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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 3h

a close up of a man 's face with a slight wrinkle in his forehead

Alt: Derek Zoolander flashing his trademark "Blue Steel" look

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 5h

Nice! It's been a good week for processing with all the rain and clouds...

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 11h

This awesome planetary nebula is Helix Nebula. It is roughly 200 light years from Earth and is located in the Aquarius constellation in our skies.

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#astrophotography #nebula #helix #eye #space #telescope #touptek #skywatcherUSA

Helix Nebula is planetary nebula located roughly 200 light years from Earth. This image was captured using a monochrome camera and narrowband filters.

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 1d

More lovely critters from a September night dive.

#underwaterPhotography #squid #fish #nightdiving #scuba #olympus #macro

Longfin squid showing off its hover skills

A winter flounder shot at f/3.5 to produce that blurry background

Northern pipefish shot at f/3.5 for a shallow depth of field

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 1d

Some lovely critters from a September night dive. The juvenile sea raven was a highlight!

#underwaterPhotography #squid #fish #trunkfish #nightdiving #scuba #olympus #macro

A juvenile sea raven - I think this is the first I've ever seen!

Buffalo trunkfish hovering above the kelp - so cute! Look at those pouty lips.

A beautiful longfin squid in the water column. Each of those dots can change color rapidly!

Tiny northern puffer in the water column

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 2d

Love this. I know we're just one state, but I appreciate the local commitment to doing what we can!

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 2d

Marine mammals in a bar? How otterly ridiculous.

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 2d

Here it is, your daily squid.

A bunch of otters sit at a bar drinking silly cocktails. One is reading a book, one has an urchin in the cocktail the other has a pink squid

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 3d

Local nighttime critters

#underwaterPhotography #squid #fish #nightdiving #scuba #olympus #crabs 🦑 📷

This windowpane flounder was seemingly getting pestered by these hermit crabs. When it turned to move away from my lights, it flicked the hermit crab off.

A surf clam buried in the sand with its siphon sticking out to filter food from the water column.

One of many radiated shannies spotted on this dive. Not sure what was going on, but many were out in the open.

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 3d

Several tropical friends spotted on a night dive in mid-September, along with some local favorites.

#underwaterPhotography #fish #nightdiving #scuba #olympus 🦑 📷

A short bigeye makes a fall appearance in the warm New England waters

Hake are a fairly common find on night dives, but this one had a skeleton shrimp on its side (weird!)

A tiny tropical butterflyfish in the water column

A coronetfish visiting from warmer waters - I've never seen the stripes before!

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 4d

Here's a squid pic from a recent night dive 🦑

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 7d

This image of the 88% waxing moon was taken on 2025-10-03 and showcases the reason I prefer partial moons over full moons: check out Aristarchus crater shining in near total darkness on the left side!

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#astrophotography #moon #craters #luna 🔭 📷

An 88% waxing moon with a single crater shining brightly out of the darkness on the left side. Depending on the sun angle, certain prominent craters may still be illuminated while the low-lying area around it is in shadow.

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 7d

Solar image from 2025-10-04 - I checked out these sunspots with my eclipse glasses, but they're better with some magnification 😎

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#astrophotography #sun #solar #solarsystem #star #sunspots #touptek #skywatcherUSA 📷 🔭

Full disk monochrome solar image colorized orange with assorted sunspots dotting the surface in several groups.

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 10d

Cygnus is a beautiful region of space, with tons of stars and rich nebulosity. With the significantly smaller FOV of my mono camera, I focused on Pelican Nebula this time around.

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#astrophotography #nebula #space #colorful #cygnus 🔭 📷

Pelican Nebula in the beautiful Cygnus constellation

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 10d

Cygnus is a beautiful region of space, with tons of stars and rich nebulosity. With the significantly smaller FOV of my mono camera, I focused on Pelican Nebula this time around.

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#astrophotography #nebula #space #colorful #cygnus 🔭 📷

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 12d

These sunspots are visible with the naked eye through eclipse glasses! This image was captured earlier today. Aurora activity seems fairly quiet tonight, but maybe that will change.

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#astrophotography #sunspots #sun #star #solar #solarsystem #skywatcherUSA 🔭 📷

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 13d

Picked up a shiny Ford Mach-e before the US EV rebate disappeared. Looking forward to many adventures using the power of the sun from our rooftop panels!

#ev #ford #green #solarpower #carphotography

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 13d

I always thought "common octopus" was demeaning, although their scientific name makes it seem like they have a potty mouth 🤣

Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 13d

It's awfully nice up there. Our big ol' rock satellite is pretty sweet too!

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 14d

I captured this on 2025-09-29, but didn't get around to posting because it's been a busy couple days. Lots of sunspot activity and my phone has been buzzing quite a bit with aurora alerts!
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#sun #sunspots #cme #northernlights #solarsystem #astrophotography 🔭 📷

Busy day on the sun! Lots of sunspots dotting the surface and firing some stuff at us to set off my aurora alerts.

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 15d

Not all pictures are winners. This is a northern pipefish, straight on, with focus somehow on the tiny snail on top of its head. I mean, just look at those googly eyes 😂

#fail #badFocus #pipefish #fish #underwaterPhotography #macro 🦑 📷

A northern pipefish emerging from some sea lettuce with a tiny snail hat

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 18d

This is Triangulum Galaxy (M33) in mono LRGB. This visually large galaxy fits perfectly in my FOV and shows a ton of detail with this setup.

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#galaxy #dso #triangulum #space #astrophotography #touptek #skywatcherUSA 🔭 📷

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 17d

When I was using my Dobsonian for visual, I could find Andromeda pretty easily, but never managed to find this one in Bortle 5. It shows up even in relatively short exposures with a camera.

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 17d

This was 4h L, 3 hours each in RGB. I read something that suggested 2x L, but I haven't modified my templates yet

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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 18d

Yeah, having your "ground" eaten isn't ideal 😄

Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 18d

This is Triangulum Galaxy (M33) in mono LRGB. This visually large galaxy fits perfectly in my FOV and shows a ton of detail with this setup.

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#galaxy #dso #triangulum #space #astrophotography #touptek #skywatcherUSA 🔭 📷

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