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A Nebula in Sagittarius
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Image exposure: 53 x 90s = 79.5 minutes
Image field of view: 38.7 x 25.6 arcmin
Image date: 2022-05-29
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Brickworks, Toronto, Canada.
Forest scenes are always a struggle. I envy the masters who can isolate the branch gestures and avoid the chaos to revel hidden personalities of trees. But there is also something alluring in the disorder and sheer explosion of life trying to make better place for itself over the competition.
There is no better place to experience it than shores of the boggy lakes. Plants, reeds and trees just grow over each other in a cacophony of life. It is a bit confused and messy, but it has the quality of an unvarnished truth: this is the way things are.
Taken w/ Skywatcher Evostar Pro 80 ED (w/.85x reducer/corrector & QHYCCD Polemaster), Skywatcher EQM-35, Nikon D3300.
207 lights x 90 s @ ISO 800, ~45 dark, ~45 flat, ~100 bias, stacked in DSS and post-processed in Photoshop
Messier 94, the spiral galaxy in the constellation The Hounds. It was seen in a telescope by Messier's colleague Pierre on March 22, 1781. Also called NGC 4736, it has a diameter of 50,000 light years and is 16 million light years away from Earth. If you want to think in big numbers, the galaxy contains something like 40 billion stars.
I just really don't wanna hear it right now
Can you shut up for like once in your life?
Listen to me, I took your nice words of advice
About how you think I'm gonna die, lucky if I turn thirty-three
Okay, so yeah, I smoke like a chimney
I'm not skinny and I pull a Britney every other week
But cut me some slack, who do you want me to be?
West Pond, Parsonsfield, Maine.
Looking out over West Pond from our sun porch today, the ice still clings to the trees from our recent messy sleet, rain, snow and ice storm.
Although it was bright and sunny today the temperature never got above 30F which did not allow the ice on the trees to melt.
The Andromeda Galaxy shot in Arnaia, Greece (from bortle 4).
Equipment:
Canon rebel T6i
Skywatcher Black Diamond 80ED
Skywatcher EQ5 Pro SynScan mount.
Stacking and post-processing:
10 x 300sec light frames at ISO800
8 darks & 15 flats.
Preprocessed in APP, post-processed in Pixinsight and Lightroom.
I found it funny that a homeless person was complaining to me about how Fred Meyers has let the back of their store get so messy. So, I took a picture of it.
This very messy looking turtle appears to have just climbed out of mucky yucky bottom of the lake for a bit of warming sunshine.
There were hardly any turtles sunning on logs during this trip to the arboretum, most were swimming around in the lake, so naturally when I spotted this one posing so nicely I had to gab a shot or two.
Best guess is this is a Yellow Bellied Slider. A positive ID would be most welcome.
#Macromondays #Peel
Thought to peel an egg for this week's challenge... turned out a bit messier than I planned for
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▼ Vixen VC200L | Canon EOS R(a) '25
On May 25, I captured Messier 71 (M 71), a loosely concentrated globular cluster in the constellation Sagitta. I noted it's located approximately 12 000 to 13 000 light‑years away from Earth. M 71 is less dense than many other globular clusters—its stars are more spread out—making it somewhat challenging to delineate its core clearly. It reaches its annual culmination around midnight and is best observed in mid‑July.
Part 2 of a 5-part set showing how this Coyote is getting through the lean season...
It happened in a heartbeat. If you saw yesterday's post, you may have noticed the little predator's hind legs curled up underneath him (or her - it's so hard to tell unless they urinate), like a spring-loaded, lethal killing machine. It has just launched; the hind legs haven't touched down yet and its jaws have already found the target.
A hapless, sleepy Black-tailed Prairie Dog had woken from its slumber due to the warming weather, and ventured up to check out the world. It happened to be looking the wrong way, and had no chance to react before the jaws closed around the back of its neck and head. The outcome was determined in an instant.
