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@AJamesMcCarthy Very true, be good to have the raw image/images, would love to tinker with that data.

@PilotHangar Doesn't help for cosmic rays strikes!

The eclipse photo taken by the Artemis II crew has a lot of bright spots in the dark disc of the moon. Those aren't stars! Those are hot pixels- caused by the high ISO of the shot and exacerbated by the cosmic rays passing through the spacecraft and the camera sensor.

@SAFC1973Mayenda @DrMarianaClaire As is my 3090, £3000 for an equivalent replacement.....more than my entire PC cost 5 years ago.

You just know your mate has been on the glue when he asks if he can 'borrow' your 5070 until he gets one of his own. 🤣🤣🤣

@AJamesMcCarthy Can't wait for the skies to clear here in the UK. Love doing Solar with my Quark and Player One Apollo-M Max

This is how it looks in real time as I capture these shots The bandpass of light is so narrow it has to be captured using a monochrome camera, and the chromosphere of the sun is shown as a silhouette so I invert it, which is why the sunspot is bright spot here.

@AJamesMcCarthy That's the stretch goal right there!! Epic as ever. Ps the calendar looks epic on my wall as I capture the first subs of 2026!

@PilotHangar Here’s some motivation for you 🤪 Same lens as you, aps-c, shot in SHO

This wasn't captured by Hubble or JWST. My first photo of 2026 shows the stunning Elephant Trunk nebula, a tower of hydrogen gas spawning new stars deep within. Captured using a simple telescope from my suburban backyard. You don't need to go to space to explore the universe.

@AJamesMcCarthy Thanks Andrew!! Nowhere near your level and this is just with an APS-C IMX571 OSC and a dual narrowband. Will get into widedield mono one day!

@PilotHangar Gorgeous!!

Post a picture YOU took. Just a pic. No description.

@AJamesMcCarthy It's arrived safe and sound after quite the journey to the UK! Keep up the great work and clear skies!

@AJamesMcCarthy Hi Andrew, Somerset, UK! So no worries. It'll get here when it gets here and I'm sure it'll be epic!! Keep up the great work.

@PilotHangar You’re in Somerset? Those can take a bit due to the consolidated shipping method I used to keep costs down. It *should* arrive well before then, but if it doesn’t look like it will feel free to send me an email and I’ll send another overnight at no cost.

People keep sending me photos of their calendars arriving and it makes me so happy. I poured a lot of effort into the calendars this year, I’m glad it wasn’t wasted 🫶

@AJamesMcCarthy Seems to be doing a grand tour of Cali for the past week 🤣

@AJamesMcCarthy Mine seems to be stuck in transit at the moment. Looking forward to it arriving....hopefully before Christmas

BREAKING NEWS… Just come across a hotel toaster in Middlesbrough where the bread only needed putting through once. #miracle

@DJSnM The only sound better than a merlin engine.....more merlins!

Not often that I see 3 P51s

@AstroBackyard Sure have Trevor, it's hiding in here somewhere.....Great capture as ever!

Have you ever photographed this one before? 🤔 Say hello to Wolf-Rayet 134 in Cygnus! The WR catalog objects are known for their bubble-like shells of gas surrounding them. This is my latest attempt from the backyard, with a healthy amount of overall exposure time (by my standards) 😄 If you want to try this one yourself, look for it between the well-photographed Crescent Nebula and the Tulip Nebula. Who knew, right? 13.5 Hours Total Exposure (HOO + RGB Stars) Camera: bit.ly/4lMy93S Telescope: bit.ly/4aVL1QR Mount: bit.ly/40ts8AO

@AJamesMcCarthy Thanks Andrew! I'm always impressed with what a budget 8inch Newtonian (Sky-Watcher 200P-DS) can deliver with the right camera and filters. M33 with a CDK will be mesmerising! Which one is it?

@PilotHangar Absolutely gorgeous m33. Can’t wait to shoot this with the cdk.

I wanted to remind you of something. I’m not an astrophysicist. I’m a dropout. I don’t think I have abnormal intelligence. I’m just a guy that bought a cheap telescope and learned how to use it. I’m as average as it gets- the universe is as accessible to me as it is to you.

@AJamesMcCarthy Is that the Baby Eagle Nebula I can see left of centre? 🤔. Epic capture as ever! 🔥🔥

There is so much going on around the Pleiades that becomes evident with long exposures! Taurus is home to massive clouds of interstellar dust.

@AJamesMcCarthy Beautifully controlled Alnitak in this. Stunning as ever!! And to be fair anyone could dispel this myth with a DSLR and a tripod. Just shoot a 6s exposure of the great orion nebula and you see colours before even touching the sliders in your image editing software of choice.

Trying to dispel myths about astrophotos is a challenge. The presumption that everything in space is gray and color needs to be added manually has been hammered into people by years of poor science communication. Space is colorful, folks!

@jm_stout You shouldn't be astounded, it's an incredible piece of writing! Very well deserved, Jen. Congrats!!

Totally astounded to have won this!