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This was taken from the Kagga Kamma Remote Observatory and is a small section of a larger 21-panel mosaic that I did in collaboration with my friends Dave and Chris. I recommend checking out the better resolution image on Astrobin: https://app.astrobin.com/i/pdxs0b

Some additional info on my website: https://www.naztronomy.com/gallery/image/900/vela_supernova_subsection_filaments

This is actually a mosaic itself, sections of 5 different panels totaling about 30 hours of data (if my math is correct). We wanted to get more data but due but Vela is setting faster and faster and the weather in the winter has been getting poorer. Hope to retry next year in mono!

Here is the equipment list:

- Telescope: Askar SQA85
- Camera: QHYCCD QHY268 Pro C
- Mount: Proxisky UMi 20S
- Filter: Antlia ALP-T Dual Band 5nm 2"
- Software: NINA, PixInsight, Siril (mosaic processed using my OSC PP script)

I've been going back and forth on the color, I think I want to do the whole 21 panel mosaic a little differently but wanted to show off this section of Vela. 

If anyone's interested, I interviewed the observatory owners here: https://youtu.be/xgea5UQlhY4

Medium: oil on canvas

Feedback welcome!

My attempt for NGC 6960 - Western Veil Nebula.

Telescope: Newton SkyWatcher 150/750 PDS.

Mount: NEQ5

Camera: Nikon D3300 (not modified) - 120 x 60s lights at 800 ISO, 20 darks, no flats.

Accessories: Just a Baader MPCC coma corrector, currently I have no auto-guiding on this scope.

Software: N.I.N.A. and Siril for stacking and processing.

Bortle 4 Skies.

13 hours integration

Skywatcher evoguide 50ED

Sv165 guide scope

Zwo178mc guide camera

Svbony sv405cc main camera

No filter

Bortle 7

120 sec exposures

Skywatcher adventurer GTI mount

Around 25 mins from bortle 3

Canon 600D at 85mm f/5.6

This is a procedural 3D render of a spiral galaxy I built from scratch in Blender. This was a very challenging task and is the result of months of effort, trial and error.

Captured with the Seestar S30 Pro for 25 minutes. As usual, no other software was used.

Shot on Seestar S30 Pro from Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Shot over 4 nights with near full moon and bortle 9

It was definitely a challange with all the clouds the past couple of days but I think the result speaks for itself!

Stacked in Siril

Edited using Siril and GraXpert

Shot July 4, 2026 with Nikon Z8 and Takahashi TSA-120 telescope with Vernonscope Dakin 2.4x barlow on ZWO AM5 mount. 820 frames at ISO 64 1/40s pre-processed in Photoshop, exported to TIFF, aligned in PIPP, and stacked in AutoStakkert 4. Post processed and sharpened in Photoshop. All photos taken by me, Adam Jackson, a Houston, Texas based astrophotographer.

two weeks ago I posted on this subreddit a bigger astrolabe, this time I had fun designing a little pocket model, which is still fully functional as an astronomical tool.

I don't think one could make smaller wooden astrolabes than this, without sacrificing precision too much.

I also tried to build a little wooden box for better embellish this modest present.

My cousin has appreciated the design, and I briefly explained her how to use it with the sun. We got a measurement of the time off by just 6 minutes, which is considerable given the size of the instrument.

I took another picture of the North America Nebula, this time with a longer exposure time (70 minutes). Seestar S30 Pro was used in GoTo mode for 70 minutes and no other software was used.

This is a 10’s single exposure image of the Milky Way Core. No AI used.

iPhone 17 Pro

Native Camera App (ProRaw Mode)

24mm 1x sensor 48MP (Untracked Tripod)

ISO 3200 | 10.0’s | f1.78

Processed in RawTherapee (Raw decoding), Siril (Stretching & Pre-processing), GIMP (color calibration & tweaks.)

Taken on 24th April 2026 under Bortle 2 skies.

I recently received the celestron cometron 7x50 binoculars which turned out to be defective but was unable to return them due to certain issues. The image is NOT MINE but one from Amazon, i have the exact same defect. Is there any way that I could fix this by myself?

Hey everybody! I’d like to share my shots. I normally hang out in Fb groups but recently got into Reddit lol enjoy my amateur shots!

Samyang 16mm and 135mm
Tamron 150-600mm G2
ZWO Seestar S50
iPhone 15 Pro Max

I'm new here I captured this at about 10 minutes to two in the morning thought it looked pretty cool so I took a picture any thoughts?