Dummy Mage

The Whirlpool galaxy, or Messier 51. I'm a bit late to the party on this one, but I'm very excited regardless to share. It was my personal goal this spring to get this one photographed. 🔭WO Flurostar 132 📷ASI2600MC Air #astrophotography #photography #astronomy #space @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

Spending the night in the countryside so I took the opportunity to take some Milky Way photos! I’ll work on processing them once I’m home, but it’s going to be a learning experience for me.

A quick post test, also cloudy skies so I've been playing umamusume.

Update: processing is going poorly. I think my focusing was poor because I keep getting an artifact when I try to process the image. That or maybe I just need to redo some things

Made myself learn FireCapture (before I was using the ASI planetary software a couple years ago) to retry planetary imaging. I’ll work on processing tomorrow most likely.

Summer has kept me working late, but I still find to stargaze. Most of the time though it’s now relegated to a late night walk or run, but it’s very relaxing.

#umamusume

thank you @ plutokiller.com for your unbiased opinion, very cool

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M27, the Dumbbell nebula. I shot the nebula in narrowband this year from my driveway. The core is difficult to process due to the long exposures, but I wanted to bring out the faint halo around it. #astrophotography #photography #space #astronomy

It’s tiny and faint, but I saw Uranus and a couple of its moons tonight (probably Titania and Oberon) #astronomy #astrophotography #space

A quick test exposure of the Dumbbell nebula from last night. I’ll get to processing my work this weekend

Working on the Dumbbell nebula, albeit from a shorter focal length. The clouds moved in last night to cut my session short but I should be finished after another night.

Xoguri eat your heart out. Shoutout to TM Opera O for carrying the team to the finals, and Tamamo for closing it out. Also thank you Doto, you were there too. #umamusume

A discarded SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon this coming Wednesday, early in the morning (2:30~ ET). The actual rocket won’t be visible from earth but the large plume of debris will. The crash should be visible near the Einstein crater (circled below). #space #astronomy

This photo is now available as a print in my shop! If you ever wanted a cool #space poster or stationary, go check it out! There's a currently a sitewide sale for 40% off too! www.inprnt.com/gallery/twoi... #astrophotography #astronomy

I photographed the Butterfly nebula (IC 1318) over the past 3 nights from my backyard! I had a lot of fun with this one, both in capturing and processing. Nerd details in the alt text. #astrophotography #photography #astronomy #space

I know front runners got nerfed last patch but I still think she’s going to be busted for the Leo cup. #umamusume

New night, clear skies, new project. If you can guess what this target is from this frame I’ll be impressed (no peeking at the alt text) #astrophotography

If age verification using ID is implemented I will probably disappear here unfortunately. Part of the appeal of the internet for me is not using my real name or information.

Any UK Space experts on here? The UK Space Agency is seeking nominations for two new members of the Space Technology Advisory Committee.

Idk why recently but the quality of posts on the site seems to have dipped dramatically the past few weeks. A lot more engagement bait, dogpiling, and really terrible takes.

PC is alive, after a couple set backs. The graphics card was salvageable after all, but I’m never getting that kind of motherboard again.

I have been still doing photography, I just can’t process anything until I have a computer again. Hoping to be back at it by next week.

Wow the TADC finale sucked

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Of course it’s cloudy tonight when the Venus/Jupiter conjunction is happening 😔

Not that I really stream much anymore, but my PC died a few days ago. Might be an issue with the cooler or the power supply but I’m not sure. I did some troubleshooting and thought I had it fixed, but apparently not because the next day it died again. It’s at the the repair shop now.

Markarian's chain of galaxies, as shot from my backyard. This group of galaxies can be easily seen with a telescope just above the constellation Virgo. #photography #astrophotography #astronomy #space

Topaz Denoise used to be a legitimate image editing tool. This is just embarrassing.

It was a wonderful night for observing; even with the local light pollution I was able to see some globular clusters (m5 and m13) and a couple of the galaxies in the Leo triplet!

Started a ko-fi. I'm planning to simply have it there as a tip jar. ko-fi.com/dummymage

Turns out I can get a decent few of the southern side of the sky, but not for long with all the trees around. I split my project time as a result. I hope to have one finished over the next couple days.

Very excited to announce I recently had one of my photos featured in the Strange Pear gallery as a winner of their Space Jam contest, sponsored by the National Space Society.