Cathie
@cathieleblanc.bsky.social
The enemy within likes games, movies, books, cats, bikes, walks, and astrophotography. Game studies faculty member at a small public university in central NH, USA. (she/her)
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography I stayed up way too late last night capturing Earth's rotation. 390 twenty second exposures captured with my Samsung Flip 4 phone
September 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography I stayed up way too late last night capturing Earth's rotation. 390 twenty second exposures captured with my Samsung Flip 4 phone
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography 2.5+ hour exposure of The Bubble Nebula, the Lobster Claw Nebula, and the open star cluster M52.
September 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography 2.5+ hour exposure of The Bubble Nebula, the Lobster Claw Nebula, and the open star cluster M52.
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography I captured 60 three-minute exposures of NGC6888 in early July but only processed them yesterday. I used my AT102ED scope with a field flattener (571mm), Optolong l'Enhance filter, ASI533MC Pro camera on a Celestron AVX mount. Processed with PixInsight.
August 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography I captured 60 three-minute exposures of NGC6888 in early July but only processed them yesterday. I used my AT102ED scope with a field flattener (571mm), Optolong l'Enhance filter, ASI533MC Pro camera on a Celestron AVX mount. Processed with PixInsight.
#Astrophotography #SkyWatch Fleming's Triangular Wisp, part of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant 2400 lightyears from Earth. The supernova's source star was 20 times more massive than our sun. Captured with a AT102ED scope and ASI533MC Pro camera on a Celesteon AVX. Processed with PixInsight.
June 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#Astrophotography #SkyWatch Fleming's Triangular Wisp, part of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant 2400 lightyears from Earth. The supernova's source star was 20 times more massive than our sun. Captured with a AT102ED scope and ASI533MC Pro camera on a Celesteon AVX. Processed with PixInsight.
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography The Bubble Nebula captured this morning with an AT102ED scope and ASI533MC Pro mounted on a Celestron AVX and processed with PI. This is only 27 minutes worth of data as I turned to this target shortly before sunrise.
June 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography The Bubble Nebula captured this morning with an AT102ED scope and ASI533MC Pro mounted on a Celestron AVX and processed with PI. This is only 27 minutes worth of data as I turned to this target shortly before sunrise.
#Astrophotography I stayed up way too late last night but was in bed at 2am when the Aurora apparently showed up. In consolation, I made another star trails image. Polaris, the North Star, is in the upper left of the image.
June 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
#Astrophotography I stayed up way too late last night but was in bed at 2am when the Aurora apparently showed up. In consolation, I made another star trails image. Polaris, the North Star, is in the upper left of the image.
We have had weeks of #CloudySkies in the northeast US. Since I haven't been able to use my #Astrophotography equipment in a long time, I decided to draw it
May 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We have had weeks of #CloudySkies in the northeast US. Since I haven't been able to use my #Astrophotography equipment in a long time, I decided to draw it
May 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#Astrophotography #SkyWatch The Crescent is an emission nebula 5000 lightyears from Earth. I captured nearly 7 hours of 3-minute exposure but could only use about 3.5 hours because of clouds.
ASI533MC Pro camera with an AT102ED scope mounted on a Celstron AVX. Processed with PixInsight.
ASI533MC Pro camera with an AT102ED scope mounted on a Celstron AVX. Processed with PixInsight.
May 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#Astrophotography #SkyWatch The Crescent is an emission nebula 5000 lightyears from Earth. I captured nearly 7 hours of 3-minute exposure but could only use about 3.5 hours because of clouds.
ASI533MC Pro camera with an AT102ED scope mounted on a Celstron AVX. Processed with PixInsight.
ASI533MC Pro camera with an AT102ED scope mounted on a Celstron AVX. Processed with PixInsight.
