friendly Ghost” because of the two bright stars looking like eyes. It is a reflection nebula 1,350 light years from Earth in the constellation of Orion.
January 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The bright nebula in the middle is Messier 78, often called “Casper the friendly Ghost” because of the two bright stars looking like eyes. It is a reflection nebula 1,350 light years from Earth in the constellation of Orion.
The bright nebula in the middle is Messier 78, often called “Casper the friendly Ghost” because of the two bright stars looking like eyes. It is a reflection nebula 1,350 light years from Earth in the constellation of Orion.
January 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The bright nebula in the middle is Messier 78, often called “Casper the friendly Ghost” because of the two bright stars looking like eyes. It is a reflection nebula 1,350 light years from Earth in the constellation of Orion.
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January 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Here is the Northern Trifid Nebula. Otis about 2,100 light years from Earth, and is about 3 light years across. It is a stellar nursery with many young, hot stars.
January 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Here is the Northern Trifid Nebula. Otis about 2,100 light years from Earth, and is about 3 light years across. It is a stellar nursery with many young, hot stars.
It was cloudy most of the day but I was able to catch this image if all of the sunspots through a break in the clouds. The sunspot region at the upper right side released a powerful X class flare that blacked out radio over the Indian Ocean area for a while.
December 30, 2024 at 3:08 AM
It was cloudy most of the day but I was able to catch this image if all of the sunspots through a break in the clouds. The sunspot region at the upper right side released a powerful X class flare that blacked out radio over the Indian Ocean area for a while.
DIY Yard Christmas “Tree” light holder.
December 20, 2024 at 8:13 PM
DIY Yard Christmas “Tree” light holder.
Thor’s Helmet, NGC 2359, is an
emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major about 11,960 light years from humanity.
emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major about 11,960 light years from humanity.
December 11, 2024 at 2:52 AM
Thor’s Helmet, NGC 2359, is an
emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major about 11,960 light years from humanity.
emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major about 11,960 light years from humanity.
Messier 1, the Crab Nebula is the remnant of a large Star the exploded in a supernova whose light reached Earth in 1054 CE. In the nearly thousand years since it was first observed, the cloud of gas and dust has expanded to 5.5 light years across.
December 6, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Messier 1, the Crab Nebula is the remnant of a large Star the exploded in a supernova whose light reached Earth in 1054 CE. In the nearly thousand years since it was first observed, the cloud of gas and dust has expanded to 5.5 light years across.
The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest major galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy. This image was captured using my Seestar S50 telescope.
December 4, 2024 at 6:58 AM
The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest major galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy. This image was captured using my Seestar S50 telescope.
The Lagoon Nebula with protostellar Bok Globules, dark small clouds which are solar systems being born.
November 26, 2024 at 11:03 PM
The Lagoon Nebula with protostellar Bok Globules, dark small clouds which are solar systems being born.
Mind traps we can all fall into.
November 22, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Mind traps we can all fall into.
The Pelican Nebula captured with my Seestar S50 in mosaic mode without the dual band LP filter.
November 22, 2024 at 12:52 PM
The Pelican Nebula captured with my Seestar S50 in mosaic mode without the dual band LP filter.
C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) captured using my Seestar S50 smart telescope in The Villages, Florida. It is fading away; see you next time around in 80,000 years.
November 19, 2024 at 3:44 AM
C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) captured using my Seestar S50 smart telescope in The Villages, Florida. It is fading away; see you next time around in 80,000 years.