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@PeterLewis55 Thanks. You too.

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Waxing gibbous Moon imaged from my backyard in South Phoenix, AZ. 11/12/2024.

Lots of detail captured by a small 60mm telescope (Takahashi FS-60Q).

For details see: https://t.co/YR32MiAk6C

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*C-2023 A3* 😎

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Comet C-2024 A3 imaged from my house in Phoenix. (A monochrome image stacked from 33 x 5 sec frames taken with my Askar FMA 135 and ASI294MC Pro camera.)

The globular star cluster in the trail is Messier 5. You can also see the anti trail leading out from the front of the comet.

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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) imaged with my iPhone 15 from my roof in South Phoenix. 10/13/2024 at 7:00 pm.

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@MartinLaGrang10 @thematrixwizard Has the characteristic donut shape you get from the central obstruction in a reflector when a star is out of focus.

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Veil 😎

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The Eastern Vail Nebula (NGC6992) imaged from my backyard in South Phoenix, AZ. 09/22/2024. Technical details in the caption.

NGC 6992 is part of a large loop of nebulae in the constellation of Cygnus:

https://t.co/JUs4aJKyEr

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@Daily_Epsilon 24 deg.

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@Math_World_ 16

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@ScottUPPSALA But this can be corrected with flat frames.

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@MartinLaGrang10 Even for a full moon it seemed
unusually bright.

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This picture shows part of South Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona today.

At what time of day do you think it was taken ?

(Answer in the figure caption)

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@MartinLaGrang10 Yes but only 3 seconds. See caption.

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@_neilmac_ Thank you.

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M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. Imaged from my backyard in South Phoenix, 9/9/2024.

https://t.co/Wn1thUKiht

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@bothacarol Outstanding !