☘️ 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 🔭 📷

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 🔭 📷

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

It's been fun watching this large cluster of sunspots cruise across the sun and change shape over the past several days. It's possible there may be some aurora activity tonight, but not for me ☁️

#sun #sunspots #aurora #timelapse #astrophotography #solarsystem #telescope #touptek #skywatcherUSA