Gordon Hundley
@drgoon.bsky.social
Old school hacker, security strategist, psych and prog rock fan, science fiction nut, ancient DM, amateur astronomer and photographer. I mostly post deep sky images that I take from light polluted Tampa, Florida. Resident Alien. Scottish. Ally.
The region was first cataloged by the Crimean Astrophysical University in Simeis, Ukraine as Simeis 147 after its photographic discovery by Grigory Shajn in 1952. This is a small crop of a screen stretch of single five minute image. I'm looking to stack some 120 such per channel. #astrophoto
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The region was first cataloged by the Crimean Astrophysical University in Simeis, Ukraine as Simeis 147 after its photographic discovery by Grigory Shajn in 1952. This is a small crop of a screen stretch of single five minute image. I'm looking to stack some 120 such per channel. #astrophoto
This is part of a larger work in progress, one of four quadrants of the Spaghetti Nebula (Sharpless 240) in the constellation Taurus. A supernova remanant, at its core is the pulsar PSR J0538+2817 rotating approximately 7 times a second. Roughly 14 hours at 432mm f/4.8. 🔭 #astrophotography
October 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is part of a larger work in progress, one of four quadrants of the Spaghetti Nebula (Sharpless 240) in the constellation Taurus. A supernova remanant, at its core is the pulsar PSR J0538+2817 rotating approximately 7 times a second. Roughly 14 hours at 432mm f/4.8. 🔭 #astrophotography
Password mnemonic: a stackable fence.
October 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Password mnemonic: a stackable fence.
This is some detail from the Elephant Trunk Nebula, a highly compressed globule of intersetllar dust and gases that is shaped by the winds from a massive triple star system HD 206267A. This is a region of star formation, with some stars beleived to be under 100,000 years old. (6hrs SHO, Oct 15) 🔭
October 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is some detail from the Elephant Trunk Nebula, a highly compressed globule of intersetllar dust and gases that is shaped by the winds from a massive triple star system HD 206267A. This is a region of star formation, with some stars beleived to be under 100,000 years old. (6hrs SHO, Oct 15) 🔭
The Wizard Nebula (Sharpless 142) in the constellation of Cepheus. This region of star formation is being energized primarily by a massive spectroscopic binary system called DH Cephei. The stars in this system are young, near the start of the main sequence and are a source of X-ray emissions. 🔭
October 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The Wizard Nebula (Sharpless 142) in the constellation of Cepheus. This region of star formation is being energized primarily by a massive spectroscopic binary system called DH Cephei. The stars in this system are young, near the start of the main sequence and are a source of X-ray emissions. 🔭
I played one note. It was harder on my back than anything else. Steve Hogarth performs at ProgStock with some enthusiastic audience members.
Photo credit: Linda Heath
#progstock2025 #hnatural #SteveHogarth
#Marillion #cunningstunts
@marillion.com
Photo credit: Linda Heath
#progstock2025 #hnatural #SteveHogarth
#Marillion #cunningstunts
@marillion.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I played one note. It was harder on my back than anything else. Steve Hogarth performs at ProgStock with some enthusiastic audience members.
Photo credit: Linda Heath
#progstock2025 #hnatural #SteveHogarth
#Marillion #cunningstunts
@marillion.com
Photo credit: Linda Heath
#progstock2025 #hnatural #SteveHogarth
#Marillion #cunningstunts
@marillion.com
Work in progress - maybe half way? The Bubble Nebula is looking quite good, but there's not enough 'body' in the nebulosity yet. It's cloudy now, but it may clear. 🔭
October 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Work in progress - maybe half way? The Bubble Nebula is looking quite good, but there's not enough 'body' in the nebulosity yet. It's cloudy now, but it may clear. 🔭
WIP (work in progress)
Sharpless 162, Caldwell 11, the Bubble Nebula
also here - NGC 7538, Sharpless 159 and M52/NGC 7654.
5 minutes of hydrogen alpha, Bortle 8, high light cloud, clearing.
