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Banalingus
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Long Beach CA.

Astrophotography and musings from the recrudescent Dark Age
M74, Phantom Galaxy. 32 million lightyears from Earth.

#astrophotography
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
*Could* threaten? It's a stinkburger WaPo.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Good lord. A literal "dickhead"
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
None of these snakes are over 50
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Video I made last year of astro pics, all captured under the bortle 8 skies of Long Beach 😄

#astrophotography
#astronomy
#longbeach
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Yeah. Last month they gave George Santos the Nelson Mandela treatment.
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Lol
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Lol
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Ballot Drop Box locations, Los Angeles County.

Nice living in state that encourages its citizens to vote, unlike some others.

#YesOn50
October 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
FYI
October 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Relax. NYT says there are "others"
October 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
To wit
October 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Triangulum Galaxy this weekend over Long Beach. I tried combining broadband and narrowband frames in PixInsight with mixed results. Someday I hope to make the leap to a mono camera. Friggin tariffs made this hobby way more expensive.

#astrophotography
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Coming 48 hours after the largest protest event in American history, the good folks at NYT would like attendees to know they're "partisan" and "wrong"
October 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Yesterday's lead story. George Santos as Nelson Mandela.
October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
7 million Americans took to the streets in one of the largest political protests in history, and this is the lead story in the NYT. Big media across the board are in the tank for Trump and authoritarianism.
October 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
October 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My dad, center, and two comrades in their antifa uniforms occupying defeated Nazi Germany circa 1949.
October 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
SH2-115, large emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus.

300sx36 frames. Celestron 8 SE Edge, ASI294MC, Lextreme Pro filter. Processed in PixInsight.

#astrophotography
October 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
October 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
October 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
WaPo Editorial Board
October 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Cave Nebula, SH2‐155.

3 hours (300sx36 frames), Celestron 8 SE Edge, ASI294MC. Processed in PixInsight with touch up in PhotoShop.

#astrophotography
October 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I asked an AI a question. Lot of legal gibberish in the answers
October 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Snapshot of American stupidity in the Trump Dark Age
October 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM