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Dana Matson
@double-oh-3.bsky.social
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Astrophotography, ultimate frisbee, video production, plus some other things

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double-oh-3.bsky.social
Quick and dirty (literally) process of a project I'm working on. This could be a really cool image after I get more data, and new flats to get rid of the dirt in the image train.

#astrophotography
There's an arc of red representing hydrogen gas on the left side, and a splodge of blue, which is interstellar dust reflecting light from a star towards the top right. On the bottom right there is a dark circle, which is an artifact left from a bit of dust on one of the pieces of glass in my imaging train
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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zerotensor.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy
M 78, "The Friendly Ghost"

RGB ~3hrs

#astronomy #astrophotography
A pair of diffuse, off-white clouds of interstellar dust sit upon a field of colorful stars, illuminated from within and occluded by a sinuous tract of dense and dark material winding its way upwards towards the top right of the picture frame. The overall composition reads as dark and mysterious.
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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catanddogtips.bsky.social
A decent guide 👇 #Dogs #Doglovers #DogsOfBlueSky #BlueSkyDogs
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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amyhoy.bsky.social
it's the "how to draw an owl" meme — step 1, "draw some circles" (an oval and a circle for the head). step 2, "draw the rest of the fucking owl" (a beautifully rnedered and shaded owl with lots of detail only i crossed out "circles" and wrote llm and crossed out "owl" and wrote "AGI"
October 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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ultiworld.bsky.social
ONE WEEK until the 2025 USAU Club Nationals Championships! Tune into all the action on Ultiworld! Who are you most excited to watch?? buff.ly/tMr09Pd
October 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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bombsfall.bsky.social
particle of light just reaching earth from a distant star in a terrible mood as it had come all this way to see dinosaurs and now it has to go all the way to the other dinosaur planet
October 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
double-oh-3.bsky.social
Finally got enough data to be happy with this result. Over 55 hours of narrowband data, and some broadband data for the stars. I processed this using the Foraxx palette to get some orange color.

#Astrophotography #Supernova #Space
The main focus is a spiky arch of red and blue that is the remaining gas from a supernova which exploded over 13,000 years ago.
October 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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maples-astro.bsky.social
A sneak peak on what I'm currently working on. These are from 10 minute subs. I still need a lot more data since it's such a dim target but I'm hype to see what I'll be able to get out of it. The moon's finally out of the way so it should hopefully only be a few more days.

#astrophotography
A grayscale image of the "garlic nebula" representing the hydrogen data. A color image of a combination of hydrogen (red) and oxygen (blue/green) for the "garlic nebula"
October 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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flyinghabu.bsky.social
Two nights of 3:45am alarms, blazing full moon lighting the sky like daytime and washing out the light of everything else, comet included. Then two days of post-processing battles, as comet processing is maddeningly tricky.

But I finally pulled it off: here is C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 🔭

#Astrophotography
Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon taken from my backyard
October 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
Here is my fun new article about him suing the New York Times for a lot of money and the judge saying pls get the fuck outta my face with this shit and come back when you can act like you got some sense

ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
September 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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dylanodonnell.bsky.social
M17 Omega is like the TEMU version of M42 Orion. It kind of has the same shape and colours but looks like it's been hitting the crystal pipe and has fallen on hard times.

Apertura 75Q (Native)
QHY Minicam8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i
35 x 2m R
11 x 2m G (oops)
35 x 2m B
Total: 2.7hrs
Cancel this fascists
September 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
This is an important time to remember that responsibility is not a zero-sum game — recognizing one person’s fault does not necessarily diminish another person’s.

The Trump administration is fascist. And ABC cynically caved and abandoned American values for money. Both are worthy of your contempt.
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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double-oh-3.bsky.social
Last year I gathered a lot of data on the Pacman Nebula, but never processed it in a way I was happy with. One of the big challenges with this nebula is that the surrounding hydrogen is much fainter than the main nebula.

