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Panagiotis Xipteras

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💯 Amateur astro, travel and tech geek, content creator, Earth🌿 and space advocate, AI adopter, photo editor, equipment reviewer, encouraging visionary, no politics. Website: https://www.xipteras.com

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 20h

From Black Forest, Germany #travelphotography

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 1d

Moon and Jupiter in Gemini on 14/10/2025. #planets #stars This is roughly what it #stargazing looks like through binoculars.

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 1d

Awesome 🌒

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 1d

The Moon meets Jupiter in Gemini constellation, 14.10.2025 #planets #stars

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 1d

The Moon meets Jupiter in Gemini constellation, 14.10.2025 #planets #stars

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 1d

NGC 7789, also called Caroline’s Rose, unfurls in Cassiopeia like a pale blossom strewn with diamond dust. Its 15,000 #stars form a large, rich open cluster which is best viewed using a ... com.xipteras.org/Astronomy/Op...

Caroline´s Rose

NGC 7789, also called Caroline’s Rose, unfurls in Cassiopeia like a pale blossom strewn with diamond dust. Its 15,000 stars form a large, rich open cluster which is best viewed using a wide-field tele...

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 1d

The Moon is in the Last Quarter phase tonight, passing through the constellation of Gemini, ~373000 km away from us. #moonphase

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 2d

🌹✨ Carolines Rose #stars

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 3d

The Sun is showing some sunspots today, even though it is cloudy.

Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 3d

🦉 The early bird catches the worm.
#MotivationalQuotes

THE OWL - Image by Panagiotis Xipteras, http://www.xipteras.com, Sony 50mm 1.2 GM lens, Sony A7III camera.

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 4d

You chased wings, but caught the sky.
Too late is never. #motivational #bluesky

Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 4d

Nebular Shores — NGC 7000 and IC 5070 #nebulae #spacephoto

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 4d

NGC7000 #spacephoto #nebulae Check out how my telescope is building up a mosaic of it during the observation. ✨🔭

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 5d

The North America and Pelican nebulae, as captured by my robotic telescope in the early hours while I was asleep! Enjoy the #stars #Vespera2!

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 5d

#moonlight

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 6d

The Moon is in the Waning Gibbous phase tonight, passing through the constellation of Pisces, ~356000 km away from us. #moonphase

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 6d

Sorry, (almost) no sunspots today.

Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 6d

The Sun, today. ☀️🔭

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 6d

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). 9 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

A green comet at centre. Numerous star dots.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 7d

Waning Gibbous Moon. 2029UT 8 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

The Moon at waning gibbous phase on a dark background.

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 7d

Sirius

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 7d

These days, you can spot ⭐️ #Venus early in the morning.

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 8d

Half a million stars, all together. #Messier13 #stars

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 9d

It's worth processing photos. #astrophotography

Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 9d

NGC6888 Cygni ✨
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Photo: 4,3 hours total exposure with a #Vespera2 telescope and a 2" IDAS LPS D1 filter mounted on the scope via a customized adapter, actually reducing its aperture to 46mm and f/5.4, #stars taken from my tiny rooftop observatory in Germany. com.xipteras.org/Engineering/...

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