Prairie Dogs are really cute, so it's hard not to feel a twinge of remorse for this one, but so it goes: this is the fate of a high percentage of the members of each prairie dog colony. They are a keystone species. Many, many other species depend on them.
The next three images will show Coyote enjoying its meal - a substantial caloric reward for its efforts. Coyotes are efficient killers but messy eaters, so I won't post the one truly gory shot. Let us say that not a morsel went to waste.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Red-bellied woodpeckers have special cells on the end of their bills that are constantly being replaced due to the birds pounding on trees. In addition, red-bellied woodpeckers have a tongue almost 2 inches longer than its bill. The tip of their tongue is barbed, which along with sticky saliva, allows the bird to extract tasty prey from crevices in trees.
The Seronera pride had brought down a Wildebeest earlier and the whole family were enjoying there meal during my last visit. Luckily they all looked up at the same time for a second to show me their dirty faces.
Photographed in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.
A favorite galaxy for AP or Visual for any armature astrophotographer or astronomer.
Tech
TS 130 f7 apo w .8 reducer =f5.6
ZWO 1600 MM Pro Mono
ZWO 7p FW
SW NEQ 6 Pro
Svbony 60mm Guide Scope
ASI 290 Guide Camera
Primaluce Sesto Senso 2
SGP, PHD2
Pixinsight, Photoshop
Great-tailed Grackle
Large, lanky blackbird with flat crown and long tail. Males have ridiculously long tails, almost as long as their body, often held in a V-shape. Males are glossy black. Females are brown with paler eyebrow and throat. Eyes yellow to white; dusky for immatures. In coastal Texas, where its range overlaps with Boat-tailed Grackle, note habitat (more generalized as opposed to strictly saltmarsh) and pale eye (not brown).
Donde Cope , La Union, Guapiles, Costa Rica
The typical aftermath of Mittens' feedings. She has always been a very messy eater and just recently I had a lightbulb moment and now I have been putting a placemat on the floor to contain her mess. After a recent spaying, she has to wear the “cone of shame” for two weeks. It's a good thing I temporarily took her cone off!
For the Happy Caturday Group May 22, 2021 theme "A meal or a treat".
Yeah...I know...another spiral shot. This one care of the wonderful Newport Street Gallery in Lambeth. Not only are there 3 spiral staircases in there, the building itself is worth a visit along with the interesting exhibits they have in there.
This is the middle staircase. Like most spiral shots, there is a million and one ways of doing this.
I first saw an excellent shot of these stairs by Li Shen (www.flickr.com/photos/lishengo). This was followed quite quickly by another superb shot by Jeff Barry (www.flickr.com/photos/jbarry5). It's interesting to see how each of us processes in a very different way.
A drooling grizzly bear in the forest bolts down a piece of salmon, Chilko River, BC. The bear's expression suggests he's alert to any signs of danger in the area.
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El equipo empleado fue...
Telescopio: ED80 Sky Watcher + 0.85X
Montura: HEQ5 Pro
Cámara: QHY163m
Enfoque: MyFocuserPro2
Guiado: MiniScope 50mm Orion, CámaraGuia/QHY5 L-II c
Adquisición: SGP (Sequence Generator Pro)
Apilado y procesado: PixInsight, Photoshop
Tomas
Paleta: HOO
H-alpha: 80x300s 10x30s
[OIII]: 101x300s 10x30s
Total Expo: 15h 15min
Temperatura sensor: -10°C
Distancia Focal: 510mm
F/ 6,3
There's always one... messy Missy. Clothes all over the floor and a messy room. This "Messy Missy" room decor is brought to you from Lagom at the March round of Access! This 12 piece gacha set is a mix and match of several pieces to complete that complete messy mesh look.
