Ryan Voykin captured this incredible shot of the North America and Pelican Nebulae (IC 5070 & NGC 7000) in Cygnus with his SVX140T. Both of these emission nebulae are located approximately 2,500 light-years away from Earth. #stellarvue

Sol 261 in hydrogen alpha

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Why do we call 00:00 midnight when its not always the middle of the night astronomically speaking

After a year of scientific scrutiny, a rock sample collected by the Perseverance rover has been confirmed to contain a potential biosignature. The sample is the best candidate so far to provide evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars. https://t.co/0BAO1dhMG8

Online Aurorasaurus Report-A-Thon, Sat, Sept 20, 1-4pm ET (17:00-20:00 UTC)! Bring your photos with verified locations/times–2024 welcome! Help gather data, ask questions, and hang out with a community of aurora lovers. There will be prizes! REGISTER: https://t.co/KJ4OSAzt7y

While imaging Sol. a few moments ago there was a slight brightening event near AR4197. Waiting to see if it produces a flare

Sol has some nice filaments today. Rotation is slight off "counter clockwise" from SDO,SOHO,SUVI imagery

As expected Aurora was a bust for the west coast of North America. Bz just hanging out being positive . While we still have 3 hrs an 45 min of astro dark left. I doubt it will produce anything.

CME detected currently BT 25 nt / Bz 0 nt

We have TWO WEEKS to get 7k Australian 🇦🇺 signatures on this official parliamentary petition to deal with the insanity of street lighting and light pollution. Please add yours mates. Or you know, (pictured). https://t.co/XAt3vCkLI0

Conditions of the interplanetary magnetic field, Density an speed have to be just right when its Dark for you to even have a chance of seeing it. Good Luck everyone. I am not banking on seeing anything this time Instead I will be imaging Andromeda

Speaking from experience to really see the Aurora anywhere near civilization we need a G5. Aurora are not the moon with a specific Rising & Setting. They are a energy wave that comes in bursts.

I keep seeing people say "NOAA has issued a "Strong" (G3) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for late Monday into early Tuesday. An posting maps like this. This is inaccurate Aurora are energy waves there is no guarantee. G3 anywhere near civilization is not Naked eye visible.

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For those that still don't think space weather affects us..

Back in action. Huge thanks to @QHYCCD and @CloudBreakOptic. Previous camera had a bad cmos QHY and Cloud Break Optics worked it out so I could replace it with another 568m since the IMX568m chip has been discontinued by SONY.

Sol 166: White Light QHYCCD 268m Stellarvue SVX080T3sv

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You're driving in a torrential down pour come to a bus stop there are 3 people there. The woman/man of your dreams, your best friend and a sick elderly person. You have room in the car for one person. Who do you take with you?