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@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.

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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you ✨

Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, SkyWatcher : the entry-level model.

Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much Mary🙏

Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 1d

💫M33 : the Triangulum Galaxy

One of the most distant objects visible to the naked eye under very dark skies (~2.7 million ly away).

🔭Captured last summer with my 130/900 Newtonian and a Sony A7S / 24 hours total integration.

@kat-astro-bot.bsky.social what do you see ?

A detailed astrophotograph of the Triangulum Galaxy (M33), a spiral galaxy seen nearly face-on against a field of countless stars. Its bright yellow-white core fades into loosely wound spiral arms with blue star-forming regions and a distinct pink nebula, NGC 604, near the upper right of the core. The background is deep black, dotted with sharp points of starlight.

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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely stunning! 🐝✨ The detail and color are incredible

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Mary Dineen 📷 𓀡𓆀 @marysunshineisgone.bsky.social · 4d

That face

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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 3d

And excellent shot by the way, bravo Julien✨

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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 3d

Good idea, doesn’t look too hard. I’m up for it👍

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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you 🙏 I'm traveling to China for work

Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 3d

Behind the golden arches
In the shadow of global comfort, unseen hands keep the city alive.
Shanghai, 2025

Black-and-white photograph of a man pedaling a heavily loaded tricycle cart stacked with cardboard and boxes through a city intersection. Behind him, modern glass buildings and a McDonald’s sign stand in contrast, symbolizing the unseen labor supporting urban consumer life.

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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 4d

🙏✨

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Michael R Photography 🌿 @msriffle.bsky.social · 4d

Open the shutter and #relax for today's #BlueSkyArtShow. It's easy when it's dead calm with crisp cool air about and no mosquitoes. #infrared #ir #fullspectrum #photography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #reflections #longexposure

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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 @churchstreetimages.com · 4d

While I'm in the woods if I happen on water I'll sit and watch it like TV till the light fails. #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Relax all day Saturday. Link to the feed in comments.
#photography #nature #water

Water in a stream rolling over a smooth rock and bubbling up below

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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing shot, love the infrared effect.

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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 4d

On the Canal du Midi, the journey isn’t about moving fast, but about learning to #relax .
#blueskyartshow

A peaceful canal scene with houseboats moored along the tree-lined waterway. The reflections of the boats and lush green trees ripple gently on the calm surface, creating a tranquil and serene atmosphere.

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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you so much ☺️

Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 4d

🙏✨Thank you

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skinskin @skinskintainan.bsky.social · 4d

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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 4d

Sometimes the best seat is the quiet one.
#relax #blueskyartshow

A person sits calmly on the stone ruins of a cliffside terrace, gazing at hot air balloons floating across a wide green valley under dramatic dark clouds at sunset.

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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 5d

Between shadows and lights, Paris breathes.
#BNW #StreetPhotography #NightPhotography #Paris #MotionBlur #UrbanStories

Black-and-white street photograph of Théâtre Montparnasse in Paris. People are sitting at café tables under umbrellas, others stand chatting in front, while a blurred motorbike passes by in the foreground, contrasting stillness and motion.

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South of the Border Gringo @sbgphotography.bsky.social · 8d

Meanwhile in Chile... It was a dark and starry night.

#AlphabetChallenge #dome #WeekNforNights #geodesic #sbgphotography #photography

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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 6d

Wow amazing 🤩

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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social · 6d

Daniel 'Anachronism' (Surgeon, 2020) -- At the First Major Break in Transmission Rates, Most NYC'ers Ventured Out to See Friends or Acquaintances & Get Some Fresh Air, UWS, Manhattan, NYC

#HumansOfBlueSky ✨

#Photography #Portraiture
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

portrait of a young german american male model wearing a black mandarin collared shirt and white polka-dot face mask against a light background

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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 6d

Wow amazing capture ✨

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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 6d

Walking in Shanghai streets on a Sunday afternoon, not far from Yuyuan Garden
#Shanghai #StreetPhotography #ChinaStreets #BlackAndWhitePhotography

Two young women in traditional Chinese dresses walk side by side through a Shanghai street, captured in black and white with a motion blur effect that highlights their graceful presence against the modern urban backdrop.

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