Access Event LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/ACCESS/129/129/2003
Lagom Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Magical/85/87/1971
Lagom Marketplace: marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/154234
Lagom Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/141118288@N08/
Location: New Zagreb, Croatia
Camera: Canon 2000D
Mount: EQ3 Asterion Mod
Telescope: SW 130 PDS
Exp: 103x60s
A Reflection Nebula in Orion
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Image exposure: 45 min
Field of view: 38.8 x 25.7 arcmin
Image date: 2022-03-09
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TS 115/800 (LUM)
William Optics 80 ED (RGB)
ZWO ASI 1600 MONO COOLED
ZWO ASI EFW 8
LUM - 6 Hours (subs 300 seconds)
RGB - 3 Hours (subs 300 seconds)
DSS + PixInsight + PS6
Messier 3 a beautiful globular cluster in Canes Venatici.
This was captured from my garden on 3rd April 2023 with a bright 95% lunar phase. This made the sky very bright making most deep sky targets washed out.
Globular clusters are bright in terms of deep sky targets and are still possible to image despite the bright moon.
This was captured using my monochrome camera and red, green and blue filters to create a full colour final image.
242 total minutes captures
Red 80 x 60s
Blue 77 x 60s
Green 85 x 60s
- ZWO 533MM
- Antlia RGB 36mm
- Skywatcher 8” newtonian
- ZWO EAF, EFW, OAG
NINA for capture, APP for stacking, Siril and Photoshop CC for processing.
Messy Eater - Peregrine Falcon creating an artistic carpet of death plucking a gull kill.
Species: Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Location: California, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R3 + RF 100-500mm IS
Settings: 1/800s, ISO: 3200, f/7.1 @500mm, Handheld, Electronic Shutter
En la constelación de Hydra se puede encontrar una espectacular galaxia espiral. Esta es M83, la Galaxia Molinillo del Sur. Obtuvo su nombre por la distinta forma de molinete de sus largos brazos en espiral. Las imágenes en color de esta galaxia revelan una amplia gama de colores, desde el núcleo central amarillo de las estrellas viejas hasta los brazos espirales azules de las estrellas jóvenes. También se pueden ver varios nudos rojos. Estas son nebulosas gaseosas donde se está produciendo una formación estelar activa. Las líneas oscuras de polvo también son visibles en todo el disco de la galaxia. M83 está situado a unos 15 millones de años luz de la Tierra. Se aleja de nosotros a unos 337 km / seg. Esta galaxia ha sido el sitio de seis supernovas, que es más que cualquier otra galaxia Messier. También fue la primera galaxia en ser descubierta más allá del Grupo Local.
Fecha 11 al 13 Mayo
Telescopio de 20 " f 6.8 AG Optical IDK remoto en Namibia Cámara FLI 16803 monocroma con los filtros LHaRGB
24 X 300s L bin1, 8 X 300s c/u RGB bin2 y 12 x 600s en Ha bin1
Procesado con Pixinsight y PS
In the constellation Hydra can be found a spectacular spiral galaxy. This is M83, the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. It earned its name from the distinct pinwheel shape of its long spiral arms. Color images of this galaxy reveal a wide range of colors from the yellow central core of old stars to the blue spiral arms of young stars. Several red knots can also be seen These are gaseous nebulae where active star formation is taking place. Dark lanes of dust are also visible throughout the galaxy's disk. M83 is situated about 15 million light years from Earth. It is receding from us at around 337 km/sec. This galaxy has been the site of six supernovae, which is more than any other Messier galaxy. It was also the first galaxy to be discovered beyond the Local Group.
In May 11-13
Telescope remote 20 "f 6.8 AG Optical IDK in Namibia
Camera FLI 16803 camera with LHaRGB filters.
24 X 300s L bin1, 8 X 300s each RGB bin2 and 12 x 600s in Ha bin1
Processed with Pixinsight and PS
Hangry // Messy Cakes
▷ Each cake includes a HUD w/ 6 cake and 6 text color
▷ Copy / Mod
▷ Holdable & Decor
▷ two hold poses in each
Coming to Equal10 - Nov 10th!
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There's nothing quite like boiled eggs and 'soldiers' made from toast. But let's face it, smashing-in the top of the egg to gain access using a spoon is brutal, messy, and uncivilized.
