Whirlpool Galaxy (not the make of washing machines).

150 subs of 75 seconds,

ZWO 2600mc color camera, 13cm refractor,

715mm focal length.

48 minute exposures (140something times 20s), and then a lot of pixinsight).

With the Z7 and 300mm PF f/4 at iso 400, and a iOptron following machien.

Needs a spa treatment.

Messier 33, also known as the Triangulum Galaxy, is the third-largest galaxy in the Local Group, following the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way.

M33 was one of the first objects I photographed three years ago. Due to its brightness, I took advantage of a moonless evening to capture it.

A somewhat pollen laden Bumble Bee 😁❤️

A female grizzly bear sitting in shoulder deep water seems to be inspecting her messy salmon catch, Chilko Lake, British Columbia.

07/03/2022 www.allenfotowild.com

Sometimes you get so focused in your view finder you get the unexpected.

HBW.

Mood : youtu.be/7QQzDQceGgU?si=vGnJcvstkk8aD0sI

You know what time it is again? It's SABBATH time..

✣Head✣

➭ LeL/ HEAD / lel evox /LAKE 4.0

➭ Stealthic - Heist

➭ Just Magnetized - Astoria Eyebrows - Medium - Ombre

➭ Void - Mirage Lashes

✞ VelvetVue - Exterminator Eyes @ SABBATH

➭ LEPUNK - Double Liner

➭ Martyr + Ystlum lipstick

➭ AFFLICTSINS - "Face Essential" Piercings FP

➭ AFFLICTSINS - "Spiked Septum" Piercing

➭ MAENA / RENATA SKIN FROST TONE (NB)

✣Body✣

➭ REBORN by eBODY

➭ AFFLICTSINS - "Chipped Nails

➭ AFFLICTSINS - "Knuckle Piercings

➭ VELOUR MODELESQUE/FOST 2k

➭ Macabra - Sinner Full Tattoo v1 - Light

➭ THIS IS WRONG Human shine

✣Outfit/Accessories✣

✞ OZZY - Barbed Embrace - Reborn (L) V2 (R) V1 @ SABBATH

➭ Suicidal Unborn Nihil Collar

✞ Stiff Morwenna Top & Short @ SABBATH

I am on Primfeed , follow me or don't its whatever. lol

I am also using my Facebook again, follow me there if you aren't already.

Canon EOS 60Da

Focal length: Canon 200mm f2.8 lens @ f4

Tracking Mount: Skywatcher Star Adventure

Guiding: None

Exposure: 20 x 1min @ ISO-3200 (RAW)

With Dark and Bias frames applied.

Software: DSS & LR

Just another addition from last weekend's macro fun......

Too hot for anything else.....

Didn't see the "facial crumbs" or whatever it was until I processed/enlarged the image.....

Ya never know what'll turn up in the world of insects.....

Have a great Wednesday !

Thanks for stoppin' by........

The Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years. This is at a declination of +23 which is about at my limit for imaging from backyard.

129×30″ unguided from suburbia.

20th Aug 2025

GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian

Canon EOS 60D (modified)

Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO

IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm

Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector

Adobe Lightroom

Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)

ATIK One 9.0 with Baader Ha 7nm + Baader RGB + IDAS LPS-D1 for Luminance

APM LZOS 130/780 with Riccardi Reducer => f4,5/585mm

Ha: 19x20 min

Lum: 99x3 min

R: 37x5 min

G: 39x5 min

B: 42x5 min

total: ~ 20h

better than normal seeing, but normal light pollution. Sky limited exposure time for the LPS-D1 is approx 1,5 min, for R/G/B 3min.

Redhead drake

The arrangement of the spiral arms in the galaxy Messier 63, seen here in a new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, recall the pattern at the centre of a sunflower. So the nickname for this cosmic object — the Sunflower Galaxy — is no coincidence. Discovered by Pierre Mechain in 1779, the galaxy later made it as the 63rd entry into fellow French astronomer Charles Messier’s famous catalogue, published in 1781. The two astronomers spotted the Sunflower Galaxy’s glow in the small, northern constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs). We now know this galaxy is about 27 million light-years away and belongs to the M51 Group — a group of galaxies, named after its brightest member, Messier 51, another spiral-shaped galaxy dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy. Galactic arms, sunflowers and whirlpools are only a few examples of nature’s apparent preference for spirals. For galaxies like Messier 63 the winding arms shine bright because of the presence of recently formed, blue–white giant stars, readily seen in this Hubble image.

Our youngest granddaughter

One single shot of 0.8 second. / Une seule photo de 0,8 seconde.

45mm @ ƒ/9 0.8s ISO 320

Barred Owl in Abbotsford, B.C. with a bit of blood on its feathers from breakfast.

Bee pollinating our Glossy Privet tree

Explored #4 & Front Page!

From the archives.....

Have a wonderful day all :)

Little Owl - Nature Hides, Worcestershire

A Northern Cardinal gets ready to spring away, still with food all over its beak.

i like the messiness in this image: slight tilt at the horizon, hydrangea leaves splayed across the frame, blurred reflection in the ice. it feels both messy and hopeful; complicated and happy. and in this way, it reminds me of life: life is messy, rich, and beautiful. it all depends on how we see.

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ASI 294 MC PRO.

SV503, 80 ED Svbony con

aplanador x1 (560mm).

HEQ5 PRO.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc.

Filtro SV231 102x300s.

Bortle 7.

PixInsight.

Ptolemy's Cluster

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Image exposure: 30 minutes

Image size: 2.11º x 1.4º

Image date: 2022-09-25

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My Flickr Astronomy Album

ASI 294 MC PRO.

SV503, 80 ED Svbony con

aplanador x1 (560mm).

HEQ5 PRO.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc.

Filtro SV231 126x300s.

Bortle 7.

PixInsight.

The bark of a tree in a forest.

With a 130mm refractor, f5.6, 110subs of 75s, zwo 2600mc camera, gain 100, offset 5.

With a Great Blue Heron

Visit this location in Second Life

ASI 294 MC PRO.

72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.

Star Adventurer.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 200/ Offset 30 -10ºc

124x120s

L-Pro

Bortle 8.

PixInsight,

Messier 81, NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Ursa Major and lies around 11.6 million light years distant.

Processed using RGB data form a previous session using my 190mm MN and data captured in April 2021 using my TS 8inch RCCF and QHY163M. The 3hrs30min luminance data was combined with the 7hrs RGB and Processed using RegiStar, Pixinsight and Photoshop.

Hoping to do this again with my new 150mm Esprit and this time collect Ha data which should make a big difference.

A young Northern Cardinal devours some food.

getting a face full of algae during lunch.

A Globular Cluster in Serpens

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Image exposure: 20 minutes

Image field of view: 39.5 x 26.2 arcmin

Image date: 2022-06-25

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My Flickr Astronomy Album

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Messier 45, Pleiades or, from my childhood days, The Seven Sisters.

At 444 lightyears from earth they are probably the best open star cluster in the sky. The bright young hot stars are thought to be passing through a dust cloud thus creating reflection nebulae. The clustering will eventually be lost due to local gravitational interactions.

Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM

Canon EOS 6D

Sky-Watcher EQM-35 Pro

Adobe Lightroom · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)

Nov. 1, 2024

Frames:

56×60″(56′)

Locations: Little Desert National Park, Nhill, Victoria, Australia