Scott Space Shots

Capturing the light of distant objects over time, through my telescope, so I can share the wonder and awe of the depths of space.

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Behold, the Super Blue Moon! I am so happy with how this came out. What do YOU think?

#Astrophotography #Moon #supermoon #BlueMoon #superbluemoon2023 #SuperBlueMoon

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Meet the Silver Moon of Wisdom. I captured this photo this morning at 5am. The Moon is 27 days into its 29.5 day cycle, and this is the oldest crescent Moon I've photographed. If the lunar cycle were scaled to a 100-year human lifespan, this Moon would be about 92 years old.

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In an effort to avoid car/house lights, I tried capturing star trails from the roof of my house. I think this one turned out pretty good.

Happy Friday! #StarTrails #Astrophotography #JustKeepSpinning

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@astrojuanan Wow, thank you astrojuanan!

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This is the Veil Nebula, ~2,100 light-years away in Cygnus. Expanding debris from a star that exploded 15,000 years ago, stretching ~110 light-years across. Those glowing filaments are shockwaves still colliding with interstellar gas.

When a star lifts a veil, its not subtle!

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This is NGC3576, a powerful star forming region about 9,000 light-years away in the constellation Carina.

Also known as the Statue of Liberty Nebula, I kind of see it too... if Lady Liberty were made of glowing hydrogen and sculpted by radiation from massive newborn stars :)

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This is the Football Nebula. It is AI generated space art I made for Super Bowl Sunday. Let's hope for a stellar game, and maybe not an actual supernova when the whistle blows! What are your game day predictions?

#SpaceArt #Superbowl #aigeneratedimages

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Meet the Bubble Galaxy, a spiral galaxy about 35 million lightyears away that prefers personality over perfection. Instead of tidy arms, we see tangled dust lanes, bright core, and a broken turbulent structure. Messy. Subtle. Beautiful. Even galaxies don’t have it all together.

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I pointed a 20-inch telescope in Australia at #NGC2467, and the universe stared back. Known as the #SkullAndCrossbones Nebula, this region in the constellation Puppis looks like a ghostly face emerging from a cloud of cosmic dust. Rotating this 135 helps but my framing was off.

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This is the Meathook Galaxy. Over 50 million light-years away, and I captured it using a remote telescope in Australia.

Its distorted spiral arm looks like it got beaten up, likely because of gravitational bullying from a neighboring galaxy or super massive black hole.

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This is NGC 2070, the blazing heart of the Tarantula Nebula about 160,000 light-years away. It reminds me of a flower in full cosmic bloom. With so much bad and heavy news in the world lately, it’s probably a good idea to stop and smell the space flowers. #astrophotography

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This is IC 434, and yes… it kind of looks like a chess piece drifting through space.

Just 18 minutes of RGB light data, captured remotely using the T33 telescope in Australia.

Definitely one I need to come back to. This feels less like checkmate and more like opening move.

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The Pacman Nebula (NGC 281) is about 9,500 light years away and 100 light years across. I stacked 10 hours of sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen data, which felt like standing at an arcade cabinet all day while deep space kept flashing “insert coin.” #astrophotography #pacman #space

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This is M74: basically a cosmic cinnamon roll 32 million light-years away.
Textbook spiral arms, bright star-forming regions, and zero calories.
Remote-captured because my backyard can’t see this beauty. 🌌 #M74 #astrophotography #galaxy

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@DeepSpaceShots Very nice clarity! It's so clean.

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@DeepSpaceShots I am pretty sure that is a satellite instead of a meteor.

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Chromatic Carina Colorstorm 🌈✨
Captured with my remote astrophotography subscription — like a cheese-of-the-month club, but with galaxies instead of gouda. 22 hours of light reveal hydrogen red, oxygen teal, and sulfur gold in the Eta Carina Nebula. #Astrophotography

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This is the Helix Nebula, also known as the Eye of God, located about 650 light years away and 5 light years across. This massive cosmic eye has a great view of us and makes me a little anxious, though waving helps. Go ahead and try it. #HelixNebula #CosmicEye #Astrophotography

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I am trying to decide which moon to print for an upcoming exhibit.  Can you please vote in my poll?  I value your opinion.

https://t.co/dUFkAqAO4f

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Happy Halloween! Here's the moon from Halloween's Eve using a remote telescope in California. I captured 10 photos using a monochrome sulphur filter and then processed them into this sharp photo.

I call it: Stinky Sulphur Smelling Moon Cheese

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@MKEview @grok @Onlytim970 @AstronomyVibes I agree with you