@astro_jaz Great shot! That is Andromeda aka M31.
This is my image through my phone camera, but Iโm also viewing it through a telescope. It never gets old.
Nothing like laying in bed while my scope images the Andromeda Galaxy in the backyard and checking up on its progress with my iPhone. Touch n Stars is incredible!
#astrophotography#andromeda#touchnstars#lazy#astronomy
@AJamesMcCarthy Interstellar objects have passed through our solar system since the solar system was created. These UFO conspiracy theorists are exhausting.
A Mark Twain once said, โNever argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.โ
The video here is the raw video captured by the camera through the telescope before being processed. Jupiter appears 'blue', because the software I'm using is compensating for the atmospheric distortion which makes Jupiter very yellow and harder to post process. Also, it is easier to focus. As you can see in the video, Jupiter is not 'in focus'. Again, atmospheric distortion prevents a perfect focus when weather conditions aren't great. In fact, it's unlikely to get a perfect focus at an effective focal length of 7200mm. It was a nice evening as we'd say, but the upper atmosphere is full of water and winds which cause light to behave erratically.
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October 20, 2025 from 03:11AM to 03:35AM I captured 9 sets of video consisting of 2 minute sessions of Jupiter, the 5th planet from the Sun. At the time of the capture, Jupiter was about 468,942,000 miles from Earth and approaching at about 18 miles/second.
I used my Skywatcher 16" newtonian telescope, a Tele Vue 4x Powermate, and an ASI462MC astronomy camera with a UV/IR cut filter attached. The filter prevents infrared and ultraviolet light from hitting the camera's sensor. The 'pink' dot on the right is Jupiter's moon Io (pronounced "eye-oh") and the black dot is its shadow. The shadow appears larger than the moon due an optical effect called umbral projection.
#jupiter #astrophotography #planet #skywatcher #newtonian #io #moon #clouds #backyard #latenight
@KevinAstrokev I did all three of these in Astrosurface and a few Photoshop tweaks on clarity. 16โ (400mm) dobsonian. I had similar seeing condition out here in Texas. CS!