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Kat
@quantumkat.bsky.social
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✨ Katherine
Astrophotography Enthusiast / Hobbyist Photographer
🌌 Astrophoto: Every image here is my own—from capture to processing.
📷 Photo Art: Unique creations, 100% original.
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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · Feb 13
The Elephant Trunk Nebula, when nature paints a masterpiece. 🎨
Where stars are born and dreams take flight.

🔭 N130/900 | 📸 A7S | ⌚ 5h Ha / 3h RGB
@kat-astro-bot.bsky.social : What do you see in the cosmic canvas ?
A vibrant deep-space image of the Elephant Trunk Nebula, a cosmic region filled with colorful swirling gas and dust. Countless stars shine brightly across the scene, scattered throughout the nebula’s rich hues of purple, blue, red, and gold. The nebula’s intricate structure is shaped by stellar winds and radiation.
quantumkat.bsky.social
Probably the last opportunity of the season to capture flower and insects. Here a European hornet on an ivy flower.
No risk of being attacked, the hornet is too busy building reserves for the winter.
A close-up macro photograph of a hornet perched on a cluster of small green buds, showing its yellow and reddish body, detailed wings, and textured head. The background is softly blurred, making the insect and plant sharply stand out.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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marysunshineisgone.bsky.social
White-booted Racket-tail
Ecuador #birds
Hummingbird flying left to right. Green with white boots, and a long tail
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
quantumkat.bsky.social
Montmartre - Paris
A woman sits for a street portrait artist in a small Parisian square in Montmartre. The artist sketches her on a board while other portrait stands and drawings line the cobblestone area. Old Parisian buildings with shuttered windows surround the scene and autumn leaves scatter across the ground.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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lensandpedals.bsky.social
A #small visitor in my backyard. #BlueSkyArtShow

#Bird #Photography #Nature #EastCoastKin #HummingBird
A small hummingbird drinks nectar from a salvia.
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
quantumkat.bsky.social
Geometry shaped by #small droplets.
#blueskayartshow
Black-and-white macro image showing spiderwebs on a plant, each strand covered in tiny dew droplets that form delicate geometric patterns against a soft, blurred background.
November 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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marysunshineisgone.bsky.social
#Small wasp
#BlueskyArtShow
Wasp on a white aster.
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
quantumkat.bsky.social
📷Tiny life
#small #blueskyartshow #mushroom
A small pale mushroom stands alone on a vibrant green moss mound in a shaded forest, softly lit from the side while the background fades into a dark, blurred woodland.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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davemeredith.bsky.social
The Earth rotating below thousands of distant stars can make a person feel quite small and insignificant. For the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #small

#PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #longexposure
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
quantumkat.bsky.social
Micro worlds waiting to be seen.
#small #blueskyartshow #mushroom
Two small yellow mushrooms emerging from damp ground, surrounded by dry grass and green sprouts, lit by soft natural light.
November 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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bflachsbart.bsky.social
Wolf’s Cave Nebula (LDN 1217 / vdB 152) captured on two nights a couple of weeks ago 😊🔭

This was shot on the EdgeHD 8 with Hyperstar for a total integration time of about 8.5 hours. I combined OSC and mono Ha data for this image.

#Astrophotography

@kat-astro-bot.bsky.social‬ what do you see?
Wolf’s Cave Nebula is a peculiar target: A reflection nebula at the tip of dark nebula. And this strange combo is even accompanied by an ancient planetary nebula and some supernova remnant filaments. All in one frame!
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
quantumkat.bsky.social
Fields wrapped in silence #evening
#blueskyartshow
A vineyard covered in white protective sheets stretches across rolling hills under a vivid orange and blue sunset sky. In the distance, a plume of smoke rises vertically, contrasting with the peaceful landscape.
November 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social
'Crossing the Great Meadow' (2023) -- Homeward Bound After a Hike, Shadows Lengthen Across the Tall Grasses and Marsh, Acadia National Park, ME

#Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BlueSkyArtShow ✨ #Evening

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
crossing the great meadow in the early evening on the jesup path back to the golf course at the edge of town... and eventually into downtown bar harbor
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
quantumkat.bsky.social
Industrial silence under a burning sky #evening
#blueskyartshow
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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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jhedoux.bsky.social
On teste, encore et encore, même à travers les nuages 😶‍🌫️😜
J'ai même un morceau du cluster M12 avec la comète C/2025 A6 Lemmon 💫☄️

C'est complexe, notamment au crépuscule, les nuages sont toujours présents.
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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photodog.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn
November 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
quantumkat.bsky.social
A lone tractor lost in the mist #autumn #blueskyartshow
Red tractor with a trailer standing still in a fog-covered field at sunrise, surrounded by soft golden light and hazy trees in the background.
November 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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dorotapawlak.bsky.social
Fade to brown 🍂 🍁

#BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn #EastCoastKin #photography #scape #treescape #nature #PhotographersOfBlueSky
November 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
quantumkat.bsky.social
Morning mist rising over the river as #autumn colors glow
#blueskyartshow
Calm river bordered by trees in autumn shades of green and gold, with a small house partly hidden among the foliage and a misty haze above the water under a pale blue sky.
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
quantumkat.bsky.social
#autumn Bolbitius titubans slowly growing after the rain, #blueskyartshow
Two small yellow Bolbitius titubans mushrooms emerging from moist straw and grass, their glossy caps reflecting soft daylight.
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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thatphotoguy.bsky.social
Goodnight #bluesky. I Joel you all have a great rest of your day, sleep well, and wake up healthy & happy.

An old shot but a nice one to finish the evening with. Goodnight.
October 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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churchstreetimages.com
Happy All Saints Day! #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Autumn all day Saturday. Link to the feed in comments.
#photography #vines
Vines climb brick walls in an alley, their colors range from deep red to brilliant orange to yellow-green
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
quantumkat.bsky.social
A rainy #autumn day in the southwest of France
#blueskyartshow
View of a green field and autumn trees through a rain-covered window, with blurred raindrops creating a dreamy effect on a cloudy day.
November 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
quantumkat.bsky.social
#inside the stillness of dawn.
#blueskyartshow
A misty rural landscape at dawn with a dirt path curving through grassy fields, a bare tree in the center, and warm golden sunlight filtering through the fog under a clear blue sky.
October 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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abbphotos.bsky.social
Inside a sunflower oil mill in Esna, Egypt. People bring sunflower seeds and the miller pushes to turn the stone to crush them. There's a spout where people put their jug to collect the oil. It has been the same for centuries.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Inside
#travel #egypt
#photography
#eastcoastkin
Black and white photo showing inside an old mill building with clay walls. A stooped older man is pushing a large wooden bar to turn a huge millstone around a well-worn trough.
October 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM