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The Green Comet! 🌠 C/2022 E3 ZTF Here it is, i

Saturn & Venus Conjuntion 2023 Quick shot with my

Grand Canyon Views 😀 Sometimes the work is wor

Super Blood Moon Eclipse 2022 Sorry for the long

This is Io, the most volcanically active body in o

The Moon and Venus, just hanging out one night!⁠

The core of our Milky Way galaxy! 🌌⁠ ⁠ This

Have you ever considered how empty space is? 🌠🔭⁠
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The hardest part about space to wrap my mind around is how much "nothing" there is out there. It's just a void with these tiny pockets of substance like planets, stars, and dust/gas clouds. I actually think few shots better demonstrates this for me than seeing how far out Jupiter's moons get.⁠
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Look at little Callisto out there on the far right. It's just off on its own, about a million miles away from Jupiter (that is 4x further than our moon is to Earth, btw), while gravity just does its thing keeping the two joined in orbit. ⁠
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And in the space between? Just nothing.⁠
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Keep in mind how rare anything really is in the universe, and be thankful for the world you have 😀⁠
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Follow: @nightskyflying for more astronomy!⁠
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Gear:⁠
Telescope: Celestron 11" EdgeHD⁠
Mount: Celestron CGEM DX⁠
Camera: ZWO ASI290MC⁠
Barlow: 2x Powermate⁠
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Software:⁠
Acquisition: Firecapture⁠
Stacking: Autostakkert!⁠
Sharpening: Registax⁠
Photo processing: Lightroom⁠
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Just another wild looking night with the Moon ligh

Solo under the stars! 🌌 Just me and about a bil

Saturn! There so much to love about this beautiful

View from the top, at Lick Observatory⁠ ⁠ One $View from the top, at Lick Observatory⁠ ⁠ One of the most fascinating things I learned during the observatory tour was that astronomers used to live on the mountain top as a little community (which is pretty logical if you think about life before the internet). I suspect I would have enjoyed living in a little tight-knit community like that, especially given the views 😀⁠ ⁠ They even had a community telescope that was separate from the research ones that was there simply for the use of the mountain's residents. It's pretty cool to think about having such a great setup for you and your neighbors.⁠ ⁠ I took this picture standing on the railing around the dome of the 120" telescope and looking west. You can see some of the old dwellings along with a number of the other observatory domes scattered around the peak.⁠ ⁠ #LickObservatory #telescope #space #astronomy #astrophotography #observatory #skywatcher #stargazing #nightsky #solarsystem #galaxy #milkyway #universe #cosmos #hubble #science #learning #california #norcal #sanjose #history #sanfrancisco #moon #jupiter #saturn #orbit #galileo #nightphotography #nightscape #refractor$

Milkyway in the desert! 🌌🌵⁠ ⁠ I had p

The clearest night I've ever had with Jupiter! 🔭😀⁠
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I've posted a couple close ups of this data, but here is the full scene zoomed out to see the moons and planet that were captured that night.⁠
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I'll have to say that I'm quite impressed with how absolutely clear these details came out. It is tough to even believe that this is actually an image that I took in my backyard because it really did end up coming out like something you could see in a science book.⁠
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Also, for a relative comparison, Europa, the moon on the far left, is only just a little bit smaller than our moon. Jupiter is gigantic!!⁠
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Scroll back in my feed to you'll find my posts showing the detail on Jupiter and even surface details from the moon Ganymede!⁠
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Follow: @nightskyflying for more astronomy!⁠
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Gear:⁠
Telescope: Celestron 11" EdgeHD⁠
Mount: Celestron CGEM DX⁠
Camera: ZWO ASI290MC⁠
Barlow: 2x Powermate⁠
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Software:⁠
Acquisition: Firecapture⁠
Stacking: Autostakkert!⁠
Sharpening: Registax⁠
Photo processing: Lightroom⁠
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#jupiter #astrophotography #planet #saturn #moon #solarsystem #orbit #astronomy #astrology #horoscope #nightsky #space #telescope #nasa #likeabos #highpointscientific #skywatcher #celestronrocks #norcal #cosmos #stars #longexposure #galaxy #milkyway #stargazing #california #nightscaper #mindfulness #spacex #astronaut

Saturn against the stars! I like to take my plane

Telescope dreams 😀⁠ ⁠ People build some ama $Telescope dreams 😀⁠ ⁠ People build some amazing things! This is the 36" refractor at Lick Observatory from my tour that I took. One of thr workers is seen here setting it up for our viewing session before the lights were turned off. It was so impressive!⁠ ⁠ Check out the link in bio for the telescope website⁠ ⁠ #LickObservatory #telescope #space #astronomy #astrophotography #observatory #skywatcher #stargazing #nightsky #solarsystem #galaxy #milkyway #universe #cosmos #hubble #science #learning #california #norcal #sanjose #history #sanfrancisco #moon #jupiter #saturn #orbit #galileo #nightphotography #nightscape #refractor$

Ganymede and Europa! 🤯⁠ ⁠ To the average vi

What's up with this one weird cloud? I thought it

Galileo was the first person to view the moons of

Saturn! 🌠🔭😀⁠ ⁠ A couple posts back I

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