Psychic TV (PTV3) @ Sala Apolo, Primavera Sound, Barcelona, 2016.05.30

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#ps16 #primaverasound #primavera2016 #bcn #барселона

Eagle Nebula (M16), 07/26/2020

Man have the skies been clear a lot lately! Prepare for a bunch of images once I get a chance to process them all. First time that has been an issue for me in the PNW.

This is the Eagle Nebula, an object I have shot before on different equipment. The Eagle Nebula is a 5.5 million-year-old cloud of molecular hydrogen gas and dust stretching approximately 70 light years by 55 light years. It lies about 6,500 light-years away. The “Eagle” itself in the center is the famous Hubble image, “The Pillars of Creation”. Its good to have goals. LOL

Equipment:

RASA 8

CGEM-dx mount

ZWO ASI294MC-Pro

ZWO Asiair Pro

Optolong L-eHhance filter

Details:

Location – My back yard in Tacoma WA

Bortle Class 8

Gain 120

64 180-second Lights

60 Darks

60 Bias

60 Flats

Astro Pixel Processor

Lightroom

Photoshop

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Taken with Nikon D40 through a Celestron CPC800, stack of 10 exposures, 30 seconds each, ISO 800

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Orion Nebula (M42/NGC 1976) and Running Man Nebula (Sh2-279)

Sony α7R III | William Optics ZenithStar 61II APO f/5.9 | iOptron SkyGuider Pro

Integration Time: 2 hr 20 min

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Psychic TV (PTV3) @ Sala Apolo, Primavera Sound, Barcelona, 2016.05.30

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#ps16 #primaverasound #primavera2016 #bcn #барселона

Globular Cluster M13, one of 150 similar objects orbiting the core of our Milky Way galaxy, is a ball of several hundred thousand stars packed into a 145-light-year sphere, at a distance of 22,000 light years from Earth. The much more distant galaxy NGC 6207 is at upper-right, 30 million light years from Earth, 1400 times further away than M13. North is to the right in this photo.

Taken in Timpangoh Sugud

9.5 hours in total

Orion Nebula in natural colour.

1.08.2021

🌓 50%

45mins x 90sec subs, 100gain.

🔭 Skywatcher F5 750mm Newt.

📷 ASI533

Optolong L-enhance

💻 APT, Phd2, Pixinsight, Stellarium, Sharpcap & Photoshop.

He's back, albeit low on the eastern horizon, by the time he clears my neighbours roof it's almost daylight, so I've only got 45mins on him last night before the sun rose and I had to park up.

#deepskyphotography #universetoday #outerspace #stars #deepskyobject #spaceart #astrophotography #deepsky #spacegirl #nightskyphotography #nightskyporn #apod #aapod2 #skywatcheraustralia #astroworld #cosmos #longexposure #asi533 #nebula #astromaniacmag #telescopes #backyardastronomy #astrobin #astronomy #astrochick #ORIONnebula

Thurston Moore (vocals, guitar, bass, ex-Sonic Youth),

Steve Shelley (drums, ex-Sonic Youth),

Debbie Googe (bass, backing vocals, My Bloody Valentine),

James Sedwards (guitar).

deepskyobject.blogspot.com/2017/07/sideways-2017-helsinki...

RGB shot in August 2023

HO shot in August 2024

NGC 2403 (also Caldwell 7) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is approximately 8 million light-years distant and it is about 50,000 light years in diameter.

Sky-Watcher 80ED 600mm (Semi-apochromatic Refractor)

Sky-Watcher 0.85x Reducer/Flattener

Sky-Watcher HEQ5

Canon 350Dm

7x300s @ ISO1600 (35min)

Lacerta MGEN2

Calibrated, registered and stacked in DeepSkyStacker.

Postprocessing in PS5.

