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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · 12d

🌽 November Nights Are Full of Thanks (and Sights)! 🍂⁠
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🦃 Pour some hot cider, bundle up, and let the golden glow of fall guide your stargazing. There’s so much to be thankful for — especially skies like these! 🍁✨

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · 25d

#CelestronOrigin Mark II brings next-level imaging performance with an upgraded #Origin678CCamera, powered by Sony’s advanced Starvis 2 CMOS technology. It’s the same intelligent home observatory you know—now capturing the universe with higher resolution & improved sensitivity. bit.ly/3TPfY2w

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Oct 10

Avian Adventures Australia braved the breeze & drizzle on Tasmania’s Gordon River for #GlobalBigDay & loved every second. With Celestron binoculars & camera in hand, they logged sightings for science & conservation while enjoying their peaceful surroundings. 🦜🔭

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Sep 24

🍂🔭 Fall Skies Are Calling! 🔭🍂

Longer nights bring big celestial shows—Neptune Opposition, 3 Supermoons, 2 Comets, Saturn's Ring Plane Crossing, and more! Save this guide and get your gear ready.

📸 Slide through to see the must-watch events of the season.

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Sep 3

🍂 Summer’s winding down, but the sky is still shining bright. Pack your scope, a light jacket, and soak up these September sights:

Keep your summer stargazing streak alive—long nights are just around the corner! ✨

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Aug 22

🌌Team Celestron member Thierry Legault captured the Lunar Occultation of Saturn on Jan 4th from Tarragona, Spain, using his C8 Edge HD.

✨ Bonus Detail: The star beside Saturn? That’s 85 Aquarius (magnitude 6.7)

#LunarOccultation #Saturn #CelestronEdgeHD #Astrophotography #TeamCelestron #85Aquarius

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Aug 20

✨ Under Bortle-6 skies in Sydney, James captured the beauty of NGC 3576, the Flame Nebula. This starless image truly brings the emission nebula to life. 🔥

🔭 Equipment: Celestron C8

#Astrophotography #FlameNebula #NGC3576 #CelestronC8 #Stargazing #CosmicWonders

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Aug 18

🎨✨ Celestial Masterpieces Over Milan🌃⁠
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From Milan, Italy, the #CelestronOrigin reveals the #OrionNebula, #TriangulumGalaxy, and the #AndromedaGalaxy —all captured in under 35 minutes!⁠
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Bringing the stars closer, one snapshot at a time. 🌙🔭⁠
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📷️: @celestronitalia⁠

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Aug 12

🎉 Celebrating 65 Years of Stargazing 🌌⁠
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Since 1960, we've been on a mission to make the universe more accessible, from the legendary C8 to today's cutting-edge telescopes and astrographs. And we’ve pushed the limits of amateur astronomy at every step along the way.⁠
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👉 celestron.com/history⁠

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Aug 7

Think you’ve captured something incredible? 🌌

Whether you’ve imaged deep-sky objects or the planets in our Solar System, it’s time to show off your results. The Astrophotography Prize 2025 is officially open!

👉 Enter now at astrophotographyprize.com

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thanks to the RASA 8's wide field of view, Celestron employee Chris H. (@hendrenimaging) captured the Ghost of Cassiopeia Nebula—which spans 10 light-years!—all in the same field. The Ghost of Cassiopeia contains both emission and reflection nebulae, IC 59 and IC 63.

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Jul 17

✨ The #PillarsofCreation (#M16) captured by Team Celestron member ‪@dylanodonnell.bsky.social‬ from #ByronBay, #Australia. Using his #Celestron 11” #EdgeHD Telescope with an F7 Reducer, Dylan revealed the detail of this iconic nebula through 8.25 hours of integration.⁠
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#Astrophotography #Starstuff

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Jul 10

🌘✨ Using a #C14, Andrew McCarthy journeyed to the top of #MaunaKea in #Hawaii to cross an item off his bucket list: capturing a #LunarOccultation of #Saturn. 🪐🌑 ⁠
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What's on your astronomy #bucketlist?💫 ⁠
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#Astrophotography #CelestronC14 #BucketListMoment #SolarSystemViews #AndrewMcCarthy

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Jul 2

🐘✨ Behold #vdB142, famously known as the #Elephant’sTrunkNebula! Nestled within #Cepheus, it’s part of the larger #IC1396 #emissionnebula, which spans 100 light-years and lies 2,400 light-years away.