#Astrophotography #Space #nebula #pacman

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A blue and red nebula, the center of which resembles Pac-Man with his mouth open. Meeting the center there is a lot of red gas that almost looks like flames emanating from the center of the nebula, which is bright, vivid blue.
September 6, 2025 at 4:49 AM
double-oh-3.bsky.social
Last year I gathered a lot of data on the Pacman Nebula, but never processed it in a way I was happy with. One of the big challenges with this nebula is that the surrounding hydrogen is much fainter than the main nebula.

#Astrophotography #Space #nebula #pacman

1/
A blue and red nebula, the center of which resembles Pac-Man with his mouth open. Meeting the center there is a lot of red gas that almost looks like flames emanating from the center of the nebula, which is bright, vivid blue.
September 6, 2025 at 4:49 AM
double-oh-3.bsky.social
My latest project is a combination of broadband and maintenance data in Cygnus. In the bottom are 2 reflection nebulae, and the top right is the propeller nebula.

#Astrophotography #Space #nebula
Red and orange clouds of gas mostly fill the frame. In the top right is an orange structure that resembles the propeller of an airplane. In the bottom left are 3 bright blue spots that are reflection nebulae. The whole image has a field of colorful stars.
August 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
double-oh-3.bsky.social
It's been a while since I've posted one of my photos. This is still a work in progress, but it's coming along. This is a faint supernova remnant in Cygnus. I'm about 25 hours in, and I probably want to double it to bring out more details.

#astrophotography #supernova
The main focus is a spiky arch of red and blue that is the remaining gas from a supernova.
August 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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drs1969.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
Yeah… I got a bit emotional watching this emerge on screen as my #seestars50 began to capture photons.

I’ve seen the star cluster in M16, and once a few years back on an exceptional summers night of seeing, I got a hint of nebulosity.

But this was always THAT […]

[Original post on mstdn.social]
The iconic Pillars of Creation - dust clouds and star forming regions in M16, The Eagle Nebula
August 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
double-oh-3.bsky.social
Happy to see my Senators @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov among those who voted for this resolution
July 31, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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dompe.space
On my way back to home from spending a week in Atacama Desert. There are no words to describe this sky. I have tons of data to spam, and here is just a quick processing I did in the floor of Calama’s airport. Ara’s dragons fighting over his egg… starless edition. #AstroCostaRica #Astrophotography 🔭
Photo of space dust that looks like two dragons
July 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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merriam-webster.com
This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received.

Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
Merriam-Webster Tweet: Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants. Cookie Monster's reply to the tweet: Me no wear pants.
June 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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velodus.bsky.social
Happy Pride month!! 🏳️‍🌈
Shaq wearing a menagerie of different-colored uniforms throughout his career. Also, "menagerie" is one of those weirds where I feel like I can never actually spell it right on my first try.
June 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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dustyrhodes.bsky.social
one day i hope we see "efficiency" as the anti-human concept it is.

pray to the god of efficiency and live the dogma that walking is a waste of time, reading takes too long, and democracy is an obstacle to progress.
February 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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ultiworld.bsky.social
Not sure who to root for this weekend? We've got you covered with the Bandwagon Fan's Guide to Men's D-III Nationals -> buff.ly/9SEL4S7

[Pres. by Spin Ultimate | Photo: @UltiPhotos.bsky.social ]
The Bandwagon Fan's Guide to Men's D-III Nationals - Ultiworld
The objective ranking of the best teams to root for if you don't know who to root for
buff.ly
May 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
double-oh-3.bsky.social
USAU College Nationals start Saturday. D3 is always unpredictable and D1 could have some new top contenders. Let's go!

youtu.be/I4O1m0gseOg?...
2025 Ultimate Frisbee College Nationals!
YouTube video by Ultiworld - Ultimate Frisbee
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May 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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spacepart.bsky.social
The Eagle Nebula — almost done.

🧑‍🚀 This piece is part of my journey to become astronaut.

🚀 If it speaks to you, you can help by sharing, supporting, or even adopting it.

#SpaceArt #OilPainting #EagleNebula #NebulaArt #ArtInSpace #SupportArtists #AstronautInTraining #SpaceInspired #Astroart
May 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM