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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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#moon #luna #solarsystem #nightsky #astrophotography #skywatcherUSA #touptek 🔭 📷
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
briangweber.com
I took this image of the 63% waxing moon on October 19th. I much prefer partial moon phases to the full moon because the shadows along the terminator show off some extra texture.

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#moon #craters #solarsystem #space #nightsky 🔭 📷
A 63% waxing moon captured with my Touptek 585M camera and Skywatcher 72ED telescope
November 1, 2026 at 1:15 PM
mikechristie.bsky.social
A mosaic of 16 images of the Moon, stitched together with #PixInsight new Feature Registration script. CFF160 🔭, #TeleVue 2.5x Powermate, #Touptek ATR585MM 📷. Captured with #Laminar, batch processed and sharpened with #Strata. #astrophotography
Waning Moon (53%) taken around 4.30am on 2nd November. This is a mosaic of 16 images, each at close to the full resolution of the scope. Aristarchus is the brightest crater in the Moon, upper left, with Copernicus and part of the Apennine mountain range below. Plato is visible as a smooth floored crater near the top of the image.
November 2, 2026 at 6:21 AM
astrocalhau.bsky.social
Ever since I got the touptek THERE HASN'T BEEN A CLEAR NIGHT AVAILABLE, GODDAMNIT!!!
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October 30, 2026 at 8:54 PM
astropotamus.com
Touptek blue is my favorite blue. Is this 2600 MM?
October 28, 2026 at 10:37 AM
astrocalhau.bsky.social
Well it is an astro camera, but you're wrong on the "poshness". Touptek is a budget brand (doesn't necessarily mean it's bad).
October 28, 2026 at 9:53 AM
tenmonreflexion.bsky.social
ToupTekのガイドカメラ4機種。ピッチ2.9μ・2KセンサーのGPM662C/Mが2.6K円前後、5.86μ・2KセンサーのGPM174Mが5.4K円、2.9μ・4KセンサーのGPM585Mが40K円。いずれも11/9までの早期購入価格であることに注意。
「Gravity Astro Blog - 日本語」よりピックアップ。
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ToupTek GPMシリーズ販売開始と、SH20発売予告
ToupTekのガイドカメラGPMシリーズ4機種の販売を開始しました。各モデルの仕様・価格、GPM585Mの早期購入価格と、11月5日発売予定の波動歯車式マウントATLAS SH20の特長をご紹介します。
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October 27, 2026 at 12:41 AM
tenmonreflexion.bsky.social
11月5日発売予定のToupTekの波動歯車式マウント「TLAS SH20」。本体重量5.1 kg・カウンターウェイトなしで20kg搭載可能。RA軸は20型、DEC軸は17型、両軸にブラシレスDC（BLDC）サーボモーター、18bitのモーターエンコーダー付き。
Gravity Astro Blog よりピックアップ。
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October 27, 2026 at 12:46 AM
televueoptics.bsky.social
🏆Congrats Lorand Fenyes💫
For the #AstroBin #IOTD on October 21, 2026:
"Jupiter X Moon: Flyby (IR)"
Amazing shot of jetliner!

Taken with GSO Newtonian 114/455 + Tele Vue 2" Paracorr Type-2 (VIP-2010) + IR Pass 685nm 2" filter + ToupTek ATR585M Camera.

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Jetliner crossing the Moon with Jupiter to the right.
October 26, 2026 at 1:50 PM
naztronomy.com
Getting ready to image tomorrow night, But what?

