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Dana Matson
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Astrophotography, ultimate frisbee, video production, plus some other things

Prints of some of my photos:
store.rupertstudios.com
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
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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M 78, "The Friendly Ghost"

RGB ~3hrs

#astronomy #astrophotography
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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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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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
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
October 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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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
October 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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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
October 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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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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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
September 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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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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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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September 6, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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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September 6, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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
August 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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
August 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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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]
August 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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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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 🔭
July 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received.

Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
June 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Happy Pride month!! 🏳️‍🌈
June 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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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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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
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
youtu.be
May 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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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