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Astrophotographer & space content creator 🔭
Night sky photography • deep-space objects
Captured from my backyard 🌠

04/21/2026

M94 Croc’s Eye Galaxy. What gives it that “eye” appearance is the bright central core surrounded by a dense ring of star formation, where new stars are actively being born. At the very center lies a supermassive black hole, influencing the flow of gas and shaping the galaxy’s structure over millions of years.

Scope: Askar 71F
Camera: ZWO ASI585MC Pro
Filter: Optolong L-Pro
Processed: Pixinsight, Photoshop
Light Frames: 220x180

03/30/2026

Shot this using the Seestar S30 Pro. Definitely impressed with both its solar and lunar images so far. Something about lunar images that makes me smile. Can’t wait to really test this smart scope out once nebula season comes back around. But so far I’m enjoying what it’s able to do.

03/25/2026

The stunning Sunflower Galaxy (M63) captured in incredible detail 🌻✨ Located in the constellation Canes Venatici, this flocculent spiral galaxy reveals its beautifully fragmented arms, glowing core, and subtle star-forming regions. Shot through deep-sky imaging, this target showcases delicate dust lanes and a textured structure that makes M63 one of the most visually unique galaxies in the night sky.

This image highlights millions of distant stars, cosmic dust, and the faint outer halo surrounding the galaxy—reminding us of the immense scale and beauty of the universe. A true gem for astrophotography and deep space exploration.

Scope: Askar 71F
Camera: ZWO ASI585MC Pro
Filter: Optolong L-Pro
Processed: Pixinsight, Photoshop
Light Frames: 220x180

03/21/2026

Tried out mosaic mode on the Seestar S30 Pro. This is just 1 hour of integration time on the Orion complex.

Smart telescopes are the way to go for beginners to learn with. Or even veterans who want a light weight portable rig that can go anywhere you go. It’s truly an all in one user friendly system.

Imagine what 4 hours would look like.

03/18/2026

“Bode’s Galaxy (M81) ✨ 12 million light-years away. 🔭🌌

03/13/2026

Testing out the new Seestar S30 Pro in Equatorial Mode. 30 second exposures make a difference. Just 5 hours on M106. How many Galaxies can you spot?

03/12/2026

Our Star Up Close ☀️

My first detailed solar astrophotography image of the Sun captured with the SeeStar S30 Pro telescope, revealing the dynamic texture of the solar photosphere. This high-resolution view highlights visible sunspots and solar granulation across the glowing solar disk. Sunspots—cooler regions created by intense magnetic field activity—appear along the lower portion of the Sun, showing the constant motion and energy within our nearest star.

03/09/2026

Bode’s Galaxy (M81) 🌌

Located about 12 million light-years away in Ursa Major, Bode’s Galaxy is a stunning grand-design spiral galaxy with a glowing golden core and sweeping blue spiral arms filled with billions of stars and interstellar dust. This deep-sky capture reveals the intricate structure and subtle star-forming regions that make M81 one of the most beautiful galaxies visible from Earth.

Scope: Askar 71F
Camera: ZWO ASI585MC Pro
Filter: Optolong L-Pro
Processed: Pixinsight, Photoshop
Light Frames: 390x120

03/04/2026

Betelgeuse — a red supergiant star in Orion, about 700 light-years away.
One day it will explode as a supernova… and we’ll see it shine brighter than the Moon.
We’re witnessing a giant nearing the end of its life. 🔥✨

02/28/2026

What looks like a simple bubble in space… is actually a star unleashing unimaginable force.

The Bubble Nebula, located over 7,000 light-years away, is formed by a massive star blasting stellar winds at over 4 million miles per hour—carving a glowing sphere out of surrounding gas and dust.

And that “bubble”?
It’s about 7 light-years across… large enough to engulf our entire solar system many times over.

Space isn’t silent.
It’s powerful. It’s chaotic. It’s violently beautiful.

02/22/2026

A crisp deep-sky capture of the Beehive Cluster (M44 / Praesepe) in the constellation Cancer, showcasing a dense field of blue-white and golden stars. This open cluster, about 577 light-years away, reveals rich stellar detail, natural star color, and sharp diffraction spikes, highlighting the beauty of deep space astrophotography and stellar evolution

Scope: Askar 71F
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Filter: Optolong L-Pro
Processed: Pixinsight, Photoshop
Light Frames: 180x150

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