Jordan Martin
@networkingnomad.net
Digital nomad - networking/cybersecurity - photographer - astronomer
My AT115’s 'last light' shot: the iconic Horsehead & Flame Nebulae in Orion. This 48-hour exposure shows clouds of dust and gas where new stars are born. The famous 'horse' is a dark dust cloud blocking the light from the glowing ionized gas behind it.
#astrophotography #space #nebula #orion
#astrophotography #space #nebula #orion
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My AT115’s 'last light' shot: the iconic Horsehead & Flame Nebulae in Orion. This 48-hour exposure shows clouds of dust and gas where new stars are born. The famous 'horse' is a dark dust cloud blocking the light from the glowing ionized gas behind it.
#astrophotography #space #nebula #orion
#astrophotography #space #nebula #orion
This is my astrophotography setup. William Optics Cat91, ZWO 2600mm main camera, chroma filters, am5n mount.
November 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is my astrophotography setup. William Optics Cat91, ZWO 2600mm main camera, chroma filters, am5n mount.
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), showing off its two distinct tails!
The thin, blue ion tail is gas blown straight back by the solar wind. The yellow tail is made of dust particles reflecting sunlight along its orbital path.
It's on a ~1350-year orbit, so catch it now—it won't be back for a while :)
The thin, blue ion tail is gas blown straight back by the solar wind. The yellow tail is made of dust particles reflecting sunlight along its orbital path.
It's on a ~1350-year orbit, so catch it now—it won't be back for a while :)
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), showing off its two distinct tails!
The thin, blue ion tail is gas blown straight back by the solar wind. The yellow tail is made of dust particles reflecting sunlight along its orbital path.
It's on a ~1350-year orbit, so catch it now—it won't be back for a while :)
The thin, blue ion tail is gas blown straight back by the solar wind. The yellow tail is made of dust particles reflecting sunlight along its orbital path.
It's on a ~1350-year orbit, so catch it now—it won't be back for a while :)
Chasing cosmic ghosts! This is IC63, a cloud of gas and dust being sculpted by a brilliant nearby star. The pink is glowing gas and the blue is starlight reflecting off dust. Captured from my remote observatory in Texas over 34 hours!
#astronomy #space #astrophotography #nebula #science
#astronomy #space #astrophotography #nebula #science
October 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Chasing cosmic ghosts! This is IC63, a cloud of gas and dust being sculpted by a brilliant nearby star. The pink is glowing gas and the blue is starlight reflecting off dust. Captured from my remote observatory in Texas over 34 hours!
#astronomy #space #astrophotography #nebula #science
#astronomy #space #astrophotography #nebula #science
The Milky Way's core from Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. The dark lanes aren't empty space; they are massive clouds of interstellar dust obscuring the stars behind them. This view was created by stacking 30 minutes of exposures.
#Astrophotography #MilkyWay #Space
#Astrophotography #MilkyWay #Space
August 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Milky Way's core from Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. The dark lanes aren't empty space; they are massive clouds of interstellar dust obscuring the stars behind them. This view was created by stacking 30 minutes of exposures.
#Astrophotography #MilkyWay #Space
#Astrophotography #MilkyWay #Space
The Flying Bat Nebula (red hydrogen) surrounds the faint Giant Squid Nebula (blue-green oxygen). They appear together but are a line-of-sight illusion. This deep image required many hours of exposure with a telescope to capture the Squid's incredibly dim light.
#Astronomy #Space #Astrophotography
#Astronomy #Space #Astrophotography
July 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Flying Bat Nebula (red hydrogen) surrounds the faint Giant Squid Nebula (blue-green oxygen). They appear together but are a line-of-sight illusion. This deep image required many hours of exposure with a telescope to capture the Squid's incredibly dim light.
#Astronomy #Space #Astrophotography
#Astronomy #Space #Astrophotography
M104: The Sombrero Galaxy! ~31M LY. Its iconic profile comes from a nearly edge-on view & that incredible, dark dust lane. The bright core holds a supermassive black hole & the halo hints at thousands of globular clusters. A cosmic masterpiece! #SombreroGalaxy #M104 #Astrophotography #Galaxy #Space
June 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
M104: The Sombrero Galaxy! ~31M LY. Its iconic profile comes from a nearly edge-on view & that incredible, dark dust lane. The bright core holds a supermassive black hole & the halo hints at thousands of globular clusters. A cosmic masterpiece! #SombreroGalaxy #M104 #Astrophotography #Galaxy #Space
New image from my latest deep-sky project: SH2-114, the Flying Dragon Nebula. This faint and intricate nebula lies in the constellation Cygnus, and was captured over six weeks in a remote observatory in Texas.
May 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New image from my latest deep-sky project: SH2-114, the Flying Dragon Nebula. This faint and intricate nebula lies in the constellation Cygnus, and was captured over six weeks in a remote observatory in Texas.
You can see a full-resolution version of this photo, and all of the astrophotography that I have done, at my Astrobin: app.astrobin.com/u/javanpa#ga... #astrophotography #astronomy #eaglenebula #starfrontobservatories
May 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
You can see a full-resolution version of this photo, and all of the astrophotography that I have done, at my Astrobin: app.astrobin.com/u/javanpa#ga... #astrophotography #astronomy #eaglenebula #starfrontobservatories
I’m excited to share this deep-sky portrait of NGC 2403, a gorgeous spiral galaxy located about 9 million light-years away. Though lesser known than its famous cousins, this galaxy is brimming with star-forming regions and dotted with clusters of young, hot stars.
