Images taken with iTelescope.net's T18 telescope in Nerpio, Spain. (LRGB images, 2 each, 300 sec exposure, combined using MaximDL) "The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Evil Eye Galaxy; designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779, and independently by Johann Elert Bode in April of the same year, as well as by Charles Messier in 1780. It has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy. M64 is well known among amateur astronomers because of its appearance in small telescopes. It is a spiral galaxy in the Coma Berenices constellation." (Source: Wikipedia)
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This is my first attempt at star trails from our new house. It's the largest (both in number of images as well as time elapsed) composite I've done so far: 93 minutes in duration, and 1,590 different images, each with a 2.5 second exposure time.
I was happy to see that I have a view of the North Star (lower right) from this place, but what I didn't expect to see is just how many airplanes fly over our house. They seem to be going mostly north to south (or vice versa) and I really can't get over how many there are.
Next time I try this I'll have to go later in the night or early in the morning, when maybe there will be less air traffic.
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This is NGC2244, also known as Caldwell 50. It is located about 5,200 light years away.
This image is a compilation of 9 images (3 each of L, R, G and B, 300 secs each) taken with iTelescope.net's T20 telescope in Mayhill, New Mexico. The images were combined using Maxim DL and then finishing touches were put on it with Adobe's Lightroom.
"NGC 2244 (also known as Caldwell 50) is an open cluster in the Rosette Nebula, which is located in the constellation Monoceros. This cluster has several O-type stars, super hot stars that generate large amounts of radiation and stellar wind.
The age of this cluster has been estimated to be less than 5 million years and its two brightest stars are HD 46223 of spectral class O4V, 400,000 times brighter than the Sun, and approximately 50 times more massive, and HD 46150, whose spectral type is O5V, has a luminosity 450,000 time larger than that of our star, and is up to 60 times more massive, but it may actually be a double star." (Source: Wikipedia)
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This flashlight + Milky Way shot from Sunday is kind of a gimmick, but I'm unapologetic about it here because that leaning tree is interesting.
Bonus photobomb by a wandering firefly.
Details: 10-sec exposure @ ISO3200, f1.8 w/ a Canon R5; July 11, 2021, Bull Creek WMA, Osceola Cty, Florida
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Meet galaxies M65, M66 and NGC3628, aka "The Leo Triplet".
I created this image from a combination of L, R, G and B images (3 of each, 300 sec exposure time for each) taken with itelescope.net​'s T20 telescope in Mayhill, New Mexico.
"The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65 (right top), M66 (right bottom), and NGC 3628 (left)." (Source: Wikipedia)
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