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Jonathan
@jonathans.bsky.social
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Amateur astrophotographer

Michigan State alumn in astrophysics and business analytics

he/him

https://linktr.ee/op_astro
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All this just to fall for the same shit they did last time this happened. Same old Dem party I guess
"Deal" to reopen the government that doesn't guarantee ACA subsidies Fell for it again award
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Catching up on editing some images. This is a cool region in the constellation Cygnus with two Wolf-Rayet stars, the ever-popular Crescent Nebula, aka NGC6888, in the top left and WR134 in the bottom right.

Captured from Starfront Remote with my Cat91 telescope
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a nebulous region of space in the constellation Cygnus, with red and blue wispy nebulosity throughout, and two main features: the crescent nebula, a nebula that looks like a brain with a blue shell in the upper left hand corner, and WR134, a blue, circular nebula in the bottom right hand corner
September 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Been a bit lazy about editing photos lately, but finally decided to finish one up.

IC1318 - Sadr Region and the Butterfly in Cygnus

Captured from Starfront Remote with my Cat91 telescope
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a bright pinkish red region of space vaguely resembling a butterfly, fading to a more blue and pink region in the bottom of the photo
August 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Another quick project now that the weather is finally getting better. M8 and M20, the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae in LRGB. Dark skies and bright objects are basically a cheat code, making targets like this almost easy.
Captured from Starfront Remote with my Cat91 telescope
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a nebulous region of the Milky Way, with a blue nebula with a pink core in the bottom left (the Trifid Nebula), a pink region in the top middle (the Lagoon Nebula), which fades into a more yellow/brown region of the Milky Way core in the upper right
June 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Another from Starfront Observatories, part of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex.
15hrs total exposure time, shot with Cat91 telescope and Player One Poseidon-M Pro camera.
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a dusty region near the Milky Way band, with a bright blue reflection nebula on the left and bright yellow on the right, with a dark nebula splitting the two
June 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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A quick two-panel mosaic on the Blue Horsehead nebula, shot from Starfront Observatories

About 10.5 total hours, shot with Cat91 telescope, Player One Poseidon-M camera, and Antlia LRGB filters

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a large, dusty nebula resembling a horsehead, with a distinctive blue reflection nebula region around where the horse's eye would be
June 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Been a slow spring for astro but I finally got around to finishing an image. 75hrs on Messier 83, a very tough target from the northern hemisphere as it is pretty low in the sky.
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a spiral galaxy in a sea of stars and smaller galaxies a closer crop of the galaxy
May 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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My latest from Starfront Remote Observatories, Sh2-284

The main object in this image, Sh2-284, is interesting object that reminds me of another Sharpless object, the Lion Nebula, with its distinctive separation between an Oiii heavy region and an Ha heavy region

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A red and blue nebula in the constellation Monoceros, with a distinctive blue region and a lot of surrounding red nebulosity
April 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Last night's full moon, before the eclipse and during totality, plus a view of my telescope pointing at the blood moon
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(reposting because I can't spell)
the full (worm) moon full worm moon during the lunar eclipse, casting a red hue over the moon telescope pointed at the blood moon
March 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Tonight's moon, getting ready for the eclipse tomorrow night
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a nearly full moon
March 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Getting the GT71 ready for imaging but still waiting on the camera I ordered to ship, so hey, why not have a Moon pic
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a nearly full moon A red and white telescope with a redcat sticker on the side
March 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Keeping with the theme of "nebula that vaguely resemble animals", next up is the Seagull Nebula.

This large emission nebula is in the constellation Monoceros and has several interesting features throughout, including a couple small planetary nebulae.