April 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I’m excited to share this deep-sky portrait of NGC 2403, a gorgeous spiral galaxy located about 9 million light-years away. Though lesser known than its famous cousins, this galaxy is brimming with star-forming regions and dotted with clusters of young, hot stars.
Check out the stunning duo of M81 & M82—Bode’s Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy— which I was able to capture in incredible detail from Starfront! With 36 hours of integration time, this image reveals these cosmic neighbors, located about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
March 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Check out the stunning duo of M81 & M82—Bode’s Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy— which I was able to capture in incredible detail from Starfront! With 36 hours of integration time, this image reveals these cosmic neighbors, located about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
Big news! My telescope has officially moved to Starfront Observatories - its new home at a remote observatory in the heart of Texas! With incredibly dark skies and over 200 clear nights a year, I’ll have many more opportunities to capture the cosmos.
February 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Big news! My telescope has officially moved to Starfront Observatories - its new home at a remote observatory in the heart of Texas! With incredibly dark skies and over 200 clear nights a year, I’ll have many more opportunities to capture the cosmos.
This is Messier 1 (the Crab Nebula). What you see is the remnants from a supernova in our galaxy that happened over 1,000 years ago. It’s ~6,500 light years away from earth, and ~11 light years from edge to edge. This image represents 11 1/2 hours of data. #astrophotography #astronomy #crabnebula
February 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is Messier 1 (the Crab Nebula). What you see is the remnants from a supernova in our galaxy that happened over 1,000 years ago. It’s ~6,500 light years away from earth, and ~11 light years from edge to edge. This image represents 11 1/2 hours of data. #astrophotography #astronomy #crabnebula
Had a clear night down in the Florida panhandle so I was able to get my scope out for a night of shooting. This is the Rosette nebula. It also was a great night getting my equipment tested before sending it off to Starfront observatory. Lots of astrophotography is in my future… very exciting.
January 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Had a clear night down in the Florida panhandle so I was able to get my scope out for a night of shooting. This is the Rosette nebula. It also was a great night getting my equipment tested before sending it off to Starfront observatory. Lots of astrophotography is in my future… very exciting.
This is going pretty well for me today.
December 1, 2024 at 9:19 PM
This is going pretty well for me today.
I’ll take this bet…
November 22, 2024 at 2:38 PM
I’ll take this bet…
I'm watching some zero-trust sessions from the Cloud Security Alliance and a friendly face shows up as a presenter on a session. What a pleasant surprise @jjx.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 5:21 PM
I'm watching some zero-trust sessions from the Cloud Security Alliance and a friendly face shows up as a presenter on a session. What a pleasant surprise @jjx.bsky.social
At the old site I tried to keep my feed tech related. A reboot here removes any expectation. Freeing. So I’ll still be talking tech when it makes sense but I’m planning on sharing more of the other parts of my life as well. This pic is from earlier this year in the Tetons. One of my fav places.
November 21, 2024 at 1:27 PM
At the old site I tried to keep my feed tech related. A reboot here removes any expectation. Freeing. So I’ll still be talking tech when it makes sense but I’m planning on sharing more of the other parts of my life as well. This pic is from earlier this year in the Tetons. One of my fav places.
My family is currently “stuck” in Elkhart, IN waiting for our RV to finish repairs (we live in that RV if you didn’t know…). The weather here leaves a lot to be desired so we’re all dreaming about the Florida keys, where we’ll be a couple weeks from now. This pic is from there last year.
November 14, 2024 at 2:27 PM
My family is currently “stuck” in Elkhart, IN waiting for our RV to finish repairs (we live in that RV if you didn’t know…). The weather here leaves a lot to be desired so we’re all dreaming about the Florida keys, where we’ll be a couple weeks from now. This pic is from there last year.
Just going to leave this here…
November 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Just going to leave this here…
Epic views from my desk are one of the perks of a nomadic lifestyle. What it doesn’t help is the constant desire to take the day off and go explore. Small price to pay…
October 25, 2023 at 3:39 PM
Epic views from my desk are one of the perks of a nomadic lifestyle. What it doesn’t help is the constant desire to take the day off and go explore. Small price to pay…
I got to hang out in the sand dunes at Great Sand Dunes NP all by myself for a couple hours last night and this was the result
October 5, 2023 at 2:49 PM
I got to hang out in the sand dunes at Great Sand Dunes NP all by myself for a couple hours last night and this was the result
This is called the Cygnus Wall - a prominent feature of the North American Nebula. Approximate distance from Earth is 2600 light years. This picture represents about 8 1/3 hours of exposure time, taken in 10-minute exposures, stacked together to extract the detail you see here.
July 12, 2023 at 11:22 PM
This is called the Cygnus Wall - a prominent feature of the North American Nebula. Approximate distance from Earth is 2600 light years. This picture represents about 8 1/3 hours of exposure time, taken in 10-minute exposures, stacked together to extract the detail you see here.