📸: Ron Brecher with the Celestron 14″ #EdgeHD from a mix of filters in the #RGB set. 🌌💫⁠

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Jul 1

Wes captured the stunning #spiralgalaxy #M106, located 22-25 million light-years away. 🌌✨ Similar in size and luminosity to Andromeda, M106 is a beauty of the cosmos!

This impressive image took 18 hours of exposure using the #Celestron #EdgeHD 8 with a focal reducer. 🚀🔭

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Jun 26

✨ What’s Up in the July #NightSky? ✨

July brings some of the best stargazing of the year —
☀️ July: #SolarMaximum
🌕 7/10: #FullMoon
✨ 7/16: #Saturn, #Pluto, & #Moon Conjunction
✨ 7/20: #M45 & Moon Conjunction
🌑 7/24: #NewMoon
☄️ 7/28: #DeltaAquarids #MeteorShower
✨ 7/28: #Mars & Moon Conjunction

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚀🐘 Take a trip to #IC1396 – the #Elephant'sTrunkNebula, a breathtaking concentration of interstellar gas & dust 2.4K LY away in the constellation Cepheus. Andreas captured all the details w/ his #C8HD & Starizona #Hyperstar. 🌟

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Jun 20

☀️🔭 #Summer Is Here—And There's Lots to See! 🔭☀️
The days are long and the night skies are rich! From #globularclusters to glowing #nebulae, #summerskies are full of jaw-dropping sights.

📸 Slide through this carousel to explore what you can capture and observe this season.

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Jun 18

"Loving the Celestron Origin!" - Nancy 🌌✨

Check out this stunning capture of the #PelicanNebula by Nancy using the #CelestronOrigin Intelligent Home #Observatory. 🔭 With smart imaging at her fingertips, she's bringing the universe right to her backyard!

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Jun 16

🌿 Step into the #microscopic world! Here's a fascinating close-up of #PterisTremula fern spore sacs (Leptosporangia) at 200x magnification using #dark-field #microscopy and a #Celestron Labs CB1000CF Compound #Microscope. 🔬✨

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Jun 13

Fresh 📷️ from our #CelestronOrigin! This all-in-one #homeobservatory autonomously aligns itself, captures images for you w/ its 6" #RASA optics + onboard camera, stacks & processes every exposure using AI, & delivers a final stacked image to your mobile device in SECONDS.

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Jun 12

🌙🌕Straight from the #CelestronOrigin #telescope, here’s a shot of last year’s stunning #partiallunareclipse, taken from Lakewood, CA at exactly 7:55 PM. 🌌✨ No filters, no editing—just raw, celestial beauty, shared directly through the Celestron Origin app.

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Jun 11

🌊🐋 #SportOptics Product Manager John R. takes the #Celestron #Hummingbird Mini #SpottingScope to the stunning #PNW Coast! From spotting coastal 🐦️to catching a glimpse of majestic migrating 🐳, this compact scope delivers unbeatable clarity & portability for every adventure. 🌊

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · Jun 10

✨ On the shores of South #LakeTahoe, Tony Berendsen of #TahoeStarTours sets up the #CelestronOrigin for his guests to explore the night sky. With #Bortle Class 4 skies, South Lake Tahoe offers a perfect balance of dark skies and cosmic beauty, making it an unforgettable stargazing experience. 🔭🌌

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Celestron @celestronuniverse.bsky.social · May 20

Chris H. scored a 2-for-1 w/ his latest 📷️, featuring #NGC6888 & the elusive #Ju1 just below it. Combining fresh Ha narrowband data from '21 & the bluish-green OIII fringe surrounding the Crescent, adding incredible depth to the image.

#Celestron #CGX #RASA8
354m total exposure

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