Yuri Beletsky

Astronomer and nightscape photographer.

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This morning, I captured another image of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from the @LCOAstro site in the Atacama Desert, Chile 🇨🇱✨😱. The view was absolutely stunning !!! The comet is clearly visible visually. My gear: Nikon D810a camera with a 135mm lens. Exposure: 20 x 30 seconds. #Comet #Astronomy #Atacama #chile #TsuchinshanATLAS #cometa #CometC2023A3 #Tsuchinshan #C2023A3 #FollowTheComet

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@KrazieCrypto @NikonUSA You don’t actually need expensive equipment. Any modern camera is already good enough. Here is what a captured with a smartphone, as an example:

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I captured this image of the Milky Way's galactic core using my Samsung S25 Ultra smartphone in Chile's Atacama Desert 😃 That's right, it's smartphone astrophotography we are talking about here ! If you ask me why to use a smartphone? Well, challenge is everything and I am curious indeed & We are definitely living in the new era ! ✨

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@NikonUSA These are my captures:

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@JAtanackov The biggest advantage (hopefully) would be finally getting much less intense airglow which quite often ruins our images 😅

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An amazing noctilucent clouds display over Baldoyle Bay this morning.

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@TeahCartel Thanks so much 🙏

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@TeahCartel Much appreciated 🙏😃

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@astrocatinfo @parcastroprades Clear skies ✨

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@astrocatinfo @Wycombe_Astro Tha is a lot 🙏😊

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I captured this image of the great Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS from Carnegie Las Campanas observatory in the Atacama desert in Chile. The comet was setting behind the domes of Magellan 6.5-m telescope, and what a majestic moment it was ! 🤩 The comet survived intense solar heating while undergoing partial disintegration, reached an exceptional peak apparent magnitude of −3.8, and displayed prominent dust and ion tails that made it the brightest and most spectacular comet of the recent times.

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@Sue16021 Thank you 🙏😃

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@sryanbruenphoto Amazing colors 🤩

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@ferrari_madchen @TurkiAntof Muchas gracias 🙏

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I captured this image on the high-altitude plains (~15000 ft) in Bolivia as the Milky Way was rising above a small pond in the desert. What a serene scene ! The cold weather and lack of oxygen made it challenging, but the experience was unforgettable 😅

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@tcpshaaban Thanks so much, Mohamed 🙏😃

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@martinastro2005 @astrogrant Indeed ! 😃 That’s quite a place indeed !

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@ChirpyChet Thank you 🙏 Indeed, it’s like another planet !

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@EricTheSpaceCat Amazing capture 🤩 Such a variety of shapes !

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@BeatriceHeinze Thanks so much 🙏😃

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@vulerulum Yeah, something like that 😃

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@EricTheSpaceCat Thank you 🙏