Jonny Bravo
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Jonny Bravo
@jonnybravo0311.bsky.social
Husband. Astrophotographer. Scuba diver. Video gamer. Disney adult.
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Amplifying the call from Marc Delcroix and co. over the weekend: the team are looking to verify/refute a potential impact on #Saturn on July 5th, 09:00-09:15UT. Videos taken by amateur observers at that time might hold the key. This 📸 credit: Mario Rana

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July 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
So this happened less than a foot away from me this morning. I can’t decide if the soundtrack should be Mortal Kombat or Let’s Get It On. #hummingbirds #birds #nature #naturephotography
May 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
There was a total lunar eclipse the other day. I was very excited to see it and potentially get a few photos. Unfortunately, because there was an interesting astronomical event, NJ weather obliged as it usually does.
March 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Still haven't gotten the rig outside. Here's an image I did of NGC 3718. It's a rather interesting galaxy, reminiscent of Centauras A. Just over 17 hours LRGB with my 8" EdgeHD and 294MM Pro.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #nightsky #galaxies
February 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What got me into #astrophotography? Sitting in my backyard taking pictures of various wildlife like this #downywoodpecker catching a meal. Captured with my #Lumix G9 at 400mm, f/8, ISO 1600, 1/60s.

#birds #wildlifephotography
January 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
No new photons of my own. However, @sadrastro.com provided a dataset of the #northamericanebula and #pelicannebula taken at their remote observatory. Also, www.setiastro.com just released the "Perfect Palette Picker" tool. Here's the image I created.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #nightsky
January 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
In the center of the #heartnebula lies Melotte 15, a young cluster of stars whose stellar winds and radiation give rise to the fantastic cloud formations and structure. 8.5 hours of Ha/Oiii data taken with my 8" EdgeHD and 294MM Pro.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #photography #nightsky
January 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I just got added to a #starterpack. How cool is that? Thanks @sbgphotography.bsky.social for adding me to go.bsky.app/HLsXa3n
January 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is a target I go back to nearly every winter. Bode's Galaxy (M81) shot with my 8" EdgeHD, 294MM Pro and Chroma LRGB filters. To the left is Holmberg IX. This is about 16.5 hours taken over a few nights in February of 2023.

#astronomy #astrophotography #space #galaxy
January 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Happy New Year everyone!
January 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Ugh. 2024 can’t end soon enough. My mother passed away on Sunday. Today I was informed by the company I’ve worked with for the past 5 years that there just wasn’t anything in the pipeline for me in 2025 and they were terminating my contract. So, now I’m looking for work.
December 27, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Luna is opening her presents and having a blast 😊. Merry Christmas everyone!
December 25, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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On December 24, 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts became the first humans to orbit the moon and capture the famous Earthrise photograph. #onthisday
December 24, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Mom passed today. She went peacefully in her sleep surrounded by family.
December 22, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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Via the NASA Universe team: Since 1995, Astronomy Picture of the Day has assembled the largest collection of annotated astronomical images online. Join the Night Sky Network & Robert Nemiroff on Wed Dec. 18, at 6:00 p.m. PT (9:00 p.m. ET) for 2024 highlights: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHhi...
NSN Webinar Series: 2024 Astronomy Picture of the Day with Dr. Robert Nemiroff
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December 17, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Here's something a little closer to home. I took this image of #Jupiter in 2022. Image is composed of the best 25% from each of 5x90" SER files. Stacked in AS!3, wavelets in R6 and de-rotation in WinJUPOS. 8" EdgeHD with a 2x Televue Barlow and 662MC.

#astrophotography #nightsky #space #planets
December 17, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Here is one of the very first deep sky images I took. No fancy telescope or mount or filters. Just my Panasonic Lumix G9 with a Leica 50-200 f/2.8-4 zoom lens on a Sky Watcher Star Adventurer back in 2020. 4.5 hours of data.

#m45 #astrophotography #astronomy #space #astrophotos
December 15, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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Day 14 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar - A Sky Full of Stars. Open cluster Westerlund 1, some 12,000 light-years away, is a super star cluster: containing hundreds of very massive stars, some shining with a brilliance of a million Suns www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/1...
December 14, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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PSA: *please* do not follow accounts like this, which scrape other people’s content without credit. As a general rule of thumb, if accounts are posting cool photos w/o links or credit (unless it’s clearly their original work), UNFOLLOW
December 14, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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TONIGHT- Join me along with a FAN-tastic cast for a live radio performance of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. This rendition of the timeless holiday classic benefits the #EdAsnerFamilyCenter, a truly worthy cause!!! 🎄 ❄️ 🎅 🤶 ✨ 🎁 🔔 ☃️ 🌟 J Streaming SATURDAY at 8pmET/5pmPT on TrillerTV PPV
December 14, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Here’s an image of SH2-86 I did this past summer. It is composed of over 45 hours of Ha, L, R, G and B data taken with my 8” EdgeHD and Poseidon-M Pro. I also wanted to share this slick bot written by @quantumkat.bsky.social that provides astrometry data: @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 12:33 AM
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Day 11 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar - Gazing Deeply Through Time. Using the JWST, astronomers detected massive star clusters in the Cosmic Gems arc, a strongly-lensed galaxy emitting light from when the Universe was roughly 460 million years old. www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/1...
December 11, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Hard to believe this is #Disney! View from the boat launch at Wilderness Lodge.
December 11, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Moonlight Magic at #WDW #animalkingdom was fantastic! Our favorite park open at night for DVC owners. Pandora is stunning and truly shines at night. Here’s Harambe:
December 11, 2024 at 4:22 AM
One of the new female lions surveying her habitat at #WDW #animalkingdom
December 10, 2024 at 10:12 PM