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a large emission nebula roughly resembling a seagull, with the wings and head a reddish color, while the "feathers" of the wings blend into more of a light blue
March 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Been a slow February for #astrophotography, so I went back and reprocessed my Elephant Trunk data, this time in an HOO palette instead of the SHO palette I previously did
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a large red nebula with a feature resembling an Elephant Trunk
February 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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First image with the Cat91 from Starfront Observatories, and a target I've wanted to go after for a while now, this is Sh2 308, aka the Dolphin Head nebula. It is a bubble-like nebula surrounding a Wolf-Rayet star.
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a blue, bubble-like nebula resembling a dolphin head, surrounded by blue and red wispy nebulosity
February 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Another one from Starfront Observatories, and my last image with the RedCat51 + 533MM combo, this is the Jellyfish Nebula. The Jellyfish is an interesting case of a supernova remnant interacting with surrounding molecular clouds, giving it it's unique shape.

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A mostly red nebula resembling a jellyfish, due to the supernova remnant portion in the upper right interacting with other molecular clouds in the lower left
February 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Another one from Starfront Remote Observatories, a widefield shot of Messier 81 and Messier 82, aka Bode's and Cigar Galaxies. Gravitational interaction between M81 and M82 gives M82 its unique look.
The dust around them is what's known as IFN, or Integrated Flux Nebulae.
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A spiral galaxy (Messier 81) and a starburst galaxy (Messier 82) in a field of IFN, or Integrated flux nebulae, which is dust that lies beyond the main body of the Milky Way
January 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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My latest from Starfront Remote Observatories, 48hrs on Sh2-216 in HOO with RGB stars. It is large in appearance and is one of the closest planetary nebulae to us. Despite it's large apparent size, it is still fairly dim.

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a large, somewhat faint planetary nebula, with a mostly reddish-pink orb and a more purple-ish core
January 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Obligatory yearly Messier 45 aka the Pleiades image. Roughly 17hrs LRGB, shot from Starfront Remote Observatories.

This is going to be one of my last images taken with the RedCat51 + 533MM combo, as I'll soon have a new remote setup and a new sensor for my SpaceCat51 at home

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the Pleiades reflection nebula, a star cluster shining through space dust, giving it a nice blue glow
January 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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What is she plotting
Tortie cat sitting behind a table lamp, with a cat shaped shadow cast against the wall
January 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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A quick project with the MiniCat51, a widefield shot of the Horsehead, Flame, and Orion nebulae (among others). One night of imaging totaling just over 7hrs, shot from the ASKC DSS with the WO MiniCat51 and ASI2600MC Duo
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part of the Orion constellation with several notable nebulae: the horsehead and flame nebulae, a dark nebula in the shape of a horsehead set against a background of red, and a more orange region that looks like a flame; the orion nebula, a light blue ring with a pink core; and lots of brown space dust throughout the entire region
December 23, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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My latest from Starfront Remote Observatories, the dusty region around NGC1333.
About 44hrs of LRGB and another 22hrs of Ha (which didn't really add much imo), captured with a RedCat51 telescope, ASI533MM Pro camera and Antlia HaLRGB filters

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dusty region of space with a blue reflection nebula in the middle left and a colorful region on the right with some red and yellow spots and another blue reflection nebula
December 13, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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A recent Starfront Remote project and the companion to the Heart Nebula, this is the Soul Nebula.
About 46hr total exposure time, shot with a RedCat51, ZWO ASI533MM Pro, and Antlia Ha/Oiii filters (RGB filters for the stars)
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A blob of reddish to purple-ish nebulosity known as the Soul Nebula
November 25, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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Next pieces of the puzzle are the Player One Poseidon-M Pro (same sensor as the popular ZWO 2600MM), Player One filter wheel, and Antlia LRGBSHO filters.
Build quality on the P1 seems great, can't wait to get the first images with this setup
November 22, 2024 at 10:53 PM
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New William Optics RedCat91 got here a little earlier than expected! Plan is for it to replace the RC51 at the remote observatory, but first I'm going to put it through the paces at home
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Black with red accents telescope; dust cap has a cat face with diffraction spikes as the whiskers A black with red accents telescope in a padded carrying case
November 18, 2024 at 11:24 PM
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Could be worse I suppose
November 17, 2024 at 6:13 PM