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@AJamesMcCarthy Orion M42/M43 is such a gift, layers of structure and signal just waiting to be interpreted. Loved your note about “true color” in this post. Would you be willing to share how you approached color assignment (channel mapping / nm ranges) and capture details?

Here's my final image of the year- a detailed true color portrait of The Great Orion Nebula. Visible to the naked eye to the entire world during winter months, this is a gorgeous target for astronomers of all skill levels. Happy new year!

Orion Nebula (M42) captured with the ZWO Seestar S30 Pro smart telescope — 4 hours of total acquisition time. #scopetrader #astrophotography #smarttelescope #NASA #Science #SeestarS30

Seestar S30 Pro just did THIS. #SeestarS30pro #seestar_astro #Astronomy #SmartTelescope

ZWO has just released new cameras and binoculars with the ASI585MM Air, ASI4400MC Pro and the new Seestar Binoculars arriving for astrophotographers who want full frame options, portable imaging and easy sky viewing in a fresh set of tools. scopetrader.com/asi585mm-air,-…

Did you guys know we’re going to the moon in a few months? Like Artemis II is actually happening, not some theoretical plan with hardware that still needs to be developed. The rocket is built and waiting to take the crew to the moon. First time since 1972. This is a big deal!

Lbn528 and Lbn532, dark nebulae in the constellation Cepheus. Light:149x600" #Optolong L-Ultimate filter Light:215x300"Optolong L-Pro filter Light:89x300"Optolong L-Qef #filter Total: 50h:10m Dark:30x600‘-30x300’ Flat and Dark-Flat:45x5" for each filter Credit:Federico Boninsegna

@baader_astro @Celestron Deep dive into RASA technology here: scopetrader.com/rasa-telescope…

Jetzt lieferbar: @Celestron RASA 6! Ultraschnelles f/2,2-System, nur 3,8 kg Gewicht & perfekt für #DeepSky & Live-Stacking – der kompakteste #RASA liefert maximale Leistung im kleinsten Format. 👉 celestron.de/rasa-6zoll-row… 👉 Komplett-Set: celestron.de/celestron-adva… #Astrofotografie

3I/ATLAS！ Ben Frederick captured the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS 📸 Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro 🔭 Telescope: Askar 71F 📍 Bortle 4/5 skies Processing: PixInsight + RC Astro plug-ins 57 × 60s exposures @ gain 100, –14 °C #ZWO #ASI533MCPro #Astrophotography #Comet #3IATLAS

The October 2025 issue of ScopeTrader just dropped and we got the Biscuit! scopetrader.com/magazine/octob…

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Live in Australia, do this! scopetrader.com/australians-ur…

September issue is here! scopetrader.com/magazine/septe…

@zwoastro I love seeing a camera as aged as the 1600 still producing jaw-dropping images. It's easy to get wrapped up in megapixels and forget about capability!

SH2-63 Captured by Alejo Navarro with a ZWO ASI1600MM Pro and William Optics GTF 81. Sh2-63 is a dark nebula about 700 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. Someone call it the Stingray Nebula, as it resembles a graceful ray gliding through space.

Sh2-115 in SHO It's a visible emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, 7,500 light years from our solar system. Shots taken with #3nm filters with a full moon. 🔭 Askar fra600 reduced f3.9 📷Zwo Asi 2600mm ⚙️Zwo Am5 #Optolong filters 3nm Ha O3 S2 Credit: Gianni Lacroce #SHO

Thanks for the write up @scopetrader 💪🏼 “AUSTRALIANS URGED TO SIGN PETITION EN7346 ON LIGHT POLLUTION” scopetrader.com/australians-ur…

One big question I got about the observatory is if we have ever pointed all the scopes at one spot? The answer is yes! This is the result of one such effort, 1650 hours of exposure in Ursa Major!

November issue is here! Check out all that is happening in amature astronomy. scopetrader.com/magazine/novem…

Why everyone should own a Redcat! scopetrader.com/redcat-51-astr…