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Mar. 26, 2005

Moccasin Lake, Winston, GA

14 inch f/10 SCT Meade LX200

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exposure 7 minutes

Hydra

PN G261.0+32.0

10 24.8 -18 39 (J2000.0)

40"x35"

7.3 mag; 13.3 mag CS

Type 4+3b

2,600 light years

Uranometria 2000.0 Map 151R

Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro

Telescope: @williamoptics ZenithStar 61II APO f/5.9

Flattener/Reducer: William Optics FLAT61A Field Flattener

Mount: @skywatcherusa EQ6-R Pro

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini

Guide Scope: William Optics UniGuide 32 f/3.75

Focuser: ZWO EAF

Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Pro

Battery: @jackeryusa Portable Power Station Explorer 300

Milky Way over Owens Valley Radio Observatory in Big Pine, California, USA

Thurston Moore (vocals, guitar, bass, ex-Sonic Youth),

Steve Shelley (drums, ex-Sonic Youth),

Debbie Googe (bass, backing vocals, My Bloody Valentine),

James Sedwards (guitar).

deepskyobject.blogspot.com/2017/07/sideways-2017-helsinki...

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Taken with Nikon D40 through a Celestron CPC800, stack of 10 exposures, 30 seconds each, ISO 800

NGC 55, is a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy located about 6.5 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. Along with its neighbor NGC 300, it is one of the closest galaxies to the Local Group, probably lying between the Milky Way and the Sculptor Group.

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Gemini

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Roxy Music @ Whisky a-Go-Go, Los Angeles, CA, December 19th 1972

крутые кадры, но там изначально мелкие фотки, поэтому сделал коллаж (другого Б.Ино у меня для вас нет) однажды мне удалось зацепить фантастический реюнион Roxy Music ещё и в Париже, правда Ино туда не явился, но его мы все увидели в Консерватории СПб, в декабре 2010.

total recall:

Roxy Music @ Paris, August 29, 2010

1. Re-Make/Re-Model

2. Out of the Blue

3. While My Heart Is Still Beating

4. Ladytron

5. A Song for Europe

6. My Only Love

7. In Every Dream Home a Heartache

8. Virginia Plain

9. Love Is the Drug

10. Editions of You

11. Do the Strand

Encore:

12. Let's Stick Together (Wilbert Harrison cover)

13. Jealous Guy (John Lennon cover)

Rock en Seine 2010 @ Paris

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Roxy Music, Crystal Castles, LCD Soundsystem, Massive Attack, Arcade Fire, Underworld, Blink 182, The Kooks, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Ting Tings, Beirut, 2 Many DJ's, Jello Biafra, Cypress Hill, Minus the Bear, French Cowboy

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Brian Eno @ St Petersburg, Russia, 29.11.2010

В 1987 году Брайан Ино приезжал в СССР, сотрудничал с группой «Звуки Му» спродюсировав их одноимённый альбом. В 1989 году в Москве встретился со Львом Терменом. В том же году он включил в свой альбом «Music For Films 3» композицию для терменвокса, записанную российскими музыкантами Михаилом Малиным и Лидией Кавиной. В 1990 году после знакомства с московским художником Сергеем Шутовым записал и посвятил ему альбом The Shutov Assembly. В 1997 году с женой и двумя дочерьми жил в Санкт-Петербурге, на канале Грибоедова, общался с «Новыми композиторами», БГ, Севой Гаккелем.

«Когда я был студентом и изучал живопись, моим любимым периодом был период русской живописи начала XX века, – рассказал Брайан Ино. – А в 1997 году, пока я жил в Санкт-Петербурге, я буквально не вылезал из Русского музея, потому что в нем содержится обширная коллекция того периода. Стыдно признаться, в Эрмитаже я был лишь однажды, а вот в Русском музее – раз двадцать пять, не меньше».

Помог группе «Нож для фрау Мюллер» при записи альбома «Алло, Супермен!», предоставив им свой Macintosh. В этот же период он представил в Мраморном дворце (Русского музея) Санкт-Петербурга свою свето-звуковую инсталляцию «Свет». В 2010 году Брайан Ино выступил в Большом зале Санкт-Петербургской консерватории с лекцией «Что такое культура и зачем она нам?», а также представил в Петербурге свой проект «77 миллионов картин».

#roxymusic #eno #ferry

84 pose × 60 ''

Distanza dalla Terra: 6.523 a.l.

The Triangulum Galaxy, also known as M33 or NGC598 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Triangulum. It lies only about 2,8 million light years away and is a member of the Local Group of galaxies, where also the Milky Way is. Because of its small distance, it's one of the brightest galaxies in the night sky. When you are far from cities in a place with almost no light pollution, you can see it even with the naked eye - in this case, it's the furthest object visible without a telescope. It is possible, that this galaxy is a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy, but it's not still clear. It has about 60 thousand light years across and includes over 40 billion stars.

