Prathamesh Jaju

14/10/2026

closest to heaven that I’ll ever be…

[ milkyway, photography, timelapse, nightsky, reels, astronomy, hi bubya, astrophotography, stars, Himalayas, universe, space, ladakh, nightsky, india, ISRO, NASA]

14/10/2026

show me a better spot, I’ll wait… 🥱
[ milkyway, photography, timelapse, nightsky, reels, astronomy, astrophotography, stars, Himalayas, universe, space, ladakh, nightsky, india, ISRO, NASA]

14/10/2026

Okay, I’m way overdue posting this, but it’s too special not to share. 🌙

Back in June, I got featured in Destino: La Luna at the Elder Museum of Science and Technology, Gran Canaria — and I was there in person to see it! The exhibition commemorated the 50th anniversary of NASA transferring the Canary Islands Space Centre in Maspalomas to Spain’s national aerospace institute, INTA. The Maspalomas centre was the first NASA space centre in Europe, and it played a crucial role during the Apollo missions — communications between Earth and Apollo 11 during the Moon landing were monitored from right there. Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins even visited Gran Canaria after the mission to thank the team personally.

The centre is still operational today, supporting satellite navigation, precision meteorology, and international maritime rescue missions.

Pretty incredible place to have had my work featured. 🌙

A huge thank you to for this amazing opportunity and hosting me at the Canary Islands 🙏

Also got to meet this incredible man, Valeriano Claros-Guerra. 🌙

A Spanish engineer who oversaw communications at Maspalomas Station, Gran Canaria, for NASA’s Apollo missions. He was among the first ears on Earth to hear the astronauts’ voices coming from the Moon, managing the signal link between the Apollo crew and Houston. He supported Apollo 10 all the way through Apollo 17, including the Apollo 11 Moon landing on 20 July 1969. Later in his career he joined ESA, directed their tracking stations across Spain, and oversaw the construction of their deep space antenna network.

Getting to hear his stories firsthand, about what it was like to be part of that moment in history, had so much fun listening to him.

The team that made this happen ✨

Honestly one of the best mornings of that trip. 🌙

Talked Astronomy, Space, and somehow Star Wars too, with high school students in Gran Canaria…

Also got to visit the INTA station in Maspalomas, the site that started it all. 🌙

This is where NASA’s first space centre in Europe once stood, and where the signals from Apollo 11 were tracked

22/06/2026

22/06/2026

all in all, it's just another brick in the wall.

📸 : .rana_

18/06/2026

Blood Moon, 2025✨

The past few days leading up to the eclipse were tough, with clouds and shifting skies making it uncertain. We were continuously tracking the weather through every app we could, hoping for a break. Anyone who follows astronomy knows how rare it is to get clear conditions on the exact night of an astronomical phenomenon — let alone something as special as a Super Blood Moon.

But luck worked in our favor. On the night of the eclipse, the skies cleared and gave us a perfect view.

We ended up driving 200 km from Pune to Pandharpur, chasing clear skies — and every kilometer paid off.

18/06/2026

nights like these remind us just how small we are in the universe ✨

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Sony A7iii astromodified
Sigma 35mm F/1.4
Stack of 30 exposures
10s | ISO 3200 | f/1.4

[ milkyway, snow mountains, photography, cosmos, nightsky, india, astronomy, astrophotography, stars, Himalayas, universe, space, hanle, ladakh, nightsky, zanskar, india, ISRO, NASA]

18/06/2026

Highlights of 2025 ✨

2025 was one of my strongest years behind the camera. Not because of outcomes alone, but because of everything it demanded along the way. Long nights, failed attempts, better questions, and a deeper understanding of both the sky and the process.

I learned new techniques, refined old ones, and spent time with people who pushed my thinking and my work forward. Somewhere between wide horizons and distant nebulae, the universe quietly reinforced a simple idea: perspective matters. When you spend enough time looking outward, a lot of the noise closer to home starts to feel smaller.

Grateful for the light, the lessons, and the patience this year required.

[ 2025, milkyway, moon, photography, cosmos, nightsky, india, astronomy, astrophotography, stars, universe, space, deep space, telescope, galaxy, nebula, comet, sky, india, ISRO, NASA, solar system, andromeda galaxy]

18/06/2026

A Beautiful Galactic Collision - The Antennae Galaxies ✨

The Antennae Galaxies are two spiral galaxies in the process of merging, located roughly 45 million light years away in the constellation Corvus.

When they first began their collision, complex life hadn’t yet emerged on Earth. Dinosaurs hadn’t existed. And yet this slow-motion catastrophe has been unfolding ever since, two galaxies pulling, stretching, and tearing each other apart under gravity.

The gravitational interaction has drawn out two long, curving tidal tails of stars and gas, and from our line of sight, they arc into something that looks unmistakably like a heart. No design. Just physics, gravity, and 600 million years of chaos producing something that looks almost tender.

During collisions like this, gas clouds compress violently, triggering intense bursts of star formation. The bright knots and blue regions visible in this image are nurseries, regions where new stars are being born directly out of destruction. Billions of stars displaced. Entire solar systems disrupted. And new ones being created in the aftermath.

It’s moments like these, staring at events of this scale, that make every problem we carry on Earth feel incredibly small. In the grand scheme of this universe, we are a fleeting blip. And somehow, that’s the most freeing thought there is.

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Telescope : GSO RC 10inch Truss Tube
Camera : ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro with ZWO EFW
Mount : Warpastron WD20
Filters : Antlia 3nm Ha & LRGB filters
Other Accessories: ZWO ASIAIR, OAG, ASI290mm

Acquisition Details
Luminance : 8h (300s subs)
RGB : 2h 30m (180s subs)
Hα : 2h (300s subs)
Total Integration : ~12.5 hours
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[Astronomy, NASA, space, Telescope, reels, photography, Astro, Cosmos, universe, Astrophotography, nightsky, nebula, stars, galaxies, heart shaped galaxy, star clusters, photography, ISRO, india, pune, ]

18/06/2026

a brief moment in time when everything feels aligned…

[milkyway, moon, photography, cosmos, nightsky, india, astronomy, astrophotography, stars, universe, space, deep space, telescope, nebula, sky, india, ISRO, NASA, nightsky,ladakh, zanskar valley, ladakh diaries, himalayas, mountains, sunset, golden hour, star gazing, dark sky]