#astronomy #astrophotography #telescopes
Askar 131F, Askar 120APo, and Askar 71F on the table. The Askar 71F has the Askar WAF installed. Touptek AE676C camera attached to the Askar 71F
October 23, 2026 at 6:43 AM
mikechristie.bsky.social
Slight high cloud in Edinburgh, but still worth getting the #CFF160 🔭 out for some lunar #astrophotography. #Televue 2.5x Powermate, #Touptek 585MM camera. Best 20 - 25% frames, stacked and sharpened in Strata (Mac app).
Sinus Iridum (Bay of Rainbows) on the Moon. The bay is in the centre of the image. To the right are a couple of wrinkle ridges, and numerous small craters are visible. The crater Copernicus - a magnificent walled crater, with smaller craters visible nearby. The rayed crater Tycho in the rugged southern uplands of the Moon.
October 22, 2026 at 7:06 PM
ericgagne64.bsky.social
SH2-171 / August-September 2026
13h15m Ha
11h30m Oiii
11h20m SII
2 hours each RGB for stars
Touptek ATR585M
#TouptekStellavita
#astrophotography
SH2-171
October 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
dusikmate.bsky.social
Thanks! ^^ I use a ToupTek Astro G2M-290C, in a Sky-Watcher Mercury 707. For this image I also used a 2x Barlow lens.
October 18, 2026 at 6:36 PM
dusikmate.bsky.social
Yesterday I had a little time to observe the nearly first-quarter Moon before it disappeared behind the trees. This image is a mosaic stitched together from 14 separately stacked sections, captured back to back.
The nearly first-quarter Moon against a black background, with its illuminated right side showing detailed craters, darker lunar plains, and rugged terrain along the boundary between light and shadow. Photographed from Budapest on the evening of October 17, 2026. Created from five 30-second recordings, processed into 14 stacked sections and assembled into a mosaic. Camera: ToupTek Astro G2M-290C Telescope: Sky-Watcher Mercury 707 with 2× Barlow Recording: AstroDMx Capture Processing: PlanetarySystemStacker, RGB colour correction, and a Python mosaic script developed with ChatGPT.
October 18, 2026 at 5:07 PM
dusikmate.bsky.social
This morning I managed to capture Jupiter, though the weather conditions weren't the best. Still, better results than Saturn. Now back to waiting for the Moon. And working on that Mia drawing. :D
A small, softly focused photograph of Jupiter against a black background. The planet appears pale cream with faint brownish cloud bands and a subtle bluish halo. Photographed from Budapest on the morning of Oct 16th, 2026. While still quite blurry, not as blurry as Saturn. This time I used less exposure time but more gain. Atmospheric conditions were unstable, and by the end of the session, Jupiter had disappeared behind the clouds. Made from a 30-second capture. Camera: ToupTek Astro G2M-290C. Telescope: Sky-Watcher Mercury 707 with 2x barlow. Recording: AstroDMx Capture. Image processing: PlanetarySystemStacker, with additional RGB colour correction using a Python script developed with ChatGPT.
October 16, 2026 at 11:11 AM
databu.bsky.social
Saturn and its moons yesterday night from near Nairobi. More info in annotated image and alt texts.

#astrophoto
150 mm f/12 Newtonian (SkyWatcher Heritage 150P + 2x Barlow), ToupTek AE676C, UV/IR cut filter. North and east arrows from the moon astrometry. Planet: 437,588 6ms frames 20:24-21:11 UT (mid 20:48:50 UT), gain 2000, captured with firecapture. PSS stack, deconvolution, PSX wavelets, GIMP 2x, curves, saturation, unsharp mask; 0.1116"/px. Moons: 20 x 1.0 s full frames 21:15:37-21:17:28 UT (mid 21:16:32 UT), positions as measured then (within O.14" of JPL Horizons); brightened non-linearly, so relative brightness is not to scale. Annotated version with moon labels (+ 1 star) and scale marker. Also containing text "Saturn and moons, 2026-10-14 UT, Nairobi (lat -1.28, Ion 36.82, 1700 m). 150 mm f/12 Newtonian (150P + 2x Barlow), ToupTek AE676C, UV/IR cut. North and east arrows from the moon astrometry. Planet: 437,588 frames 20:24-21:11 UT (mid 20:48:50 UT): PSS stack, deconvolution, PSX wavelets, GIMP 2x, curves, saturation, unsharp mask; 0.1116"/px. Moons: 20 x 1.0 s full frames 21:15:37-21:17:28 UT (mid 21:16:32 UT), positions as measured then (within O.14" of JPL Horizons); brightened non-linearly, so relative brightness is not to scale."
October 15, 2026 at 10:25 AM
ericgagne64.bsky.social
Thank you for your comment. That was shot over many nights with an Askar 71F scope and a Touptek ATR585M camera using Touptek filters.
October 12, 2026 at 10:43 PM
briangweber.com
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