I took this image with a borrowed telescope Vixen 81S, which has excellent optics and doesn't need any coma corrector. It's only a side product from that night, when I tried to take my first asteroid (but haven't processed it yet), and in addition, I took it, when I was sleeping. I just left it in my backyard, because I had been so exhausted. 😅 So pretty happy with this image, there are crazy details, although it is made only from 2 hours of data!

Canon EOS 760D (unmodified)

Vixen 81S, EQ-5 mount

EXIF: 116x60sec (1 hour 56 minutes in total), ISO 3200

No calibration frames

Processed in DSS, Siril, StarNet++, and Photoshop

18/08/2023, Mašov, Czech Republic (Bortle 5)

Taken with Nikon D40 through a Celestron CPC800, stack of 10 exposures, 30 seconds each, ISO 800

Андрей Владимирович Тропилло

21 марта 1951 — 28 апреля 2024

«Этот портрет интересен тем, что я в нём изображен в костюме Джеймса Кука. Он называется «Пират-навигатор Андрей Тропилло при вручении ему адмиральских регалий». Фото В.Марочкина.

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Брайан Ино - Лекция в Консерватории СПб (29.11.2010): «Что такое культура и зачем она нам?».

Полное имя Ино: Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (дата рождения: 15 мая 1948, Вудбридж, Суффолк)

Eno @ discogs | wiki | rus wiki

В 1987 году Брайан Ино приезжал в СССР, сотрудничал с группой «Звуки Му» спродюсировав их одноимённый альбом. В 1989 году в Москве встретился со Львом Терменом. В том же году он включил в свой альбом «Music For Films 3» композицию для терменвокса, записанную российскими музыкантами Михаилом Малиным и Лидией Кавиной. В 1990 году после знакомства с московским художником Сергеем Шутовым записал и посвятил ему альбом The Shutov Assembly. В 1997 году с женой и двумя дочерьми жил в Санкт-Петербурге, на канале Грибоедова, общался с «Новыми композиторами», БГ, Севой Гаккелем.

«Когда я был студентом и изучал живопись, моим любимым периодом был период русской живописи начала XX века, – рассказал Брайан Ино. – А в 1997 году, пока я жил в Санкт-Петербурге, я буквально не вылезал из Русского музея, потому что в нем содержится обширная коллекция того периода. Стыдно признаться, в Эрмитаже я был лишь однажды, а вот в Русском музее – раз двадцать пять, не меньше».

Помог группе «Нож для фрау Мюллер» при записи альбома «Алло, Супермен!», предоставив им свой Macintosh. В этот же период он представил в Мраморном дворце (Русского музея) Санкт-Петербурга свою свето-звуковую инсталляцию «Свет». В 2010 году Брайан Ино выступил в Большом зале Санкт-Петербургской консерватории с лекцией «Что такое культура и зачем она нам?», а также представил в Петербурге свой проект «77 миллионов картин».

Eno + Roxy Music (однажды я побывал на их концерте):

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Selected discography (Brian Eno full discography):

Here Come the Warm Jets (Island, 1974)

Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (Island, 1974)

Another Green World (Island, 1975)

Discreet Music (Obscure, 1975)

Before and After Science (Polydor, 1977)

Ambient 1: Music for Airports (Polydor, 1978)

Music for Films (Polydor, 1978)

Ambient 4: On Land (E.G., 1982)

Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (E.G., 1983)

Thursday Afternoon (E.G., 1985)

Nerve Net (Opal/All Saints, 1992)

The Shutov Assembly (Opal/All Saints, 1992)

Neroli (Opal/All Saints, 1993)

Headcandy (BMG, 1994)

The Drop (All Saints, 1997)

Another Day on Earth (Hannibal, 2005)

Lux (Warp, 2012)

The Ship (Warp, 2016)

Reflection (Warp, 2017)

ForeverAndEverNoMore (Verve/UMC, 2022)

Extracts from Music for White Cube, London 1997 (Opal, 1997)

Lightness: Music for the Marble Palace (Opal, 1997)

I Dormienti (Opal, 1999)

Kite Stories (Opal, 1999)