#SkyWatxh #Astrophotography 138 three minute exposures captured underworld 2.5 skies with my AT102ED scope and ASI 533MC pro camera mounted on a Celestron AVX and processed in PixInsight. The Iris Nebula is a reflection nebula in Cepheus. I'm happy with the amount of surrounding dust I captured.
April 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#SkyWatxh #Astrophotography 138 three minute exposures captured underworld 2.5 skies with my AT102ED scope and ASI 533MC pro camera mounted on a Celestron AVX and processed in PixInsight. The Iris Nebula is a reflection nebula in Cepheus. I'm happy with the amount of surrounding dust I captured.
#Astrophotography #SkyWatch #M101 #Pinwheel Spring is galaxy season in northestern US. There are also lots of planes on this first clear night in a while.
April 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
#Astrophotography #SkyWatch #M101 #Pinwheel Spring is galaxy season in northestern US. There are also lots of planes on this first clear night in a while.
April 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
April 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#Astrophotography #Seestar50 The Monkey Head Nebula captured last night from my deck under Bortle 2.5 skies
March 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
#Astrophotography #Seestar50 The Monkey Head Nebula captured last night from my deck under Bortle 2.5 skies
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography The Iris, a reflection nebula 1300 lightyears away in Cepheus. Five and a half hours of 3-minute exposures captured in Bortle 2.5 skies with an AT102ED scope and ASI533MC Pro camera on a Celestron AVX mount. I processed the subs with PixInsight.
March 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography The Iris, a reflection nebula 1300 lightyears away in Cepheus. Five and a half hours of 3-minute exposures captured in Bortle 2.5 skies with an AT102ED scope and ASI533MC Pro camera on a Celestron AVX mount. I processed the subs with PixInsight.
When last night's eclipsed moon went behind the trees, I pointed my camera east to capture the Iris Nebula, 1300 light years away in the Cepheus constellation. #Astrophotography #SkyWatch
March 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
When last night's eclipsed moon went behind the trees, I pointed my camera east to capture the Iris Nebula, 1300 light years away in the Cepheus constellation. #Astrophotography #SkyWatch
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography Last night's waxing gibbous moon. Getting ready for Thursday night's total #LunarEclipse
March 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography Last night's waxing gibbous moon. Getting ready for Thursday night's total #LunarEclipse
#Sketching characters from the time of the French #Revolution for no particular reason this morning
March 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#Sketching characters from the time of the French #Revolution for no particular reason this morning
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography
M101 aka the Pinwheel Galaxy captured last night with an AT102ED telescope, ASI533mc Pro camera, mounted on a Celestron AVX. Sixty 3-minute exposures processed in PixInsight.
M101 aka the Pinwheel Galaxy captured last night with an AT102ED telescope, ASI533mc Pro camera, mounted on a Celestron AVX. Sixty 3-minute exposures processed in PixInsight.
March 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography
M101 aka the Pinwheel Galaxy captured last night with an AT102ED telescope, ASI533mc Pro camera, mounted on a Celestron AVX. Sixty 3-minute exposures processed in PixInsight.
M101 aka the Pinwheel Galaxy captured last night with an AT102ED telescope, ASI533mc Pro camera, mounted on a Celestron AVX. Sixty 3-minute exposures processed in PixInsight.
Orion's Flame and Horsead Nebulae from last night. Alnitak is hard to tame. #SkyWatch #Astrophotography
February 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Orion's Flame and Horsead Nebulae from last night. Alnitak is hard to tame. #SkyWatch #Astrophotography
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I emailed NH's Attorney General John Formella to ask that he fight the shuttering of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau #CFPB Big money interests want it shut down because it is so successful in punishing their fraud.
Email: attorneygeneral@doj.nh.gov
Email: attorneygeneral@doj.nh.gov
February 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I emailed NH's Attorney General John Formella to ask that he fight the shuttering of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau #CFPB Big money interests want it shut down because it is so successful in punishing their fraud.
Email: attorneygeneral@doj.nh.gov
Email: attorneygeneral@doj.nh.gov