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31/12/2025

2025, stitched together.
A year of chasing faint signals, committing to difficult targets, and quietly reorganizing life around the moods of the sky. This collage brings together every image captured this year, totaling 629.5 hours of integration, made possible by rare clear nights, stubborn persistence, and the opportunity to image from the
Finally, a special thanks to my buddies .almteiri
for constantly fueling the madness (I love/hate you guys for it).
Grateful for the access, the occasional cooperation from the weather, and the continued support from everyone who follows and encourages my work.

Fully aware the clouds are already drafting their response.

Which one’s your favorite?

29/12/2025

IC 2118, the Witch Head Nebula, is a faint reflection nebula in Orion that rewards patience more than force. Low contrast, subtle dust, and very little that jumps out at first glance. This is one of those targets where the real work is knowing when to stop.
Total integration time: 57 hours, 40 minutes
Total processing time: Somewhere between “why am I doing this” and “ah yes, witchcraft.” 🪄

09/11/2025

150 hours on a single frame. Three months of gathering light from something so faint it almost refuses to be seen. This is SNR G156.2+5.7, and it has been one of my most demanding projects so far.
I paired it with Daft Punk’s Veridis Quo because the title raises a simple question: to what end?
You hear it in the music. It repeats, shifts, builds, and keeps moving without telling you where it is taking you. Astrophotography feels the same. You show up night after night, collecting photons from an object that reveals itself slowly. You trust the process even when the destination is unclear.
Swipe through the panels. Each crop is a smaller piece of a much larger story. Faint filaments, drifting dust, and the quiet debris of a long-dead star. None of it forms a complete picture on its own. Together, they become something worth the journey.
This is the best version I have created so far, and I know there is still more to learn. The work continues, and that is the point.

09/11/2025

150 hours on a single frame. Three months of gathering light from something so faint it almost refuses to be seen. This is SNR G156.2+5.7, and it has been one of my most demanding projects so far.
I paired it with Daft Punk’s Veridis Quo because the title raises a simple question: to what end?
You hear it in the music. It repeats, shifts, builds, and keeps moving without telling you where it is taking you. Astrophotography feels the same. You show up night after night, collecting photons from an object that reveals itself slowly. You trust the process even when the destination is unclear.
Swipe through the panels. Each crop is a smaller piece of a much larger story. Faint filaments, drifting dust, and the quiet debris of a long-dead star. None of it forms a complete picture on its own. Together, they become something worth the journey.
This is the best version I have created so far, and I know there is still more to learn. The work continues, and that is the point.

02/08/2025

Dedicated to the Ozzy - The Prince of Darkness, who showed us that it’s not always dark.
Ozzy didn’t just scream into the void..he lit it up. Just like the massive star that exploded to create this: the Veil Nebula, 2400 light-years away.

This image is built from 81 hours of data, captured in narrow and broad band.
Swipe through to dive into the filaments.

31/05/2025

The Omega Nebula - M17

17/05/2025

C 5068 - The Forsaken Nebula
Tucked away in the rich starfields of Cygnus, this faint and forgotten cloud of cosmic dust goes by many names - but “Forsaken” fits best. No glows, no fireworks, no attention-seeking emissions. Just shadowy wisps and a stubborn refusal to be noticed. Perfect for anyone who loves underdogs…or overprocessing.

Total integration time: ~30hours
Total processing time: Somewhere between "I think I see it 🧐" and "send help 🥲"
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17/05/2025

C 5068 - The Forsaken Nebula
Tucked away in the rich starfields of Cepheus, this faint and forgotten cloud of cosmic dust goes by many names - but “Forsaken” fits best. No glows, no fireworks, no attention-seeking emissions. Just shadowy wisps and a stubborn refusal to be noticed. Perfect for anyone who loves underdogs…or overprocessing.

Total integration time: ~30hours
Total processing time: Somewhere between "I think I see it" and "send help"
. .

29/03/2025

IC 5070, the Pelican Nebula, is a giant cloud of gas and dust about 1,800 light-years away in Cygnus. Shaped suspiciously like a bird mid-thought, it’s busy cooking up new stars - space BBQ, basically.

Total integration time: 42 hours
Total processing time: Enough to memorize every filament in its feathery neck.

08/02/2025

LDN 1622, known as the Boogeyman Nebula, is a dark nebula about 500 light-years away in the constellation Orion. This dense cloud of dust blocks background starlight, creating an eerie silhouette against the faint glow of Barnard’s Loop. Unlike emission nebulae, it doesn’t shine—it hides.

Total integration time: 37 hours, 14 minutes
Total processing time: Long enough to start seeing things in the shadows! 👀
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