Music for Civic Recovery Centre (Opal, 2000)

Compact Forest Proposal (Opal, 2001)

January 07003: Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now (Opal, 2003)

#roxymusic #eno #ferry #saintp #spb #russia #россия #спб

#PS16

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9.5 hours in total

Taken with Nikon D40 through a Celestron CPC800, stack of 10 exposures, 30 seconds each, ISO 800

Pleiades (M45)

Sony α7R III | William Optics ZenithStar 61II APO f/5.9 | iOptron SkyGuider Pro

Integration Time: 1 hr 9 min 40 sec

ISO 800 | f/5.9 | 3 min 29 sec

Lights: 20 x 3 min 29 sec

Darks: 20 x 3 min 29 sec

Flats: 20 x 1/80 sec

Bias: 20 x 1/8000 sec

The Pinwheel Galaxy (Galaxie Větrník) is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 21 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

Sky-Watcher 80ED 600mm (Semi-apochromatic Refractor)

Sky-Watcher 0.85x Reducer/Flattener

Sky-Watcher HEQ5

Canon 350Dm + CLS filter

50x450s + 23x600s @ ISO800 (10h 5min)

Taken through 3 nights (2.4., 3.4, 5.4.2016)

Lacerta MGEN2

Calibrated, registered, stacked in DeepSkyStacker.

Postprocessing in PS5.

#PS16

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The North America Nebula, also known as NGC 7000, is a large emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. It got its name thanks to its shape similar to the continent of North America. The nebula in the upper right is called the Pelican Nebula and lies at the same distance of 2590 light years. These nebulae are very faint in visible light, but especially the North America is one of the brightest nebulae at infrared wavelength. That's the reason, why I had so many unsuccessful attempts at taking this object with my stock Canon EOS 760D.

So since I bought a modified Canon EOS 1300D last autumn, I was looking forward to taking this beautiful region. It's a pity, that I managed to take only one hour of data last Saturday, but I hope there will be another attempt to add some exposures this summer.

Canon EOS 1300D (modified)

Vixen 81S, EQ-5

EXIF: 22x180sec (1 hour 6 minutes in total), ISO 1600

Darks, flats, dark flats, biases

Processed in DSS, Siril, and Photoshop

20/05/2023, Mašov, Czech Republic (Bortle 5)

Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro

Telescope: @williamoptics ZenithStar 61II APO f/5.9

Flattener/Reducer: William Optics FLAT61A Field Flattener

Mount: @skywatcherusa EQ6-R Pro

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini

Guide Scope: William Optics UniGuide 32 f/3.75

Focuser: ZWO EAF

Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Pro

Battery: @jackeryusa Portable Power Station Explorer 300

Heart Nebula (IC 1805/Sh2-190) and Fishhead Nebula (IC 1795)

The Heart Nebula and Fishhead Nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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Location: Montclair, California, USA (Bortle 8)

Date: January 2, 2022

Moon: New Moon

Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro

Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 61II APO f/5.9

Flattener/Reducer: William Optics FLAT61A Field Flattener

Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme 2”

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini

Guide Scope: William Optics UniGuide 32 f/3.75

Camera Settings: Gain 100 | f/5.9 | 5 min

Acquisition: 37 x 5 min Lights | 50 Darks | 100 Bias

Integration Time: 3 hrs 5 min

Software: ZWO ASIAIR PRO, PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom Classic

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Copyright © 2022 Steven K. Wu Photography. All Rights Reserved.

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Sharpcap for polar alignment

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Helix Nebula (IC 7293), 09/03/2021

Headed up to my buddy’s property in Orofino Idaho last weekend for some light boozing and shenanigans with a bunch of friends. I took the telescope as well on the off chance there were clear skies, and I wasn’t too far gone to use it. On the first night I was able to capture this before skies and my brain got too hazy to do any more.

This is the Helix Nebula. For obvious reasons it is very often called the “Eye of God” nebula. It is found in the constellation Aquarius and is probably the nearest planetary nebula to our Solar System, located roughly 650 light years away. Based on its size, age and distance it is expanding in size at 19 miles per second. My back of the envelope math estimates that is as fast as traveling to the moon in under 3.5 minutes.

