Bill
@teocali.bsky.social
Colorado sports | flyfishing | astrophotography |
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Pine Marten in my bird feeder, Almont, CO.
May 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Pine Marten in my bird feeder, Almont, CO.
NGC1333 - on the right, a bright reflection nebula about 1000 light years away in the Perseus Molecular Cloud. It is surrounded by Dark Nebula Barnard 205. Upper left is the star-forming region IC 348 and Dark Nebula Barnard 3.
Data captured in Deer Trail, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
Data captured in Deer Trail, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
April 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
NGC1333 - on the right, a bright reflection nebula about 1000 light years away in the Perseus Molecular Cloud. It is surrounded by Dark Nebula Barnard 205. Upper left is the star-forming region IC 348 and Dark Nebula Barnard 3.
Data captured in Deer Trail, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
Data captured in Deer Trail, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
The Lobster Claw Nebula (Sh2-157), a bright emission nebula about 11,000 light-years away in Cassiopeia. Also, the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) and the Northern Lagoon nebula (NGC 7538).
Data captured in Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
Data captured in Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
March 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The Lobster Claw Nebula (Sh2-157), a bright emission nebula about 11,000 light-years away in Cassiopeia. Also, the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) and the Northern Lagoon nebula (NGC 7538).
Data captured in Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
Data captured in Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
Sh2-150 - a faint emission nebula about 2,900 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. Along side is VdB154, a blue reflection nebula with unkown exact distance. The larger H II emission region is Sh2-145 and it contains several dark nebula.
Data captured in Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
Data captured in Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
February 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Sh2-150 - a faint emission nebula about 2,900 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. Along side is VdB154, a blue reflection nebula with unkown exact distance. The larger H II emission region is Sh2-145 and it contains several dark nebula.
Data captured in Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
Data captured in Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. Happy Valentines Day. #astrophotography 🔭
February 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. Happy Valentines Day. #astrophotography 🔭
NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation Cepheus about 3,000 light-years away. This emission nebula area shows glowing pillars of gas intertwined with dark dusty structures. Many summer nights accompanied by my dog, Missy, while capturing data in Almont, CO #astrophotography 🔭
January 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation Cepheus about 3,000 light-years away. This emission nebula area shows glowing pillars of gas intertwined with dark dusty structures. Many summer nights accompanied by my dog, Missy, while capturing data in Almont, CO #astrophotography 🔭
The Wolf's Cave Nebula (VDB 152) is a bright reflection nebula at the tip of dark nebula LDN 1217 located in the constellation Cepheus. It is located about 1400 light-years away and is named after the German astronomer Max Wolf.
Data captured in Almont, CO #astrophotography 🔭
Data captured in Almont, CO #astrophotography 🔭
January 14, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The Wolf's Cave Nebula (VDB 152) is a bright reflection nebula at the tip of dark nebula LDN 1217 located in the constellation Cepheus. It is located about 1400 light-years away and is named after the German astronomer Max Wolf.
Data captured in Almont, CO #astrophotography 🔭
Data captured in Almont, CO #astrophotography 🔭
Pipe Nebula - a pipe shaped dust lane with the Stem (Barnard 59, 65, 66, 67) and the Bowl (Barnard 78) located about 600 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus.
Captured with my DSLR from Almont, CO #astrophotography 🔭
Happy New Year 🥳
Captured with my DSLR from Almont, CO #astrophotography 🔭
Happy New Year 🥳
December 31, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Pipe Nebula - a pipe shaped dust lane with the Stem (Barnard 59, 65, 66, 67) and the Bowl (Barnard 78) located about 600 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus.
Captured with my DSLR from Almont, CO #astrophotography 🔭
Happy New Year 🥳
Captured with my DSLR from Almont, CO #astrophotography 🔭
Happy New Year 🥳
The Rosette Nebula (NGC2237) - a large emission nebula in the constellation Monoceros about 5000 light-years from Earth. Among the gas and dust are several star forming regions including the center open star cluster, NGC2244.
Captured with my DSLR from Deer Trail, CO #astrophotography 🔭
Captured with my DSLR from Deer Trail, CO #astrophotography 🔭
December 23, 2024 at 5:31 PM
The Rosette Nebula (NGC2237) - a large emission nebula in the constellation Monoceros about 5000 light-years from Earth. Among the gas and dust are several star forming regions including the center open star cluster, NGC2244.