But lo! I have just managed to find a nifty device from Germany: an eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher. There are several types, this being a precisely calibrated spring-loaded affair that cracks and removes the shell with the bare minimum of collateral destruction.
A device of which even the fastidious Hercule Poirot would approve!
I mean, honestly-- look at him! No discipline, no sense of organization. Who knows what sort of magical disaster is just WAITING to happen with such a cluttered worktable...
☆The Warehouse Sale Featured Items☆
✦ /Vae Victis\ → "Kaine" Hunter's Cross Necklace
Go get your goodies at TWS, here, open now until October 18th! Links to respective stores have been provided, so that you can find the items after the current round of TWS ends! ♡
☆Abnormality Featured Items☆
✦ Pretty Vile. → Gremlin Demi-Av (Head, Ears, Horns, Arms)
→Note: Head and body textures made by yours truly! The demi-av includes its own textures!
✦ ! BUFFY'S ! → Cham Set (eBody V-Tech)
✦ Two-Tone → Crystal Ball Tail
✦ SMOKING PIGEON → Cloven Hoofs
✦ Dirty Rat → Mortalis Toxica (Potion & Vial Box)
Go get your goodies at the upcoming Abnormality round, ☆HERE☆, open November 7th - 28th! Links to respective stores have been provided, so that you can find the items after the round ends!
La galassia a spirale M61 (abbreviazione di Messier 61) si trova a 60 milioni di anni luce e con il suo diametro di circa 100.000 anni luce (simile a quello della Via Lattea) è uno dei più grandi membri dell'ammasso di galassie visibile nella costellazione della Vergine.
Particolarità di questa galassia è la struttura dei suoi bracci: essi mostrano diversi improvvisi cambi di direzione, dando quindi a M61 un aspetto quasi poligonale.
Nell'immagine sono visibile altre due galassie brillanti: NGC 4301 in alto a destra e NGC 4292 (in basso a destra): ma guardando bene, parecchie altre remote galassie sono visibili sullo sfondo.
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The spiral galaxy M61 (short for Messier 61) is located 60 million light-years away and with its diameter of about 100,000 light-years (similar to that of the Milky Way) is one of the largest members of the cluster of galaxies visible in the constellation of Virgo.
A peculiarity of this galaxy is the structure of its arms: they show several sudden changes in direction, thus giving M61 an almost polygonal appearance.
In the image, two other bright galaxies are visible: NGC 4301 at the top right and NGC 4292 (at the bottom right): but looking carefully, several other remote galaxies are visible in the background.
Technical data
GSO RC12 Truss - Aperture 304mm, focal lenght 2432mm, f/8
Mount 10Micron GM2000 HPSII
Camera ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro with filter wheel 7 positions
Filters Astrodon Gen2 E-Serie Tru-Balance 50mm unmounted LRGB
Guiding system ZWO OAG-L with guide camera ASI 174MM
Exposure details:
L 47x300", RGB 16x300" for each channel, all in bin3 -15C gain 100
Total integration time: 7h55'
Acquisition: Voyager, PHD2
Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CS5, StarXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, BlurXTerminator
SQM-L: 21.18
Location: Promiod (Aosta Valley, Italy), own remote observatory
Date 19 April 2023, 18 February/11 April 2024
This sparkling jumble is Messier 5 — a globular cluster consisting of hundreds of thousands of stars bound together by their collective gravity.
But Messier 5 is no normal globular cluster. At 13 billion years old it dates back to close to the beginning of the Universe, which is some 13.8 billion years of age. It is also one of the biggest clusters known, and at only 24 500 light-years away, it is no wonder that Messier 5 is a popular site for astronomers to train their telescopes on.
Messier 5 also presents a puzzle. Stars in globular clusters grow old and wise together. So Messier 5 should, by now, consist of old, low-mass red giants and other ancient stars. But it is actually teeming with young blue stars known as blue stragglers. These stars spring to life when stars collide, or rip material from one another.
Credit: ESA/NASA
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