Swimming with the cosmic tadpoles

IC 410 (The Tadpoles)
Photographed February 1, 2025
SkyWatcher 150p Newtonian telescope
ZWO ASI533MC camera (-20°C)
Halpha/OIII dual narrowband filter

I’ve got thick skin and a mosaic heart.

(work in progress)

Heart Nebula
Photographed 11/8-11/25
SkyWatcher 150p telescope
ZWO ASI533MC color camera
Halpha/OIII dual narrowband

Blinken announces no change to US military aid to Israel as today marks the 30 deadline for Israel to improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza.

File under not surprising but shocking nonetheless.

#FreePalestine

This is a Melotte 15 appreciation post. Thank you for gracing my CMOS sensor with your photons.

Melotte 15 (inner Heart Nebula)
Photographed 11/8-11/9
SkyWatcher 150p telescope
ZWO ASI533MC color camera
Halpha/OIII dual narrowband

For the record, I would have cast my vote for calling them bleets instead. Kinda like we’re all goats.

Sorry fellas, I can’t go out tonight. Mom says I have to gaze into the stellar crucible in search of meaning.

NGC 7822
Photographed 10/21 - 11/4
SkyWatcher 150p telescope
ZWO ASI533MC color camera
Halpha/OIII dual narrowband

#astrophotography
#astronomy
#space

You know it’s spooky season when the Witch’s Broom flies high overhead at sunset. #Astrophotography

Western Veil Nebula
-Photographed September 2024 from my driveway.
-Telescope: SkyWatcher 150p
-Camera: ZWO ASI533MC
-Halpha/OIII dual-narrowband filter.
-All processing done with DSS and Photoshop.

It’s a peaceful life.

Six-panel mosaic image of the Lobster Claw Nebula (and friends) shot from my yard.

Telescope: SkyWatcher 150p
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC
Mount: SkyWatcher HEQ5

Photograph of the Cygnus Wall (part of NGC 7000) shot from my yard back in August.

Telescope: SkyWatcher 150p
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC
Mount SkyWatcher HEQ5