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TwilightMoons Astronomy
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Amateur astronomer, astrophotographer, and science communicator, showcasing the universe to the public.
The cosmos around us is just waiting to be explored.
The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a grouping of interstellar clouds with different nebulae, including emission, reflection, and dark nebulae, about 460 light years, a closest star-forming regions to us.

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June 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The Triangulum Galaxy (Messier 33) is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum.
In dark skies, this is the most distant object that can be seen with the naked eye.

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June 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a star-forming region about 460 ly away from us, towards the center of the galaxy.

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June 23, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Young moon at sunset, Maunakea, Hawai'i.
The yellow haze is from Kīlauea erupting at the time, spewing sulfur dioxide into the air.

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June 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
June 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Sunset with the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) on Maunakea, Hawai'i.

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June 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Sunset on Maunakea, Hawai'i.
From left to right, the Subaru, Keck I, and Keck II, observatories.

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June 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
47 Tucanae, a giant globular cluster deep in southern skies, hidden from most sites in the northern hemisphere. Imaged with a rented telescope from Australia.

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47 Tucanae
An astrophotograph by TwilightMoons Astronomy on AstroBin
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January 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Just before the occultation of Mars by the Moon, from January 13, 2025.

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Start of Moon-Mars Occultation
An astrophotograph by TwilightMoons Astronomy on AstroBin
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January 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Timelapse of the Moon-Mars occultation from Monday night.

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Moon-Mars Occultation of January 13, 2025
YouTube video by Fort Worth Astronomical Society
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January 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Marsrise over the Moon.
The end of the occulation from last night.

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January 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
About to start the livestream in a few more minutes. Clear, with a very bright moon in the sky.

www.youtube.com/live/ePRit92...

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January 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
About to go live for the Fort Worth Astronomical Society - Mars-Moon Occultation viewing!

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January 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The California Nebula (NGC 1499 is a rather large emission nebula in Perseus, about 1,000 light years away. The name comes from how it rather resembles the state of California, being almost 2.5 dregrees wide, but only 1 degree across

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NGC 1499 - California Nebula
An astrophotograph by TwilightMoons Astronomy on AstroBin
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January 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Alnitak, the Horsehead and the Flame.
Orion's Belt and nearby objects are part of the Orion Molecular Cloud complex, a star-forming region of gas and dust in the winter Milky Way.
There is also a little MAC galaxy in the image - bonus points to whoever can find it!
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Alnitak, the Horsehead, and the Flame
An astrophotograph by Chris Mlodnicki on AstroBin
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January 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Soon to start posting astrophotography, live viewing, image stacking and processing, and more from North Texas.

Some kit to start - Celestron 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain with a Starizona Hyperstar v4 and ZWO ASI2600MC-Pro (hidden behind the dewshield) on an iOptron CEM60EC mount, 70mm guidescope.
January 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM