Now this. is a backyard! 🙌.

Carina 🌌. This is a 'bucket list' target for many astrophotographers, but you'll have to go south to see it!. The Carina Nebula lies in the Southern Hemisphere constellation Carina, about 8,000 light-years from Earth. For this photo, I had to polar align my portable star

RT @tw__astro: Venus this morning in UV false colour. Reasonably good conditions low in the sky.

'The Wall' 📸. My latest image from the backyard is the magnificent 'Cygnus Wall', the brightest portion of the North America Nebula in Cygnus. This nebulous region is very bright, making it the perfect astrophotography target for telescopes (and camera lenses) of all sizes.

'The Claw' 🦞. My latest image from the backyard is the vibrant 'Lobster Claw Nebula' in Cassiopeia. This is an excellent wide-field astrophotography target for a small refractor telescope in the 250-500mm range. While I used narrowband filters and a mono camera for this one, a

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The Wizard!🧙‍♂️. Here is my latest photo of the Wizard Nebula, taken using a camera and a small telescope from the backyard. This emission nebula lies in Cepheus, and if you have a clear view of this constellation, you can capture it this month. To create this image, I used

The Bubble Nebula 🌌. My latest image from the backyard is the dynamic 'bubble nebula' in Cassiopeia. This is an excellent target for telescopes of any focal length. This picture includes just 8 hours of total exposure time using a high-end refractor telescope from my backyard

Fire in the Sky 🔥. My latest picture from the backyard features the intense Eagle Nebula region in Serpens. This is the view using my color camera attached to one of my favorite wide-field telescopes, the extremely SHARP Askar SQA55. With clear nights few and far between, I am

The Eagle Nebula 🦅. This is one of the most exciting astrophotography targets to photograph in the night sky. The Eagle Nebula resides near the core of our Milky Way, in the constellation Serpens. My latest image of Messier 16 includes just over 2 hours of total exposure time

I took a way better picture shortly after this - thanks to the many tips I received. This was definitely the most interesting area on the sun today 🤓

The Sun through my telescope!! 🤯. (NEVER look at the sun without a certified solar filter!). Here is the view of today's sun using a specialized 'H-alpha' solar telescope (Sky-Watcher Heliostar 76 Ha). I still have a lot to learn about capturing detailed images of our Sun -

This camera really blew me away! I ended up using it for 5 different projects over the past 3 months. come to think of it, I think that's the total number of clear nights I've had since it arrived in March! 😆 Maybe I'll see you in the chat

RT @tw__astro: #Saturn yesterday in near IR - my first capture of the season. The rings are barely visible, poorly lit due to the low sun a….

NGC 6914 Nebula Complex 🔥. If you've ever noticed the glowing 'blue eyes' near the Sadr region in Cygnus, this is it! You'll notice two beautiful reflection nebulae surrounded by dark dust in the center. I took this image from the backyard using a large refractor telescope last

The Milky Way Galaxy 📷. I took this picture standing on a red sandy dune from 'The Red Centre' in the Australian outback. I am happy to report that I was not bitten or stung by anything while taking the shot. While it was hard to decide which equipment to bring on an epic

The Blue Horsehead Nebula 💙. This glorious reflection nebula lies in the constellation Scorpius, close to the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex. It's a popular target for astrophotographers this time of year. A reflection nebula is made up of very fine dust that normally appears dark