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The Pinwheel Cluster (Messier 36)
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Loosely organised. Mostly big, bright and blue. Live fast, shine bright and die young. Auriga.
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A picture of the Iris Nebula, NGC 7023, taken at a Howard Astronomical League star party at Alpha Ridge Park in Mariottsville, MD on September 13 using a #Seestar S50. The picture was processed using the Seestar's onboard Deep Sky Stacker and Google Photos. Total exposure time was 33 minutes.
A deep-space photograph shows a star field scattered with hundreds of tiny white, yellow, and orange stars against a dark background. At the center, a bright star is surrounded by a hazy, bluish-white reflection nebula with wisps of dark dust obscuring parts of the glow. The nebula appears like a faint, misty flower of light set within the darker clouds of space.
September 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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A mosaic of the North America Nebula, NGC 7000, taken at a Howard Astronomical League star party at Alpha Ridge Park in Mariottsville, MD on August 30 using a #Seestar S50.

Two hour exposure in EQ mode with LP filter and framing set to 2.0. Processed on Seestar and Google Photos.
A deep-space photograph showing countless stars scattered across the frame, with dark cloudy regions of interstellar dust blocking some starlight. Wisps of reddish-orange gas glow along the edges of the clouds, creating intricate, glowing shapes against the darker background. The image captures a dense star field with a mix of bright stars, faint stars, and glowing nebula structures.
August 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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A picture of the Elephant's Trunk nebula, IC1396A, taken at a Howard Astronomical League star party at Alpha Ridge Park in Mariottsville, MD on August 9 using a #Seestar S50. The picture was processed using the Seestar's onboard Deep Sky Stacker and Google Photos. Total exposure time was 65 minutes.
Deep-space astrophotograph showing a prominent, twisting column of dark gas and dust that curves downward in front of a glowing red and green cloud of excited gas.
August 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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A picture of the Moon taken at a Howard Astronomical League star party at Alpha Ridge Park in Mariottsville, MD on August 2 using a #Seestar S50.
A bright white semicircular moon (slightly more than half of a circle illuminated) with visible craters and maria.
August 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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A picture of Messier 8, the Lagoon Nebula, taken at a Howard Astronomical League star party at Alpha Ridge Park in Mariottsville, MD on August 2 using a #Seestar S50. The picture was processed using the Seestar's onboard Deep Sky Stacker and Google Photos.
A bright emission nebula with striking dark clouds.
August 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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A picture of Messier 16, the Eagle Nebula, taken at a Howard Astronomical League star party at Alpha Ridge Park in Mariottsville, MD on August 2 using a #Seestar S50. The picture was processed using the Seestar's onboard Deep Sky Stacker and Google Photos.
A bright emission nebula surrounded by stars.
August 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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A picture of Messier 17, the Omega Nebula, taken at a Howard Astronomical League star party at Alpha Ridge Park in Mariottsville, MD on July 5 using a #Seestar S50. The picture was processed using the Seestar's onboard Deep Sky Stacker and Google Photos.
A deep space photograph of the Omega Nebula (M17), also known as the Swan Nebula, captured with a Seestar S50 telescope. The image shows a bright, cloud-like nebula with shades of white and faint reddish-brown, surrounded by a dense field of stars against a dark background. The nebula appears as a luminous, irregular patch with darker regions and intricate wisps, highlighting its gaseous structure. The exposure time for the image is 24 minutes.
July 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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A picture of Messier 64, the Black Eye Galaxy, taken at a Howard Astronomical League star party at Alpha Ridge Park in Mariottsville, MD on May 24 using a #Seestar S50. The picture was processed using the Seestar's onboard Deep Sky Stacker and Google Photos.
A picture of a bright galaxy with a dark streak partway around the center, surrounded by stars.
May 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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A picture of Messier 104, the Sombrero Galaxy, taken at a Howard Astronomical League star party at Alpha Ridge Park in Mariottsville, MD on May 24 using a #Seestar S50. The picture was processed using the Seestar's onboard Deep Sky Stacker and Google Photos.
A picture of a bright galaxy with a dust lane through the middle of it surrounded by stars.
May 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Messier 109 with my #Seestar S50. 30 minutes of data processed in Siril and Google Photos. #astrophotography
"A deep space astronomical photograph showing the barred spiral galaxy Messier 109 (M109) against the black background of space. The galaxy appears in the lower third of the image, displaying its distinctive bright central bar and surrounding spiral structure with faint, extended arms. M109's bright nucleus stands out clearly, with its spiral arms showing a subtle greenish tint. The galaxy is surrounded by numerous stars of varying brightness scattered across the dark cosmic background, creating a speckled effect throughout the frame. Some stars appear significantly brighter than others, with particularly prominent ones visible in the upper portions of the image. This barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major appears relatively small in the wide field of view, highlighting its distance of approximately 83.5 million light-years from Earth."
March 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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The Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443) in January 2024 from Central Maryland with my #Seestar S50. One hour total exposure, processed in Siril and Google Photos. #astrophotography
An image of the supernova remnant IC 443, also known as the Jellyfish Nebula, featuring a semi-circular, shell-like structure of glowing gas illuminated by shockwaves. Numerous stars are visible in the dark sky surrounding the nebula.
February 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Messier 33. 90 minutes total exposure with my #seestar S50, processed in Siril and Google Photos. #astrophotography
February 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Eastern Veil Nebula (Caldwell 33) with my #seestar S50 from central Maryland. 62 minutes total exposure in July, 2024. #astrophotography
February 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Western Veil Nebula (Caldwell 34) with my #seestar S50 from central Maryland. 55 minutes total exposure in July, 2024. #astrophotography
February 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Some of last year's pictures from my #seestar. This is C/2023 A3 on October 18. The anti-tail is faintly visible. #astrophotograpy
February 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) from Howard County, Maryland using a Seestar S50 smart telescope. 26 minutes of data.
December 13, 2023 at 3:04 PM
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Today's sun in white light from Maryland using a Seestar S50.
December 8, 2023 at 7:31 PM
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December 8, 2023 at 1:02 AM
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Red bellied woodpecker with a sunflower seed at a feeder near Baltimore Maryland
August 5, 2023 at 8:28 PM
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Moon before sunset. June 24 2023 from Maryland
August 1, 2023 at 2:20 AM
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Messier 3 taken through a sucker hole on June 24 at a Howard Astronomical League star party in Mariottsville Maryland.
July 30, 2023 at 1:48 PM