tool shed and exercise room

Westerhout 5 (Sharpless 2-199, LBN 667, Soul Nebula) is an emission nebula located in Cassiopeia. Several small open clusters are embedded in the nebula: CR 34, 632, and 634 (in the head) and IC 1848 (in the body). The object is more commonly called the Soul Nebula

(Wikipedia)

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Surveying the landscape

Happy Easter to those who celebrate!🐇🌱🐣🌷💛

Sh2-155 (also designated Caldwell 9, Sharpless 155 or S155) is a diffuse nebula in the constellation Cepheus, within a larger nebula complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity. It is widely known as the Cave Nebula.

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It's interesting all our locals have claimed this community fence to hangout..some sit & call out to there mates, once arrived they both go off to the feeders or into the trees.

Red-breasted Finch.

Thanks for your visit, enjoy your day! We are having an extreme heat wave here in the Pacific Northwest...triple digits!!

What a pleasant surprise, thank you all for your faves & warm compliments, much appreciated! Explore 8/16/23 #360

Messier 106 (also known as NGC 4258) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. M106 is at a distance of about 22 to 25 million light-years away from Earth it contains an active nucleus, and the presence of a central supermassive black hole has been demonstrated from radio-wavelength observation. (Wikipedia)

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This guy came into the backyard yesterday. I went out to make sure the deer could find it's way back over the fence. Instead he started following me around. Had to finally make enough noise for him to leave. Then hung out in the green belt, munching away for about 20 minutes. Before he left, I told him to watch out for the local Cougar.

NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula, and the Christmas Tree Cluster. Two other objects are within this designation but not officially included, the Snowflake Cluster,and the Fox Fur Nebula. (Wikipedia)

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A star trail video made in my backyard :-)

in the afternoon light - HFF

Backyard

Backyard

The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula and The Spire) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. Both the "Eagle" and the "Star Queen" refer to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near the center of the nebula,an area made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the aforementioned Pillars of Creation. (Wikipedia)

Tin flowers, and a hen.

Some solar lights for bokeh

doe & two babies back in our Christmas trees

I was using my new zoom lens, but they let me get quite close for a long time

Backyard

Huntsville, Ontario

NE Tucson, AZ

Grasshopper taken with clip on phone macro

Backyard visitors. This is a pink and grey galah. very common in this area. The colourful bird in foreground (out of focus) is a rainbow lorikeet. A beautiful and feisty bird which unfortuantely is an introduced species and bit of a pest for the endemic species such as the galah and other parrots. The galahs are real characters and very intelligent (like most parrots).

I took these photos to try out my new telephoto zoom lense. A christmas present that I will use when winter comes again and the surf is up.

I almost never use my phone camera but I just put 720nm IR filter over it and it become quite usable. Easy to focus, shot at deacent speed. All of IR magic is there.

Lot of sliders moved as usual to finish the photo.

This guy came into the backyard yesterday. I went out to make sure the deer could find it's way back over the fence. Instead he started following me around. Had to finally make enough noise for him to leave. Then hung out in the green belt, munching away for about 20 minutes. Before he left, I told him to watch out for the local Cougar.

The Pleiades also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, are an open star cluster in the constellation of Taurus.

Female House Finch. Another nice day to photograph birds in our backyard.

Backyard AT-AT - Sony A7S II, Auto Macro Tube, Tamron 28-75mm f2.8

Riebe, DK 2023

Four hummingbirds visit my backyard twice a year. They're fun to watch. Not easy to capture shots of them, but it's pretty rewarding when I do get something a little decent.

*** In Explore 26.7.2023 ***

She has a den and 4 pups (which I have yet to see). Sits on the side of the road watching people and cars. Will let me get to within 8 feet of her.

Woke up to this today.

Eugene, Oregon

I always get a kick seeing snow on the palm tree and cactus.

Amsterdam

Cockatoos came to my backyard in the rainy Sunday afternoon.

There was no cockatoo’s food, so I gave budgie's seed-bar.

One cockatoo “stole” whole the bar from my hand^^

Stingy cockatoo as below:

at my backyard, NSW Australia

Alisterus scapularis

Checked out the birdhouse but didn't stay:(