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@astronomyandbeer.bsky.social

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Im just your plain vanilla astrophotographer and amateur astronomer. I take pictures of the night sky and talk about beer. I am an advocate for dark skies and the reduction of light pollution. I am a civil engineer by profession and politically neutral.

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Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · 1d

First narrowband image: The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula.

25 hours of integration in the Hubble SHO palette using 6nm filters.

This one taught me how patient you have to be to see color in hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen — but when it works, it really works.

#Astrophotography #photography #bluesky #beer

A high-resolution astrophotograph of the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula, a vast column of cosmic gas and dust set against a deep star field in the constellation Cepheus. The central “trunk” curves gracefully upward like a celestial tornado, glowing in intricate shades of gold, green, and blue — the result of mapping sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen emissions into the Hubble SHO color palette. Wisps of illuminated gas stream away from the trunk’s rim, sculpted by intense ultraviolet radiation from massive young stars nearby. Fainter tendrils and filaments of dust fan outward into the surrounding nebula, giving the impression of motion frozen in time. Tiny pinpoints of starlight pepper the background — some crisp and brilliant, others faint and ghostly, scattered across the dark expanse of interstellar space. The entire scene feels alive, like a galactic storm caught mid-creation, revealing both the power and elegance of star formation nearly 2,400 light-years from Earth.

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Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · 4d

I just broke 300 followers. Yahoo!

A little slower growth than TikTok but WAY faster then the toxic wasteland that is facebook and instagram.

Anyway… thanks for the follows everyone. I appreciate it!

Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · 6d

New image coming. Finally got all of my data gathered and preprocessed. Now the fun stuff begins… making it all color. Choice of brew was A OK from the Gruner Bros. #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #bluesky

Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · 10d

I think the entire time keeping system needs to go to the UTC system. No more PM, AM or time zone. Just simply UTC.

My day would start at -7 UTC.

Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · 16d

If they could make it portable, I could see this being extremely helpful on vertical construction projects and how building will look after it is built in its proposed location

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Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · 16d

Hey there Bluesky. Its me! My first Bluesky video. Check out my clear skies! #astrophotography #photography #bluesky

Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · 16d

300s vs 600s subs in OIII: longer subs don’t give you more detail — they give you more data. Detail comes from stacking and integration. Think: subs = data, stacking = detail.

#BeginnersTip #AstronomyAndBeer #astrophotography #photography

Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · 29d

Welp… no images for you but you’re in luck. This Astronomy and Beer.

Are you ready for some football!
#bluesky #ChiefsKingdom #ArrowheadStadium #GameDayVibes #FootballSeason #NFLKickoff #RedFriday #astrophotography

Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Sep 7

Note to self. When scouting some land piece of land on the mountain to build a small observatory, buy some fuel first.

I literally rolled into the gas station! Thank the creator for gravity. 😂
#sweatingbullets #astrophotography #bluesky

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Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Aug 23

I learned from a cool grandpa and grandma. Lol

Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Aug 22

The smoke has arrived . There is a big fire 130 miles northwest of me. Im surprised we got this far into summer before getting smoke honestly.

#astrophotography

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Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Aug 18

Very cool! I am going to reprocess mine. Mine is super electric. It looks like a neon sign at a supermarket 😆

Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Aug 8

Well my next target was supposed to the Helix Nebula. But Mother Nature has a different opinion on the matter. Skies are finally dry but southern clouds are omnipresent.

Guess I’ll relocate the rig to the north side and resume operations there. #bluesky #its5o’clocksomewhere #astrophotography

Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thats a beautiful piece of optics right there

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Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Aug 1

I may reprocess this one. It looks like Pixinsight had one to many beers and barfed a color pallet on my screen. I think it's over sharpened maybe... definitely too "electric".

Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Aug 1

Throwing in the towel on this one. After 3 irritating months of bad weather and 8 separate imaging sessions, please enjoy my take on M20 - the Trifid Nebula.
9h 15m integration
RC6 with ASI2600mm and Astronomik LRGB filters
Beer: domestic nonsense
#astronomy #astrophotography #bluesky #photography

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Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Jul 31

Ohhh now I see it. Sorry. A lot is going on in this picture.. it blended in until you pointed it out.

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Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Jul 31

What do you feel is wrong with it? Besides the color of it but that can be fixed.

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Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Jul 31

Dammit… I posted then, then saw you also posted it. I thought I found the perfect gif too.

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Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Jul 31

a man wearing a helmet and goggles is sitting on a red plane and says " are you sure "

ALT: a man wearing a helmet and goggles is sitting on a red plane and says " are you sure "

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Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Jul 31

This is very cool. I like Octopath… but why don’t like Chrono Trigger. We’ve been begging for a remaster for a decade.

Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Jul 31

It's coming along. This one has been challenging for a lot of different reasons... Hoping to have this one done by this evening. #astrophotography #domesticbeer

Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Jul 22

I sort of do but it isn’t detailed per se. When I get a moment, I will do exactly that and let you know where to find it.

Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Jul 22

An potentially mess up your carefully crafted polar alignment… every time

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Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · Jul 21

WTF!!
#astrophotography

Chance of clouds: yesterday 0%, today 100% and 81% of rain.

🤬

At least there is beer in my fridge

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