840mm f/7; Sky Watcher Esprit 120 with ZWO ASI 2600MM camera and Antlia 3nm Ha filter.
🔭
Sharpless 162, Caldwell 11, the Bubble Nebula
also here - NGC 7538, Sharpless 159 and M52/NGC 7654.
5 minutes of hydrogen alpha, Bortle 8, high light cloud, clearing.
840mm f/7; Sky Watcher Esprit 120 with ZWO ASI 2600MM camera and Antlia 3nm Ha filter.
🔭
October 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
WIP (work in progress)
Sharpless 162, Caldwell 11, the Bubble Nebula
also here - NGC 7538, Sharpless 159 and M52/NGC 7654.
5 minutes of hydrogen alpha, Bortle 8, high light cloud, clearing.
840mm f/7; Sky Watcher Esprit 120 with ZWO ASI 2600MM camera and Antlia 3nm Ha filter.
🔭
Sharpless 162, Caldwell 11, the Bubble Nebula
also here - NGC 7538, Sharpless 159 and M52/NGC 7654.
5 minutes of hydrogen alpha, Bortle 8, high light cloud, clearing.
840mm f/7; Sky Watcher Esprit 120 with ZWO ASI 2600MM camera and Antlia 3nm Ha filter.
🔭
October 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Boris Johnson should marry Kemi Badenoch and take her name, because that's the level of clown villainy running the Tory Party.
October 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Boris Johnson should marry Kemi Badenoch and take her name, because that's the level of clown villainy running the Tory Party.
October 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Here's the Lion Nebula again, this time without stars. This was very simple processing - I did not use any masks and I only adjusted the luminance curve to lift the black point and boost the mid-range. The rest is an SHO normalized color palette. It's groovy, man. 🔭
October 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Here's the Lion Nebula again, this time without stars. This was very simple processing - I did not use any masks and I only adjusted the luminance curve to lift the black point and boost the mid-range. The rest is an SHO normalized color palette. It's groovy, man. 🔭
Around 13 hours of imaging very even split over SHO filters of the dramatic Lion Nebula (Sharpless 132) in Cepheus. It has really interesting ray-like structures, huge bow waves, areas strong in hydrogen and weak in sulfur and vice versa. Quite spectacular. 🔭
October 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Around 13 hours of imaging very even split over SHO filters of the dramatic Lion Nebula (Sharpless 132) in Cepheus. It has really interesting ray-like structures, huge bow waves, areas strong in hydrogen and weak in sulfur and vice versa. Quite spectacular. 🔭
Here's a couple of crops from the full resolution image I posted earlier, showing some of the interesting structures in the Soul Nebula. 🔭
September 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Here's a couple of crops from the full resolution image I posted earlier, showing some of the interesting structures in the Soul Nebula. 🔭
A two panel mosaic that I made of around 45 hours of narrowband imaging of the Soul Nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia during the month of September. 🔭
September 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
A two panel mosaic that I made of around 45 hours of narrowband imaging of the Soul Nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia during the month of September. 🔭
Export warships for scrapping in Indonesia, import nuclear shrimp on ice.
September 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Export warships for scrapping in Indonesia, import nuclear shrimp on ice.
I image searched for "gay lions rampant" for you and it wasn't already a thing, which I half expected it to be. Some impressive search results though.
September 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I image searched for "gay lions rampant" for you and it wasn't already a thing, which I half expected it to be. Some impressive search results though.
Well, it's not great, but it's a thing. It looked much more impressive through the eyepiece, and it's likely I can do better as I learn to process this stuff. But tada, Titan's shadow.
September 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Well, it's not great, but it's a thing. It looked much more impressive through the eyepiece, and it's likely I can do better as I learn to process this stuff. But tada, Titan's shadow.
Sharpless 199, the Soul Nebula. This is around 20 hours of imaging through SHO filters using a 120mm refractor. 🔭
September 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Sharpless 199, the Soul Nebula. This is around 20 hours of imaging through SHO filters using a 120mm refractor. 🔭