Skywarden just got a framing assistant. Open any object, get a rotatable, draggable FOV overlay on a real sky survey image - sized to your exact optics and sensor.

Auto-rotates to best fit the object into your frame. For larger targets, it calculates the mosaic tile grid too.

Try it: https://skywarden.app
Changelog: https://adfr.io/projects/skywarden

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OK THIS IS KEWL!

Astrophotographer Ron Brecher captured amazing image of "Thor's Helmet" an emission nebula (NGC 2359) in constellation Canis Major shining 15,000 light-years away from Earth.

This Nebula is 30-light years wide with its bubble like form sculpted by the stellar wind blasting out from the colossal Wolf-Rayet star. https://www.space.com/stargazing/astrophotography/astrophotographer-spies-thors-helmet-shining-15-000-light-years-away-in-spectacular-photo

R. Brecher web site: https://astrodoc.ca/

#Space #Nebula #NGC2359 #GreatDog #Constellation #ThorsHelmet #SuperNova
#Astrophotographer #RonaldBrecher #GodofThunder #Telescope #Cosmos

The Leo Triplet - three spiral galaxies 35 million light-years away in Leo.

NGC 3628 appears perfectly edge-on, its dust lane and warped disk shaped by billions of years of tidal interaction. M65 and M66 complete the trio with asymmetric arms and disrupted structure.

https://adfr.io/astro/20260322_leo_triplet

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New Skywarden update v0.24 🎉

No more duplicates - objects now only appear once in the list but show all catalogue IDs.

Proper previews - finally, every object shows a nice preview image, thanks to CDS hips2fits and DSS2 survey.

Check it out at https://skywarden.app

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As an amateur #astronomer and #astrophotographer, I often use parsecs as a unit of measure.

Turns out a certain well known #astrophysicist hates them.

And for good reason.
https://youtu.be/OWWQKWShaSQ?si=DeTr7uRpHciV9chW