JohnChumack

Astronomer - Author - Astrophotographer
Director of The Chumack Observatories
MPC# 838 Dayton Research Station
MPC# H66 Yellow Springs Research Station

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The Planet Saturn on 06-04-2022
Now that the Planet Saturn clears my Neighbors trees at 04:00am, I can try capture some planet images again, although it still sits pretty low in my southeastern sky. My backyard observatory in Ohio

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What are your 2021 #goals ? They won't be as far in reach as M1 #CrabNebula SNR-Pulsar at 6,523 light years away! The central star spins rapidly & sweeps a pulse wave past Earth 33 times per second; 1,040,688,000x in 2021! My nebula prints are on my site: https://t.co/nSK5aOxbj0

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Jupiter & Saturn Planetary Conjunction Video in Daylight https://t.co/vTxrOXgIR4 via @YouTube

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#virtualholidaycard because it's 2020. Like the #star on your #ChristmasTree, the Andromeda #galaxy .The bright center shines bright w/ older stars. The colors on the back edge are caked w/both red nebula & young, hot blue star clusters. #Cheers to a #merrychristmas & Happy 2021!

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If you were inside of #greatpegasusglobularstarcluster would your night sky even be dark? #Messier15 is absolutely MASSIVE! 176 #lightyears in diameter, w/100,000 stars, & central core has 30,000+! #Hubble couldn't figure out what #gravitational object makes it so densely packed!

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The #jupitersaturnconjunction is happening now, for the first time in over 800 years! U can enjoy this w/anyone virtually, shortly after #sunset in the southwestern sky. The closest approach of the #planets will be on 12/21. Who will u be watching with?

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I've spent my entire career building equipment to capture images of the cosmos & a published my book Galactic Images a few years ago! Consider supporting me & making someone very happy this holiday season by purchasing my book:
https://t.co/vYJUpY7k4R

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Here I am, in my #solar setup waiting for these clouds to disappear so I can watch the #sun & check 4 those #solarflares 🔥anyone w/better weather get some #photography of the Sun’s activity? #spaceart

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A major #solarflare erupted Nov 29 & now there R at least 5 active sunspot regions on the Sun! It’s awesome to see the Sun so active again after a deep #minimum . Here is the Sun in Hydrogen Alpha Light w/ massive sunspots in AR2786 & AR2785. #spacewatchers r u looking at this?

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One of 12 setups I use to capture images for my #astrophotos in #ohio. I use the old orange tube #C8telescope w/a black dew cap. This gets me close-ups of galaxies, but I typically use #SCT for #planet work or small planetary #Nebula . My dome prevents a lot of dew from forming!

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@jmfdiver LOL!🤣

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Amazing!

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The Tadpole Nebula, IC 410, lies about 12,000 light-years away in the northern constellation of Auriga. The cloud of glowing gas is over 100 light-years across, sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from embedded open star cluster NGC 1893
#Astrophotography
#Space

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#GiveawayAlert Want this image as a #free print? It's one of my favorites, featured in my exclusive book #GalacticImages https://t.co/vYJUpY7k4R Enter to win the print by: liking this post, following me & tagging a friend you know would love the book!

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It’s not easy working those long hours for images, but incredibly worthwhile! Great work.

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Feeling #gratitude 4 technology that allows us to see deep into space to see things we wouldn’t know exist. The #WizardNebula NGC-7830 took me 4 hours & 45 min to capture in 2018. #Longexposure taken w/#celestrontelescope. What r u #grateful 4 #Thanksgiving? #Thanksgiving2020

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Did you know you can view showstopping #SmallSagittariusStarCloud w/binoculars? At #M24 600 #lightyears wide &16-20K light years deep, it's the most dense concentration of stars visible & shouldn't be missed! Tell me what you're looking for #Tonight

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@Ocean_State211 @Todd_Scheve Thank you!!

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Here's my #wideangle #telephoto shot of #SevenSisters AKA #Pleiadesstarcluster; from 09/20. 444 #lightyears from #Earth, you can see it from nearly everywhere in #November. Moonless sky & lots of darkness. Grab your own image of these #Diamonds to gawk at! https://t.co/dgFCxQZ62p

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Thanks @BillNye for the honor of being published in your newest #book ! Check out page 206 for a throwback from #1996 when I shot my images on actual #film ! Grab his book: Great Big World of Science.

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These beautiful #november skies are the reason to go outside & discover #milkywaygalaxy & #starclusters & #Nebula . In September I shot #LagoonNebula & the Trifid Nebula Region. See more of my nebula archives https://t.co/nSK5aOxbj0