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80% waning moon from October 29th. Love the long streaks of dust from crater impacts stretched across the seas (the dark areas).
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An 80% waning moon showing shadows and elevation at the edges of the seas and in the craters.
November 1, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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A little solar photography from last Friday (2026-10-09) - lots of activity in that one little area, but not much elsewhere. Still cool to see the shapes!

Acqusition details: buff.ly/ZdSnI7L

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A full disk image of the sun captured with a monochrome camera through a solar filter and colorized orange
October 13, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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This is Elephant Trunk Nebula. This pillar is a star factory, crushing dust and gas into fusion powerplants that will form their own solar systems. Mind blowing stuff!

Prints: buff.ly/TOEvjFD
Acquisition details: buff.ly/RyYb1z2

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The Elephant Trunk Nebula in the constellation Cepheus. Shot in monochrome SHO and processed with a colorful palette.
September 22, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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September 22, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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Software: Tracked and guided with N.I.N.A. and PHD2, stacked and processed with Siril, Photoshop for touch-ups. #astrophotography #PlayerOneAstronomy #williamopticsgt71 #skywatcherusa #siril
September 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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Astrophotography on this account? Inconcievable! This is the sun from yesterday (September 9). A good variety of spots.

Full res + details: buff.ly/q5cJzJy

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A full disk solar image captured with a monochrome camera and colorized orange. Sunspots dot the area just north and south of the equator with a few big spots in the west.
September 10, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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Software: Tracked and guided with N.I.N.A. and PHD2, stacked and processed with Siril, AstroWizard for touch-ups.
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September 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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Software: Tracked and guided with N.I.N.A. and PHD2, stacked and processed with Siril, Photoshop for touch-ups.
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September 2, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Sunspots from 2026-08-16! Been a bit since I shared a sun image, so I figured I'd give that a go. Good to see some activity up there!

Acquisition details and full resolution: www.astrobin.com/jnc33f/

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An image of the full solar disk with sunspots dotting along the equator of the sun. This image was captured in monochrome, stacked, and then colorized using PixInsight
August 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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Last night was the final night of another amazing NYAA Starfest.
Thank you to the organizing committee and all the volunteers and a special thank you to Sky Watcher for sponsoring this event with some amazing prizes.
Until next year, clear skies!
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Lucky to have taken first place in the DSO category with this image of M81
August 16, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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Luna - 25th Feb 2026
Nikon Z30 - Skywatcher Skymax 127mm Maksutov

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The moon - waxing gibbous moon taken during blue hour on the 25th Feb 2026
April 6, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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☘️ St. Patrick's Day has arrived! ☘️

To celebrate the occasion along with the arrival of spring, here's the Tulip Nebula processed in a very green way instead of natural red.

Prints: buff.ly/NDzxGQa

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A tulip-shaped nebula is off-center in a dense starfield in the constellation Cygnus. The nebula itself is bright with colors ranging from green to teal and dark dust lines. The surrounding area also glows a faint green as gas emissions cover the area.
March 17, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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My phone has been buzzing about solar flares and these monster sunspots did not disappoint! This image was captured at 1pm on February 4th.

Full res + details: www.astrobin.com/15lhx0/

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February 5, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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I took the rare break in the clouds as an opportunity to get my first moon image in awhile. This image was captured on January 27th with the moon 74% waxing. Lovely, as always!

Details: buff.ly/aaCr54W

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A 74% waxing crescent moon captured with a monochrome camera and sharpened with PixInsight.
January 31, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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It has been a busy couple days for Earth's magnetic field as the sun has been pummeling us with material. With all this sunspot activity, it's easy to see why!

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A full disk solar image showing off a combination of lines and spots covering the surface
January 21, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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Horsehead and Flame Nebula are a rite of passage for any new camera gear, so I pointed my ToupTek585M at it and snapped away with L, R, G, and B filters.

Prints: buff.ly/k6rAEso
Details: buff.ly/C5bdeLj

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This is the region around Alnitak, the easternmost star in Orion's Belt. Featured are the Flame and Horsehead Nebula, which both shine brightly in the dust.
January 16, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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Here are the stacks by filter that I combined to make this image

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Sulfur II filter Hydrogen-alpha filter Oxygen III filter
January 5, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Located between the constellations Orion and Gemini, Monkey Head Nebula is a large, colorful nebula is an excellent narrowband target.

Prints: buff.ly/nQZ74Eh
Details: buff.ly/TFGylzG

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A large colorful nebula with a gold-orange rim, wispy clouds streaming off the outside, and a bright blue center.
January 5, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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My first sun/moon pair of 2026! The moon was 97% illuminated last night and then sun was captured this morning as it peeked up over my house.

Moon: buff.ly/2uiGNHo
Sun: buff.ly/1OSCm4T

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A 97% illuminated waxing moon photographed on the evening of Jan 1, 2026 A full disc solar image featuring a few clusters of sunspots at various latitudes in the middle of the surface
January 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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This is a two panel mosaic of Dark Shark Nebula with about 2h on R, G, B and 4 h on L per panel. This is still very much underbaked and will need more exposure time, but it's starting to take shape.

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A two panel mosaic of the Dark Shark Nebula with jaws open facing the left side of the image. The dark dust needs a ton more exposure time to sharpen the edges and bring out the texture.
December 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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It's been fun watching this large cluster of sunspots cruise across the sun and change shape over the past several days. It's possible there may be aurora activity tonight, but not for me ☁️

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Sun image from 2025-12-05 showing the massive sunspot band in the middle of the disc. Sun image from 2025-12-08 showing the massive sunspot band two-thirds of the way toward the right edge of the disc. Sun image from 2025-12-09 showing the massive sunspot approaching the right edge of the disc.
December 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Last night I did a quick run of 30 minutes per narrowband filter on each frame of a 3-panel mosaic on Soul Nebula. I stacked it up with basically zero processing and I like how it looks! More integration time incoming!

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A three-panel mosaic of the Soul Nebula in a SHO palette, with the strong H-alpha signal showing up in green. This was a quick stack and stitch with almost no processing.
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Yesterday's sun! I had seen some images of this massive band of sunspots, so I decided to take some images even though conditions weren't ideal. Hoping for some more aurora magic!

Details: buff.ly/nu2MOO3

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A full disk monochrome image of the sun, stacked from 750 frames of video and colorized orange. The main feature is a tight band of sunspots right in the middle just below the equator.
December 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Eastern Veil Nebula through the much smaller sensor of my ToupTek ATR585M and monochrome filters (13.5h total)

Full res + details: buff.ly/bvFdKZj
Prints: buff.ly/x3VhDAQ

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November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Here's the full supermoon from just after midnight on Nov 5th. Supermoons occur when the full moon coincides with the moon being closest to Earth in its elliptical orbit (perigee).

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A full, supermoon captured with a monochrome camera just after midnight on November 5th.
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM