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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 11h

I'm reprocessing some old data with new tools. I imaged the Horsehead and Flame Nebulae in 2022 using my 61mm refractor with a dual narrowband filter and without. #Astro #Photography

A curtain of deep red with a dark shadow like a horse's head next to a maple-leaf shaped flame orange pattern against a background of stars

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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 8d

This is the Deer Lick group of galaxies visible in Pegasus, with NGC 7331 in the foreground. This is not a "true" galaxy group as the individual galaxies are not interacting gravitationally. #Astro, #Photography

A spiral galaxy with bluish arms and white central disc centered among a field of stars and other fuzzy galaxies.

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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 17d

I wonder if it may have occured to Rep. Swalwell that the Republican may have been lying? After all, he's a Republican representative.

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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 18d

The Heart Nebula and surrounding clouds of ionized hydrogen, imaged for a total of 24.5 hours from my backyard. #Astro, #Photography

A heart-shaped red cloud against a backdrop of stars

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 28d

Fresh dew on a Smooth Aster, Symphyotrichum racemosa. #NativePlants, #Photography

Daisy-like flower with dew drops on the petals

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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 28d

This is M15, the Pegasus globular cluster. Somewhere in there is a planetary nebula and possibly a black hole at its center. #Astrophotography

A dense ball of stars centered against a sparse star field with a few bright stars

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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 28d

This female Nashville Warbler visited this morning. #Birds, #Photography

Gray-headed bird with yellow breast and undertail feathers, white belly, pale eye ring perched facing down and to the left diagonally6 on a twig with some yellow triangular leaves.

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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 29d

Clouded Sulphur butterfly on the pink form of New England Aster #NativePlants, #Butterflies

Pale yellow butterfly with pink accent marks and green eyes on bright pink flowers with yellow centers

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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 29d

Playing peek-a-boo with an immature Red-eyed Vireo #Birds, #Photography

Bird with yellow undertail feathers, green back, white belly, white stripe above the eye and peeking from behind some twigs.

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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · Sep 20

Bumblebee loading up on pollen from New England Aster #NativePlants

Yellow and black fuzzy bee on a flower with pink rays and yellow disc

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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · Sep 20

A late Monarch caterpillar munching on Swamp Milkweed #NativePlants

A black yellow and white caterpillar sandwiched between two green leaves

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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · Sep 19

The region between the constellations Cassiopeia and Cepheus has some wonderful emission nebulae , including the bubble nebula (bottom center) and the lobster claw nebula (left center) among others. This is about 10.5 hours of exposure from my back yard. #Astrophotography