Elizabeth Howell PhD (she/her) @howellspace@social.cleverlibre.org

Computerized #astrophotography but in 1981

If you have you ever seen how large an Apple II is you'll appreciate what kind of outrageous idea it is that this is anywhere near mobile.

Full article at https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1980-03/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater

#retrocomputing

Mars looks amazing right now - a lovely pink/orange hue bright in the sky around East/South East. This is how it looks in my telescope. I wonder if anyone was looking back. #mars #astronomy #celestron #astrophotography

Imaged 7 deep sky objects last night (DSOs) and 15 minutes on the #RosetteNebula #NGC2244 created a beauty #astrophotography

I've been chasing the milky way for a long time. This is one of my earlier images from a road trip to Arches National Park several years ago.

Now I live in an RV and hang out in the darkest places in the country so I can do this all the time. After spending any amount of time in a place like that... how could you not?

#milkyway #astrophotography #utah #contentcreators #stoner #nightsky #rvlife #rvliving #rvtravel #utahisrad #dark #wednesday #photography #pictureoftheday #explore #outdoors

My image of the Cone Nebula and IC 2169 neighborhood #astrophotography #space

Wow, Orion's black & white optical navcam just sent back photos of the Moon's surface. You'll notice some lines in there, a result of the lower quality navcam, but still really cool pics. Find more here: https://images.nasa.gov/ #Artemis #Orion #Space #Astronomy #astrophotography #Moon

Large Magellanic Cloud

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At a distance of 160,000 ly, it is one of our next galactic neighbors. The LMC is approx. 32,200 ly across, with 1% the mass of our own galaxy. Despite this, is the fourth-largest galaxy in the Local Group, after Andromeda, Milky Way and Triangulum galaxies.

LMC is host to hundreds of astronomical features with their own designations, including Tarantula Nebula, the brightest point in this image, featured center-left.

This wide field image spans over 10 degrees squared, by comparison the moon is only half a degree in diameter! The RGB data was collected with the new T70 telescope at the itelescope facility in Chile and provided through their member's data feed. Processing in APP and PixInsight.

#astrophotography #nebula #tarantulanebula #milkyway #deepsky #astronomy #starrynight #universetoday #caldwell103 #30doradus #lmc #largemagellaniccloud #space #nasa #esa #c103 #itelescope

I managed to get Photometric Colorization working using Orion A and avoided removing green noise until the end, I think this has resulted in better preservation of the underlying color and this is a much nicer result.

If I squint REEEEEAAALLY hard, I can see the Horse Head Nebula.

#astrophotography #Astrodon

#GoinToCalifornia #NGC1499 #astrophotography #SharpCap live stacking #Hyperstar #Starizona #lEnhance

A deeper look at Orion's Belt!
Data from TelescopeLive network and processed by me in PixInsight and Photoshop.
#astrophotography #space

Something that I hope to spend more time on now that I've wrapped up my PhD is astrophotography.

This photo of the Milky Way was captured over the dark skies of the Ozarks in August 2020. Designated as an International Dark Sky Site, the glow of light pollution is still visible on the horizon, in this case the light dome from Little Rock and surrounding areas.

This photo is a stacked and tracked 30-image composite taken over 30 minutes.

#Photography #Astrophotography #Astrodon #MilkyWay

Tom Bock

The Flaming Star and Tadpole Nebulae....1500 light years away, in Auriga.

This is 47hrs of narrowband SHO data, captured with FLT91 scope and 2600MM Pro. Hope you enjoy!! #Astrophotography

going to cheer myself up by participating in #photomonday and share a few snaps that were firsts for me in my amateur journey.

the 2 attempts at #astrophotography were taken last year during our #leafpeeping camping trip, and the first time i was able to capture the #milkyway

the other is the first time i was able to get #lightning when we were at #devilstower earlier this year and is a few different shots stacked together.

nothing special, but man was i excited both of those nights

An old favourite game! PACMAN NGC281 #Astrodon #astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy

Need to get better at masking to really pop the details in Horsehead, but got some more good data last night.

#astrophotography

The Eridanus Loop (Sh2-245), the lesser-imaged half of the Orion-Eridanus Superbubble. The more commonly imaged half is the much brighter Barnard's Loop in Orion. #astrophotography

The Rosette Nebula 🌹
Taken with a modified DSLR and a small telescope from my rainy UK garden in Suffolk.
#astrophotography #space #nebula