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http://astropotamus.com Greetings! "Astro" means stars and "Potamus" means river. We're all connected by a River of Time and Space. Let's explore the Cosmos and travel through time together through the magic of #Astrophotography! Located 43°N #DarkSky

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · Jul 17

One thing nobody ever talks about being an adult is how much time you debate yourself on keeping a cardboard box because it's like a really, really good box.

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 17m

The celestial coordinate system is like latitude and longitude but for mapping the sky.

Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 6h

I spent a large part of my youth with a ripped out page from a magazine upside down over my head. 😝

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 6h

Yeah. I'm traveling again so I won't be doing much until mid-November at this point anyway. Wanted to try to get comet shots last night, but all I got was clouds. So I grabbed some M31 just to say I took some pics.

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 6h

I live in the country. There are farmers harvesting. Massive amounts of dust end up in the air. The front of my lens looks like it's been to a Snoop Dogg concert.

Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 6h

Mainly because there are no massive dust bunnies orbiting the Andromeda Galaxy! 😝

Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 6h

Life Hack: Teaching kids about constellations fosters quality family time and ignites their interest in science. But there's apps for that so just get them to look up at night!

Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 6h

Seriously, my brother. I think I left my scope out in a light rain one night and the dust in the air from the farmers harvesting around us got deposited on my lens. I need to clean it and update my flats.

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 7h

Holy crap, do I need to clean my objective lens! 🧼🔭🦛

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 8h

Planetary #Astrophotography requires patience and thousands of frames to achieve sharp, detailed results. A fast USB camera and some good software is required. Check out my software list at http://astropotamus.com/software

Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 23h

Life Hack: Planning #Astrophotography sessions around weather and celestial events improves organizational skills. It also improves your party conversation skills when you discuss the pros and cons of RAP, HRRR, NAM, GFS, and RDPS. #IYKYK

Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 1d

Our #Sun is a medium-sized star; there are stars out there millions of times larger and brighter.

Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 1d

I love #Seestar #Astrophotography!

Jeff @jbworkshop.bsky.social · 1d

Messier 33 in Triangulum. 1-hour exposure.

#astrophoto #seestar #galaxy #vermont

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 1d

Life Hack: Tracking celestial objects teaches patience and improves your ability to notice details. Employers love it when you notice details, so this boosts your employability!

Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 1d

Stack multiple images to enhance faint details in nebulae and galaxies. The software I use to do this with my #Astrophoto images is listed at http://astropotamus.com/software

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ESA in italiano @ita.esa.int · 1d

Per saperne di più sull'esperimento 'Colloidal Solids' dell' @esa.int , un carico utile dell'ESA sviluppato da Redwire Space in collaborazione con il Politecnico di Milano 🇮🇹, l'Università di Montpellier e la Vrije Universiteit Brussel :
👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

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This is not static noise

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ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · 1d

SSTV Series 29 from the ISS was a busy one! More than 3,200 people submitting a total of 8,000+ decodes.

While transmissions have ended for World Space Week, there is still time to submit those decodes for a certificate. Link & details in the graphic.

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 1d

Too tired for dealing with it tonight and need to get up early for work. Plus it's cold for the first time. Will try tomorrow night without filter.

Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 1d

Location was slot on. I realized as I was setting up tonight that I had my narrowband filter still in place. So I think I filtered out the comet. 😆

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 1d

You only write four more than most people. 😆

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 1d

Life Hack: Post-processing images improves your software expertise, useful for other photography types. A list of the *free* software I use is at http://astropotamus.com/software

Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 2d

Did you know that spacesuit helmets have a Velcro patch, to help astronauts itch? That's its one and only purpose.

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 2d

It amazes me how prolific you are.

Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 2d

That's actually a star in Ursa Major. The comet should be smack in the middle of the image. But I don't see a comet, and this is with the image pushed to the point of "ridiculous" in terms of brightness. 😆 I think I simply didn't have enough time imaging it for the ~20 minutes it was visible.

Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 2d

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 2d

I was mad that my Slik U-102 tripod head broke. That's what you get for a $2 second-hand store purchase, I guess. I got 6-7 years out of it, so I'm happy. Replaced it with a $25 U212 from the same store. 😀