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@astronerd

Dreaming of Space and Taking Photos from the Backyard

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@astronerd Mar 10, 2025, 4:19 PM UTC

Cigar Galaxy - A Stellar Nursery

This is an astrophotography series, personally captured and edited by the author. This image is the result of 7.2 hours of imaging time on the target. The Cigar Galaxy is a unique starburst type gala…

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@astronerd Aug 15, 2024, 5:16 PM UTC

M27 The Dumbbell Nebula - Beauty From A Dead Star

This is the Dumbbell Nebula, also known as the Apple Core Nebula. It's a planetary nebula that's not too far from us. Normally planetary nebula are extremely difficult targets to capture because they…

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@astronerd May 6, 2024, 4:20 PM UTC

M3 Globular Cluster - A Wandering Starburst

This is one of my favorite objects it image each year as it goes by. M3 is second only to the double cluster (caldwell 14) in my opinion. M3 is visible during spring and early summer, and marks the s…

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@astronerd Oct 9, 2023, 3:42 PM UTC

A 'Peculiar' Galaxy: NGC 660

# NGC 660 A Unique Galaxy Galaxy season is in full swing and I'm making full use of my new telescope, the EdgeHD 11. This is a galaxy I've dreamt of imaging for years but have never had the equipment…

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@astronerd Jun 20, 2023, 1:45 PM UTC

Supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy

# Pinwheel Galaxy with Supernova 2023ixf I’m posting this image a little bit out of chronological order, but only because I’m super excited about it. It’s the first image from my new telescope, my pa…

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@astronerd Jun 16, 2023, 5:53 PM UTC

Pacman Nebula (NGC 281) in Hubble Palette

This is a cross post of @astronerd/pacman-nebula-ngc-281-in by @astronerd.Sharing my astrophotography with the space community

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@astronerd Jun 15, 2023, 1:23 PM UTC

Eagle Nebula and Pillars of Creation

This is my own capture of the open cluster and emissions nebula called the Eagle Nebula. We’ve seen a lot of emissions nebula on my blog already, but not many open clusters. Open clusters are like th…

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@astronerd Jun 14, 2023, 6:50 PM UTC

Pacman Nebula (NGC 281) in Hubble Palette

This is a very faint emissions nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It’s so faint that it’s a really difficult object to capture unless you have a really good guiding and dark enough skies to b…

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