Ethan Chappel
@chappelastro.com
26-year old astrophotographer in Cibolo, TX, USA
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Saturn with Tethys, Dione, and Rhea on September 2nd, 2025. 12 years to the night after my first shot of the ringed planet with an EdgeHD 8 and original USB 2.0 ASI120MM.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Saturn with Tethys, Dione, and Rhea on September 2nd, 2025. 12 years to the night after my first shot of the ringed planet with an EdgeHD 8 and original USB 2.0 ASI120MM.
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Jupiter was in the line of sight between us and the magnitude 7.9 star HD 61660 on October 13th, appearing as an interloper among the Galilean Moons. It's an orange star 25x more luminous than the Sun and 660 light years away. Europa had a very close pass from home.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Jupiter was in the line of sight between us and the magnitude 7.9 star HD 61660 on October 13th, appearing as an interloper among the Galilean Moons. It's an orange star 25x more luminous than the Sun and 660 light years away. Europa had a very close pass from home.
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Titan casting its shadow on Saturn on August 3rd, 2025. Tethys is also transiting just above the rings, but they were blocking the view its shadow.
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September 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Titan casting its shadow on Saturn on August 3rd, 2025. Tethys is also transiting just above the rings, but they were blocking the view its shadow.
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Neptune and Triton on September 19th, 2025. Look carefully and you'll notice the subtle gradient from brighter in the south to darker in the north.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Neptune and Triton on September 19th, 2025. Look carefully and you'll notice the subtle gradient from brighter in the south to darker in the north.
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September 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
September 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
September 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
September 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
September 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Horsehead & Flame Nebulas with Alnitak, the bright star on the left of Orion's belt.
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September 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Horsehead & Flame Nebulas with Alnitak, the bright star on the left of Orion's belt.
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September 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
August 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Jupiter with the Great Red Spot yesterday morning in visible light and near-infrared.
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August 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Jupiter with the Great Red Spot yesterday morning in visible light and near-infrared.
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Jupiter this morning. Finally becoming viable to catch a decent image of it as it rises away from the morning twilight.
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August 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Jupiter this morning. Finally becoming viable to catch a decent image of it as it rises away from the morning twilight.
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Venus on June 21st, 2025 in bi-color IR-UV to emphasize the cloud features in the atmosphere.
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June 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Venus on June 21st, 2025 in bi-color IR-UV to emphasize the cloud features in the atmosphere.
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June 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A distant view of Mars on June 2nd, 2025, over 2.5x farther than it was at its closest approach in January. Clouds can be seen over Olympus Mons just right of center and the three Tharsis volcanoes to the lower-right of it.
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June 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A distant view of Mars on June 2nd, 2025, over 2.5x farther than it was at its closest approach in January. Clouds can be seen over Olympus Mons just right of center and the three Tharsis volcanoes to the lower-right of it.
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June 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Saturn on June 1st, 2025. The rings are continuing to brighten as they open towards the Sun.
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June 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Saturn on June 1st, 2025. The rings are continuing to brighten as they open towards the Sun.
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Saturn is back in the morning sky but something looks different.
Just a few days after equinox, it's autumn in the north & spring in the south. The dark line cutting across the planet are the rings, not their shadow. They are very dark when sunlight hits them at a shallow angle.
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Just a few days after equinox, it's autumn in the north & spring in the south. The dark line cutting across the planet are the rings, not their shadow. They are very dark when sunlight hits them at a shallow angle.
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May 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Saturn is back in the morning sky but something looks different.
Just a few days after equinox, it's autumn in the north & spring in the south. The dark line cutting across the planet are the rings, not their shadow. They are very dark when sunlight hits them at a shallow angle.
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Just a few days after equinox, it's autumn in the north & spring in the south. The dark line cutting across the planet are the rings, not their shadow. They are very dark when sunlight hits them at a shallow angle.
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Transit of #exoplanet WD 1856+534 b across its white dwarf host star.
An unusual system where we see a small white dwarf star partially occulted by a giant planet every 1.4 days, resulting in a much deeper decrease in brightness than most exoplanet transits.
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An unusual system where we see a small white dwarf star partially occulted by a giant planet every 1.4 days, resulting in a much deeper decrease in brightness than most exoplanet transits.
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May 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Transit of #exoplanet WD 1856+534 b across its white dwarf host star.
An unusual system where we see a small white dwarf star partially occulted by a giant planet every 1.4 days, resulting in a much deeper decrease in brightness than most exoplanet transits.
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An unusual system where we see a small white dwarf star partially occulted by a giant planet every 1.4 days, resulting in a much deeper decrease in brightness than most exoplanet transits.
#Astrophotography
April 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
April 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
April 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Full Moon Photobomber
Two years after catching a previous lunar occultation of Mars before clouds rolled in, I had another chance in January to catch one and create a Moon mosaic as I originally planned to provide a sense of scale.
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Two years after catching a previous lunar occultation of Mars before clouds rolled in, I had another chance in January to catch one and create a Moon mosaic as I originally planned to provide a sense of scale.
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March 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Full Moon Photobomber
Two years after catching a previous lunar occultation of Mars before clouds rolled in, I had another chance in January to catch one and create a Moon mosaic as I originally planned to provide a sense of scale.
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Two years after catching a previous lunar occultation of Mars before clouds rolled in, I had another chance in January to catch one and create a Moon mosaic as I originally planned to provide a sense of scale.
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