#astrophotography #sun #solarsytem #star #touptek #skywatcherUSA
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
dusikmate.bsky.social
Saturn during today’s session. I couldn’t get it appear sharper, but what I did manage this time is finding it while using a 2x barlow. And getting familiar with the settings a bit more. Now waiting for the Moon to reach the first quarter. Also working on a Mia drawing while waiting. :D
A small, softly focused photograph of Saturn against a black background. The planet appears pale yellow, with its rings extending diagonally to either side and a faint bluish halo. Photographed from Budapest on Oct 12th, 2026. Again, a bit blurry, but managed to catch it with additional 2x magnification. Made from a 30-second capture. Camera: ToupTek Astro G2M-290C. Telescope: Sky-Watcher Mercury 707 with 2x barlow. Recording: AstroDMx Capture. Image processing: PlanetarySystemStacker, plus a bunch of helper scripts for image manipulation provided by ChatGPT.
October 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
dimkate.bsky.social
Newly announced periodic comet P/2026 R2 (Leonard) is at its closed to Earth, at a distance of 0.32 AU. Currently in Ophiuchus, is moving rapidly southwards. It shines at a magnitude of about 12.5. It features a faint tail. #cometWatch #astrophotography
A small comet with green coma and a faint tail in front of the stars. Equipment: GSO N203/800 with TS GPU coma corrector, Prometheus Astro Tyr mount, Touptek 294MC-Pro, 2" UV/IR filter by Pegasus astro, Svbony 30mm f/4 guidescope with SV305 camera, controlled via Stellavita. Image acquired on 7 October 2026, at 17:30 UTC. 48x60s light frames. Edited with DSS, SIRIL and star and comet stacks were combined in GIMP.
October 8, 2026 at 8:16 AM
dusikmate.bsky.social
Resisting buying a starter camera lasted only this long. Yesterday evening I captured some footage of Saturn, and this morning, of the Moon. Today I processed the footage. Quite new stuff for me, will fiddle with the parameters more in the future. Getting these on the screen is surprisingly hard. :D
Saturn seen from Budapest on Oct 6th, 2026. Still a bit blurry, but better than my previous attempt with a phone. Made from a 30-second capture. Camera: ToupTek Astro G2M-290C. Telescope: Sky-Watcher Mercury 707. Recording: AstroDMx Capture. Image processing: PlanetarySystemStacker, plus a bunch of helper scripts for image manipulation provided by ChatGPT. The Moon seen from Budapest on the morning of Oct 7th, 2026. Made from three 30-second recordings, stacked and combined into a mosaic. Camera: ToupTek Astro G2M-290C. Telescope: Sky-Watcher Mercury 707. Recording: AstroDMx Capture. Image processing: PlanetarySystemStacker, plus a bunch of helper scripts for image manipulation provided by ChatGPT.
October 7, 2026 at 8:54 PM
mgerspix.bsky.social
The Bubble Nebula - NGC7635 - C11
Imaged in mono, LRGB mostly for stars, the rest is Ha/Oiii/Si.

#Askar 71F, #Touptek ATR585M, #ZWO AM5n, #Stellavita

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#astro_photography #backyardastronomy
#siril #mgerspix
The Bubble Nebula, catalog NGC7635 and C11, a faint nebula about 11,000 light years away with the appearance of a bubble cause by expanding gases from the central star. Imaged over several nights from Savannah, GA USA using monochrome imaging that isolates the RGB colors and different gas colors with filters. This uses about 12 hours total imaging across the 7 filters. The separate stacks of exposures get combined in post processing. This may get a future edit that could look very different.
September 29, 2026 at 11:48 PM
naztronomy.com
Full res on astrobin: app.astrobin.com/i/6ytgi2

M8-M20 Mosaic from Death Valley Observatories. About 27 hours of data.

#astronomy #astrophotography #space
M8 and M20 region taken with an Askar 91F and ToupTek ATR2600M camera from Death Valley. Starless version. M8 and M20 region taken with an Askar 91F and ToupTek ATR2600M camera from Death Valley. Version with stars.
September 26, 2026 at 9:44 PM
mikechristie.bsky.social
Clear in #Edinburgh after torrential rain this morning. Got a couple of Moon pictures. #CFF160 🔭, #TeleVue 2.5x Powermate, #Touptek ATR585MM camera. Best 10% frames from 2 minute video, stacked and sharpened in Strata (Mac app). #astrophotograpy
Southern highlands of the Moon. Tycho is the bright crater upper right. Aristarchus (brightest crater on the Moon) and Schroeter's valley
September 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
briangweber.com
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!

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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