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GaryLevers
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UK based amateur #photographer just sharing a few pictures that I've taken. All my own #photos unless reposts. If you see something you like please take a look through my other images
Anything #space 🔭 #wildlife 🦉 #cycling 🚴 and #fishing 🎣
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GaryLevers @garylv.bsky.social · Jul 28
Today's sun in h-alpha showing some nice filaments and prominences.
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #astro #solar #sun
#space
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A wide field image of the Wizard Nebula shown here in the HOO palette with RGB stars
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #space #nebula #galaxy #deepspace #astro
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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quantumkat.bsky.social
👨‍👩‍👦‍👦7 sisters family portrait
My last attempt on the Pleiades.
Easy to capture, not that easy to keep clean , in particular, collimation to get crisp star spikes.
📷Newton 130/900 · Sony A7S · 6h exposure
#astrophotography
@kat-astro-bot.bsky.social what do you see ?
Deep-sky image of the Pleiades (M45; NGC 1432/1435) in Taurus, ~440 light-years away and ~100 Myr old. The frame shows hundreds of hot B-type members, not just seven: the brightest include Alcyone, Atlas with close companion Pleione, Merope, Maia, Electra, Taygeta, Celaeno, and the Asterope pair. Wispy blue reflection nebulosity veils the cluster—strongest around Merope (NGC 1435) and Maia (NGC 1432)—with faint dusty filaments and soft halos across a wide field. Stellar cores are tight with symmetric Newtonian diffraction spikes; overall color is blue-white stars against a dense, warmer background starfield. Captured with a Newton 130/900 and Sony A7S over 6 hours of exposure.
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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marklemley.bsky.social
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
garylv.bsky.social
Here is my latest image, the Question Mark Nebula and the Little Rosette Nebula.
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #space #nebula #galaxy #deepspace
#astro
A star forming region in the shape of a question mark. shown here in the HOO palette of deep reds and oranges.
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
garylv.bsky.social
Here is my latest image, taken from the dark skies of La Palma using a dedicated astro camera and 135mm Lens. The Seagull Nebula, a large nebula found between the constellations Monoceros and Canis Major.
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #space #nebula #deepspace #astro
November 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Red deer stag on moorland
#photography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #ukwildlife #wildlifephotography
Large male red deer on moorland in late afternoon sun. facing towards the camera, antlers high and bellowing as a display of his dominance
October 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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The Cygnus Loop, also known as the Veil Nebula. A supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus shown here in the HOO palette.
Taken from the dark skies of La Palma
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #space #nebula #galaxy #deepspace
#astro
October 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
garylv.bsky.social
The Milky Way over Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma.

#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #astro #space #milkyway
October 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
garylv.bsky.social
The Pleiades in Taurus is among the nearest Messier objects to Earth at about 444 light years.
Hot blue luminous stars formed within the last 100 million years illuminate the interstellar dust to create a reflection nebula
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #space #nebula #deepspace #astro
October 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
garylv.bsky.social
The tiny Eurasian Wren
#photography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #ukwildlife #wildlifephotography #birding #birds
A small, chestnut-brown bird perched on a wooden post against a smooth bokeh background
October 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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catherineryanhyde.bsky.social
This is NGC7293, the Helix Nebula. I got a couple of hours of it last month, but that didn't feel like enough. I got another couple last night. I'd like to double the exposure time, but the seeing is supposed to be awful tonight, and there's rain coming. I'll try. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
October 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The Iris Nebula is a reflection nebula in Cepheus, approx. 1,300 ly away and is best observed in August.

astrocamp.eu/en/caldwell-...

▼ Baader Apo 95 CaF2 | Canon EOS M100(a) '23
© Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

#astrophotography #nightsky #space #astronomy #clearsky #photography #nature
C4
October 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
garylv.bsky.social
Raven in flight.
#photography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #ukwildlife #wildlifephotography #birding #birds
A large black bird against a mottled green background
October 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
garylv.bsky.social
Came across this majestic Red Deer on a walk this weekend
#photography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #ukwildlife #wildlifephotography
Large male red deer in the autumn coloured long grass and bracken.
October 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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catherineryanhyde.bsky.social
Another try at Jupiter. I'm hoping to get that last Saturn/Titan transit tomorrow night, so I'm practicing with the new equipment (electronic atmospheric dispersion corrector). #Astronomy #Astrophotography
October 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
garylv.bsky.social
Some of today's solar activity.
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #astro #solar #sun
September 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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jasonclay.bsky.social
The Elephant Trunk Nebula is 2,400 LY away in the constellation Cepheus. More details in the alt text.

🔭 SkyWatcher Esprit 100 APO refractor
📷 ASI2600MM Pro

#astrophotography #science #elephanttrunknebula #nebula #nebulaphotography #widefield #widefieldastrophotography #hubble #hubblepalette
The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A) is located in the constellation Cepheus, near the North Celestial Pole. It's 2,400 light years away and is an emission nebula composed of ionized gases such as Hydrogen, Oxygen, and gaseous Sulfur. It's also known as a star forming region with a multitude of protostars. Visible at the bottom left are dark nebulae, which are enormous clouds of dust that are only visible because they obscure even more distant stars. The photons I collected with my telescope and astro camera in early September 2025 were emitted 2,400 years ago, and then traveled the vast distance until they landed on my camera's sensor. This image is presented in the SHO "Hubble" color palette. #astrophotography #elephanttrunknebula #nebula #nebulaphotography #widefieldastrophotography #widefield #hubble #hubblepalette
September 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
garylv.bsky.social
Today's sun in h-alpha. The two main Sunspot regions visible plus some nice filaments
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #astro #solar #sun
#space
September 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
garylv.bsky.social
Short timelapse of this morning's sun showing it's dynamism plus an annoying dust moat in the image train
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #astro #solar #sun
#space
September 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
garylv.bsky.social
Another attempt last night on The Elephant Trunk Nebula in Cepheus. I combined Ha data with the red filter channel to produce this HaRGB integration.
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #space #nebula #deepspace
#astro
September 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
garylv.bsky.social
Today's sun in h-alpha. Sunspot region 4197 has 50 sunspots within it
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #astro #solar #sun
#space
A portion of the sun in a golden colour with sunspots showing as white spots. Around the limb are small prominences
August 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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catherineryanhyde.bsky.social
I got a chance to work on this galaxy some more last night. NGC 7479, the Propeller Galaxy. Not entirely thrilled with it, but I think I'm done for now. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
August 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
garylv.bsky.social
A little macro for Monday. Common blue damselfly (I think 🤔)
#macro #photography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #ukwildlife #wildlifephotography
Flying insect with slender body and spindly legs. Delicate wings have elaborate veins. Blue in colour against a green background of foliage
August 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
garylv.bsky.social
Image of this afternoon's sun through hydrogen alpha telescope. Inverted and false colour.
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #astro #solar #sun
#space
August 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
garylv.bsky.social
Another photograph of a Common Hawker Dragonfly in flight.
#photography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #ukwildlife #wildlifephotography
Photograph is of a Dragonfly in flight against a blurred background. facing towards the camera with it's wings forming the letter X.
August 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM