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@tnr-protography.bsky.social

Happy to announce one of my entries into the Astrophotography Prize Competition has placed top 25!!

#astroprize
#chabotspace
#chromatechnology
#deepskywest
#siderealtrading
#moveshootmove
#rentanobservatory

August 7, 2026 at 1:49 AM

Victoria Jean Buckman

@victoriajean01.bsky.social

I waited 6 months to shoot this! You can read all the details and see more pictures at my blog…
#milkyway #PhotoPills #moveshootmove #sonyalpha #capturethenightfilter

Why Would I Complain About Camping At A Tropical Paradise

Camping In The Dry Tortugas, Fort Jefferson

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May 26, 2026 at 11:14 AM

kreegan99🔭

@kreegan99.bsky.social

I can't wait to get either of these two rigs in the field. The first rig will have a Benro Polaris tracking mount, and the 2nd will include a MoveShootMove rig. Each will give fantastic results...cannot wait!

March 3, 2026 at 8:37 AM

John

@krantzj.bsky.social

Cassiopeia shining brightly against a very dim part of the northern Milky Way. Original and annotated image. More in alt. #Stunday #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #nightsky #Cassiopeia #MilkyWay #MoveShootMove #moveshootmovenomad #PixInsight

The night sky with the constellation Cassiopeia going from top to bottom. Very faintly, the northern Milky Way goes through the constellation. This is a stack of 21 images with 8 darks. The are 30 second images at an ISO of 3200 f/4 Nikon Z5 with a Sigma 105 mm lens. Traced with a MoveShootMove Nomad. It is processed in PixInsight.

The same as the first, plate solved and annotated by PixInsight.

February 15, 2026 at 12:41 PM

John

@krantzj.bsky.social

A star #scape Taurus high in the night sky with Aldebaran glaring at you from the left and the Pleiades on the right glowing blue! #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #nightsky #Taurus #Pleiades #Aldebaran #moveshootmove #moveshootmovenomad #PixInsight #DarkTable more in in alt

A view of most of the constellation of Taurus. The v of the Hyades is on the left with red Aldebaran farthest left. The Pleiades are on the right.

The image was a stack of 50 30 second images with a Nikon Z5 at f/4 3200 ISO using a Sigma 105mm lens. The images were tracked with a MoveShootMove Nomad and processed in PixInsight, GraXpert and DarkTable.

This is the same ax the first image but annotated using PixInSight.

February 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM

John

@krantzj.bsky.social

I do love the night sky! Orion! #love #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #Orion #OrionNebula #FlameNebula #MoveShootMoveNomad More info on taking the photo in alt

A photograph of the Orion Constellation. The Orion Nebula is visible in the sword and the Flame nebula is visible near the left hand star of the belt, Alnitak. Now for the technical information. This was taken with a Nikon Z5 using a Sigma 105 mm, f/5.6 ISO 1600 30 sec. It is a stack of 25 images in PixInsight. The image was tracked with a MoveShootMove Nomad Tracker.

February 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM

Ed

@edrabbit.bsky.social

Night Two of taking photos of nebulas in Joshua Tree with a Sony a7iii, a 100-400mm lens, and a MoveShootMove star tracker. This one was a 60 second exposure. I’m slowly getting better at polar aligning things, but finding deep sky stuff to photograph (other than Orion) is still tricky.

Photo of Orion Nebula surrounded by stars

January 19, 2026 at 1:45 AM

aporterphotography, never ai

@aporterphotography.bsky.social

My first tracked and stacked shot, Mojave Desert

Canon 7D MK II - Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 II USM

#canon #moveshootmove #astrophotography #photographer

@canonusa.bsky.social

January 17, 2026 at 5:19 AM

palndrumm

@palndrumm.bsky.social

Horsehead Nebula

📷 Sony A7IV
Tamron 50-400 f4.5-6.3
@moveshootmove Nomad star tracker
ƒ/6.3 | 30s | 400 mm | ISO3200
20 exposures stacked in Affinity 3
Taken from Dead Horse Gap, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

December 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM

John

@krantzj.bsky.social

Thank you for your kind words and for the repost! The MoveShootMove Nomad helps a lot as does PixInsight! Still so much to learn. A lot of less successful images are in the background 😉😅🙋

November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM

John

@krantzj.bsky.social

The Pleiades and Uranus from Nov 22. A clean and labeled image. More in alt. #BlueTue #ColorADay #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #ThePleiades #Pleiades #Uranus #Planets #Taurus

The Pleiades on the left with Uranus on the right as a blue dot. Taken with a Nikon Z5 and a 150mm lens with 60 sec exposures tracked with MoveShootMove Nomad. Processed in PixInsight with 49 out of 62 frames used.

This images labels various object using the plate solver script in PixInsight. It is easier to find Uranus here.

November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM

Daniel Sands

@danielsands.bsky.social

Yup that’s right, on a 5d IV on a MoveShootMove Nomad 🙌

November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM

Frosth Astrophotography

@frosthastro.bsky.social

In this video I’m going to test the MoveShootMove Nomad Star Tracker and find out if it is the gateway to astrophotography. I will walk you through all the aspects including how to get a polar alignment.

youtu.be/7e0NoZZXD8g

#astrophotography #moveshootmove #nomadstartracker #nightscape

MSH Nomad Star Tracker

YouTube video by Frosth Astrophotography

youtu.be

October 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM

1936matt.bsky.social

@1936matt.bsky.social

Milky Way over Davenport in Florida. Not bad for such light polluted skies in that area #milkyway #photography #astrophotography #sony #moveshootmove #florida #photography

October 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM

Frank Ryan Jr (StargazerMan)

@stargazerman.bsky.social

Retested the MSM Nomad Tracker last week under amazing skies. Review video dropping soon on YouTube #StargazerMan

#moveshootmove #nomad #startracker #milkywayphotography #astrophotograohy

June 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM

Kae

@kphotoscape.bsky.social

“Everyone is a photographer nowadays.”

Photography is so much more than snapping a picture.

The first image is with edits, the second is the raw, unedited photograph.

#moveshootmove #artmarket #neurodivergentartist #astrophotos #fineartphotography #deathvalley