Equipment:

RASA 8

iOptron GEM45

ZWO ASI294MC-Pro

ZWO Asiair Pro

Optolong L-Pro filter

Details:

Location – Chris’s property in Idaho

Bortle Class 3

Gain 120

120 60-second Lights

30 Darks

30 Bias

30 Dark Flats

Astro Pixel Processor

StarNet++

Lightroom

Photoshop

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North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and the Cygnus Wall, 07/22/2021

Several weeks ago I set up the telescope in the driveway to work out some issues I was having. I pointed at an object in a region of the sky I could see between the trees for a few hours. I wasn’t thinking I was going to get an image worth sharing but after I processed it, I was pleasantly surprised.

This is part of the North America Nebula (NGC 7000). It is found near the star Deneb in the constellation Cygnus. It is one of the few nebulae that’s distance has been accurately measured. The Gaia astrometry satellite calculated 395 stars within the nebulosity to a precise distance of 2,590 light-years away.

The Cygnus Wall is the W-shaped area along the “East Coast” of the nebula and is a region of concentrated star formation. I think it looks like an eagle in flight from overhead.

Equipment:

RASA 8

iOptron GEM45

ZWO ASI294MC-Pro

ZWO Asiair Pro

Optolong L-eHhance filter

Details:

Location – My driveway

Bortle Class 7

Gain 120

160 60-second Lights

60 Darks

60 Bias

60 Flats

Astro Pixel Processor

StarNet++

Lightroom

Photoshop

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The Iris Nebula is a bright, large reflection nebula located approximately 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus.

Named for its resemblance to the iris flower, the Iris Nebula has a diameter of 6 light-years and occupies an area of 18 by 18 arcminutes of the apparent sky.

Equipement :

- Skywatcher HEQ5 pro

- William optics zenithstar61 II

- Flat 61A

- Willam optics UniGuide32

- ZWO AsiAir pro

- ZWO asi120mc

- ZWO asi294mm

- ZWO Electronic Filter Wheel 8x31mm

- ZWO Electronic Automatic Focuser

- ZWO Y spliter

- SHO-LRGB 6nm Baader c-mos optomised

- Kendircks dewheater 4"

- Kendricks dewheater 1.25"

Spec:

L: 120" x 47

R: 120" x 30

G: 120" x 30

B: 120" x 30

TOTAL INTEGRATION 4H30

Bortel 1

La Patrie Quebec, Canada

(15/04/2023)

Taken in Timpangoh Sugud

Taken in Timpangoh Sugud

Picture saved with settings applied.

-3/14/25 total lunar eclipse

Details:

-Stock Canon Rebel T7 on Star Adventurer Pro

-135mm Rokinon lens at f/11, ISO 800 and ~200 three-second exposures

-Moon images stacked using PIPP and AutoStakkert. Local edits made to moon to bring out details

-Star images stacked using DeepSkyStacker

-Final images combined and cropped in Photoshop

Flame Nebula (NGC 2024/Sh2-277) & Horsehead Nebula (B33)

ZWO ASI533MC PRO | William Optics ZenithStar 61II APO f/5.9 | iOptron SkyGuider Pro | ZWO ASI120MM Mini | William Optics UniGuide 32 | ZWO ASIAIR PRO

Integration Time: 1 hr 30 min

Gain 100 | f/5.9 | 5 min

Lights: 18 x 5 min

Darks: 100

Bias: 100

Objects in Frame:

Flame Nebula (NGC 2024/Sh2-277)

Horsehead Nebula (B33)

NGC 2023

IC 434

IC 435

Orion Nebula (M42/NGC 1976) and Running Man Nebula (Sh2-279)

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Location: Montclair, California, USA (Bortle 8)

Date: January 28, 2022

Moon: Waning Crescent (12%)

Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro

Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 61II APO f/5.9

Flattener/Reducer: William Optics FLAT61A Field Flattener

Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme 2”

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini

Guide Scope: William Optics UniGuide 32 f/3.75

Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Pro

Battery: Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 300

Camera Settings: Gain 100 | f/5.9 | 10 sec, 30 sec, 180 sec

Acquisition: 39 x 10 sec; 40 x 30 sec; 97 x 180 sec

Integration Time: 5 hrs 17 min 30 sec

Software: PixInsight, Topaz Labs Denoise AI, Adobe Lightroom Classic

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