☘️ St. Patrick's Day has arrived! ☘️

To celebrate the occasion along with the arrival of spring, here's the Tulip Nebula processed in a very green way instead of natural red.

Prints: https://buff.ly/NDzxGQa

#space #astrophotography #tulip #spring #nebula #green #skywatcherUSA #touptek πŸ”­ πŸ“·

☘️ St. Patrick's Day has arrived! ☘️ To celebrate the occasion along with the arrival of spring, here's the Tulip Nebula processed in a very green way instead of natural red. Prints: buff.ly/NDzxGQa #space #astrophotography #tulip #spring #nebula #green #skywatcherUSA #touptek πŸ”­ πŸ“·
Orion Nebula (2022), captured from our terrace in the middle of the city with a Sky‑Watcher Newtonian telescope + Canon EOS 5D Mark III full‑frame cam. Pleased with how much detail came through despite urban light pollution. #orionnebula #graz #astrophotography #skywatcherusa #geoscience

My phone has been buzzing about solar flares and these monster sunspots did not disappoint! This image was captured at 1pm on February 4th.

Full res + details: https://www.astrobin.com/15lhx0/

#astrophotography #sun #sunspots #solarflares #space #touptek #skywatcherUSA

I took the rare break in the clouds as an opportunity to get my first moon image in awhile. This image was captured on January 27th with the moon 74% waxing. Lovely, as always!

Full res + details: https://www.astrobin.com/g8opxu/

#astrophotography #moon #crescent #photography #touptek #skywatcherUSA #space

It has been a busy couple days for Earth's magnetic field as the sun has been pummeling us with material. With all this sunspot activity, it's easy to see why!

Full res + details: https://www.astrobin.com/7fhjb5/

#astrophotography #photography #sunspots #aurora #skywatcherUSA #touptek πŸ”­ πŸ“·

Here are the stacks by filter that I combined to make this image

#astrophotography #nebula #space #monkey #touptek #skywatcherUSA πŸ”­ πŸ“·

Located between the constellations Orion and Gemini, Monkey Head Nebula is a large, colorful nebula is an excellent narrowband target. It is rich in red hydrogen, red sulfur, and blue oxygen, so the data is easy to work with.

Prints: https://briangweber.com/featured/2-monkey-head-nebula-brian-weber.html
Details: https://www.astrobin.com/jufrw0/

#astrophotography #nebula #space #monkey #touptek #skywatcherUSA

My first sun/moon pair of 2026! The moon was 97% illuminated last night and then sun was captured this morning as it peeked up over my house.

Moon: https://www.astrobin.com/kbxtga
Sun: https://www.astrobin.com/6xtltb

#astrophotography #newyear #sun #moon #sunspots #aurora #solarsystem #touptek #skywatcherUSA

This is a two-panel mosiac of Dark Shark Nebula with about 2h on R, G, B and 4 h on L per panel. This is still very much underbaked and will need more exposure time next time it comes around, but it's starting to take shape.

#astrophotography #darknebula #shark #photography #space #telescope #touptek #skyWatcherUSA