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

The beautiful Durdle Door at night with the Milky Way. https://www.dansantillo.com/gallery/restofworld/?photo=238966 #photograpy #durdledoor #dorset #astrophotography #astro #nighttime #night #stars #milkyway #cliffs #epic #naturalbeauty

Upper jaw of one of the Fighting Dragons of Ara (NGC 6188) in HHOS colors: https://www.astrobin.com/lcjpkp/ #astrobin #astrophotography

And here's the final edit. Probably my favorite image I've taken to date.
#astrophotography #Astrodon #space

This is only 45 minutes of integration (9x300), and probably over-processed. I can't wait to get several more hours on this one.
M42
Orion Imaging Newt F5 (from 2009)
ASI071MC Pro
iOptron CEM26
Optolong L-Extreme
Processed With Pixinsight
#Astrophotography

The California Nebula (NGC1499) captured last night from my backyard using Ha, Siii and Oii narrowband filters using a refractor telescope. #astrophotography #astronomy

I'm just getting into the winter skies now, but missing the summer skies already. Here's one from May 2021. NGC7000, The North American Nebula and Friends. Quite a few objects in this wide field shot including the Pelican Nebula. Just 60 minutes worth of data. StarGuider Pro, Williams Optics Redcat 51mm APO, Optolong L-Extreme Filter and Canon Ra. Pre-Processed in APP, Post-Processed in Pixinisght and Photoshop. #astrodon
#astrophotography astronomy

astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/yef7yz/

Another Moon shot I took, this one was with my Atik 383l+ and 190MN telescope. The Moon is such a great target, very accessible, constantly changing, bright (although that can be a pain for deep sky imaging), huge amounts of detail and also a visual eye target :) #Astrophotography #Moon #Luna #Space #Astronomy #Monochrome #Photography #Astrodon

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