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3I/ATLAS: Amateur Astronomers Spot Continuous Motion, Surprising Experts
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"Unveiling Cosmic Mysteries: Journey into the Enigmatic World of 3I/ATLAS"
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3I/ATLAS: Amateur Astronomers Spot Continuous Motion, Surprising Experts

Amateur astronomers are causing a stir in the space community with their recent observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, suggesting that it might be in a state of continuous motion. This unexp...

Michael Mommert 4d ago

#Planet #Jupiter, taken yesterday with an 8" telescope. The seeing was pretty bad, but the Great Red Spot is visible nevertheless. The brightness of the #Galilean #Moons has been enhanced disproportionally. RGB colors have been taken sequentially over the course of 10 min. As a result, the moons appear as little rainbows due to their motions.

#astrophotography #astrodon #amateurastronomy

David Nash 4d ago

Getting some #AmateurAstronomy in before the clouds come. Saturn is up and has 4 moons plainly visible along with the near-edge-on rings (the Earth’s orbit recently passed through the ring plane). It actually looks kind of, sort of like a somewhat dimmer Jupiter, with the 4 satellites in an almost straight line and the rings less prominent than usual.

Michael Mommert Nov 8

Even the #fullmoon offers some nice views: #lunar #crater Tycho and its bright ray system.

#astrophotography #astrodon #amateurastronomy #moon

Michael Mommert Sep 30

The Ring Nebula #M57 in constellation Lyra is a planetary nebula. If you squint your eye, you can almost see the white dwarf star in the center of the ring.

#astrodon #amateurastronomy #astrophotography #Astrofotografie

Michael Mommert Sep 30

The #globular star clusters M13 and M3. This direct comparison nicely shows the difference in apparent diameter between the two.

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Michael Mommert Sep 30

A humble try to image the nebulosity in #M45, or the #Pleiades. This image combines a total of 2 hrs of integration time. More time would help to better work out the details in the nebulae. Well, it's something...

#astrodon #amateurastronomy #astrophotography #Astrofotografie

Michael Mommert Sep 30

Posting some #astrophotography results taken over the course of the summer. All images are stacked images, taken with an 80mm Triplet in combination with a Canon EOS 550D.

Let's start with #M27, the #DumbbellNebula. This image features a crop around the planetary nebula. Nothing special, but it nicely shows the structure extending beyond the dumbbell shape at 75 min total integration time.

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Richard Hendricks Sep 28

Hmm, this nebula doesn't have a name, I'm thinking Stitch Nebula in honor of Lilo & Stitch. Or maybe the Jerboa Nebula? It's right next to the Bubble nebula, which gets all the press. The bright spot in the middle doesn't even have a designation in the World Wide Telescope, or Aladin? Going to try to get some data with #iTelescope tonight on T14.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stitch_(Lilo_%26_Stitch)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerboa

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Richard Hendricks Sep 27

Ah there are a few background galaxies in this area I managed to get. Nothing to write home about, but comparing the full view to Aladin, probably about a dozen. These are the "best" haha, I can see 2 easy ones, one hard one, and one very tiny speck. All from suburban Austin with a 90mm diameter telescope and 12 year old DSLR.
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