Captured with my DSLR from Deer Trail, CO #astrophotography 🔭
Captured with my DSLR from Deer Trail, CO #astrophotography 🔭
The Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) - a cluster of stars with active star formation in a large area of gas clouds and dust . About 5,700 light-years away, it is located in the constellation Serpens and home to the Pillars of Creation
Data captured this summer from Almont, CO. #astrophotograpy 🔭
Data captured this summer from Almont, CO. #astrophotograpy 🔭
December 18, 2024 at 12:48 PM
The Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) - a cluster of stars with active star formation in a large area of gas clouds and dust . About 5,700 light-years away, it is located in the constellation Serpens and home to the Pillars of Creation
Data captured this summer from Almont, CO. #astrophotograpy 🔭
Data captured this summer from Almont, CO. #astrophotograpy 🔭
NGC 1499 (California Nebula) - a large emission nebula about 1,000 light years away. It stretches across almost 2.5 degrees of the night sky in the constellation Perseus.
Captured with my DSLR from Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
Captured with my DSLR from Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
December 9, 2024 at 1:37 PM
NGC 1499 (California Nebula) - a large emission nebula about 1,000 light years away. It stretches across almost 2.5 degrees of the night sky in the constellation Perseus.
Captured with my DSLR from Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
Captured with my DSLR from Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) is a popular neighbor about 2.5 million light years away. It still amazes me that I can see this clearly with the naked eye from my dark location.
Captured with my DSLR from Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
Captured with my DSLR from Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
December 2, 2024 at 4:21 PM
The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) is a popular neighbor about 2.5 million light years away. It still amazes me that I can see this clearly with the naked eye from my dark location.
Captured with my DSLR from Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
Captured with my DSLR from Almont, CO. #astrophotography 🔭
M45 Pleiades - an open cluster of stars that can easily be seen in a dark location. Hot blue light reflects off dust in the constellation Taurus. Known as the Seven Sisters, it holds cultural significance around the world since ancient times.
Shot with my DSLR in Almont, CO #astrophotography 🔭
Shot with my DSLR in Almont, CO #astrophotography 🔭
November 26, 2024 at 1:40 PM
M45 Pleiades - an open cluster of stars that can easily be seen in a dark location. Hot blue light reflects off dust in the constellation Taurus. Known as the Seven Sisters, it holds cultural significance around the world since ancient times.
Shot with my DSLR in Almont, CO #astrophotography 🔭
Shot with my DSLR in Almont, CO #astrophotography 🔭
I started out with a DSLR, lens, and inexpensive tracker. This Milky Way image is a 4 panel mosaic that spans from the Ptolemy Cluster (Messier 7) at the bottom, up to the Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) towards the top. #astrophotography Shot from Almont, CO.
November 22, 2024 at 12:37 PM
I started out with a DSLR, lens, and inexpensive tracker. This Milky Way image is a 4 panel mosaic that spans from the Ptolemy Cluster (Messier 7) at the bottom, up to the Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) towards the top. #astrophotography Shot from Almont, CO.
Sh2-115 is a faint emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus about 7,500 light years away. Also shown is planetary nebula Abell 71 which is about 2,400 light years away.
This was captured in Almont, CO with about 22 hours total of data. 🔭
This was captured in Almont, CO with about 22 hours total of data. 🔭
November 19, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Sh2-115 is a faint emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus about 7,500 light years away. Also shown is planetary nebula Abell 71 which is about 2,400 light years away.
This was captured in Almont, CO with about 22 hours total of data. 🔭
This was captured in Almont, CO with about 22 hours total of data. 🔭
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of gas and dust within the larger IC1396 region located in the constellation Cepheus, 2,400 light years away.
This was my first attempt at narrowband imaging with my new camera. Captured from Almont, CO 🔭
This was my first attempt at narrowband imaging with my new camera. Captured from Almont, CO 🔭
November 16, 2024 at 2:35 PM
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of gas and dust within the larger IC1396 region located in the constellation Cepheus, 2,400 light years away.
This was my first attempt at narrowband imaging with my new camera. Captured from Almont, CO 🔭
This was my first attempt at narrowband imaging with my new camera. Captured from Almont, CO 🔭
I use a small telescope, big mount, and lots of wires. 😎
November 16, 2024 at 2:09 AM
I use a small telescope, big mount, and lots of wires. 😎
