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Lifelong sky watcher • Publisher of The Evening Sky Map (PDF) each month since January 2000: skymaps.com/tesm/ • Interests: Astronomy outreach • Astro-imaging • Supernovae | Career scientist (retired) Kym Thalassoudis PhD
👤 Joined on 12 February 2024
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@skymaps.bsky.social@skymaps.bsky.social → @skymaps.comLooking into the constellation Lacerta for 5 hrs and you end up with quite the star field. I just find this amazing. This is through the local Milky Way disk and into the outer arm regions, Wow! There are are over 200,000 stars in this one image. Exp: 5 hrs, 10/05/26 #astronomy #astrophotography
Show PostSun may be at low activity levels but my goodness, look at that crop of prominences! AR4549 is interesting to view in white light and hosts around 16 sunspots. For a twist, look at the prominence at about the seven o'clock position! #astronomy #solarastronomy #sun #solarimaging
Show PostThe Galaxy Tree From this carefully chosen perspective, dust lanes in the galaxy appear to be natural continuations to branches of the tree. Image Credit: Csar Vega Toledano; Rollover Annotation: Judy Schmidt #Astronomy
Show PostNebulae in another galaxy! This is my first new image for a while. I decided to buy a Wanderer electronic tilt adjuster to make it easier when swapping telescopes, so was keen to try it out. With the Small Magellanic Cloud rising higher, I captured NGC 346, NGC 371, & surrounds. 🔭 #astrophotography
Show Post🔭 Grab your telescope or binoculars, find a dark spot, and enjoy the autumn skies! Need help finding your way around? Download October's free sky chart: www.skymaps.com/skymaps/tesm...
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