Dr NKar

@nkar
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Scientist.
Here to share facts, and not to influence or be influenced by opinions.
I like to keep one species and its junks out of my photo frames, except for scale or as background. My approach is more realistic than artistic.

Banner: Osprey fishing
Avatar: Bumblebee on Coneflower

#Science #Astronomy #Literature #Art
#MolecularBiology #Microbiology #Virology #ExoBiology
#Nature #WildLife #Conservation
#Photography #AstroPhotography
#DigitalPrivacy #DigitalSecurity
#Chess

InterestsEverything creative
Dr NKarMar 8
Elephant's Trunk Nebula and its locality (IC1396): My first attempt to adapt a thirty years old 90mm f2.8 macro lens to an astro camera. 4 nights in Feb-March '26, total exposure 3 hrs 37 min, narrowband Ha-Oiii filter, processed in Siril.
The bright red star on the outer edge of the nebula at 4 o'clock is Mu Cephei, William Herschel's Garnet Star, one of the largest stars in our galaxy.
#ic1396 #nebula #GarnetStar #WilliamHerschel #astronomy #nature #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday
Dr NKarFeb 21
Android will become a locked-down platform
https://keepandroidopen.org/
#android #os #google #fdroid
Dr NKarFeb 8

"Stands at the sea,
wonders at wondering: I
a universe of atoms
an atom in the universe."
~ Richard P. Feynman.

#nature #ScienceSunday #photography

Dr NKarFeb 5

DarkSky International opposes Reflect Orbital’s proposed orbital illumination system. DarkSky has issued an open letter to Reflect Orbital and its investors, which they invite to sign.

https://darksky.org/news/organizational-statement-reflect-orbital/

#LightPollution #DarkSky #SpaceJunk #astronomy #astrophotography

Dr NKarFeb 1

Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A): Only second astrophotography this winter, given either eternal cloud cover or arctic temperature.

#nebula #astronomy #astrophotography #ScienceSunday

Dr NKarJan 7

Welcome to this troubled planet, my little ones!
Hope you will learn how to survive from the destruction of another ape, the most arrogant one.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86v3y45pyyo

#MountainGorilla #Gorrilas #wildlife #nature

Dr NKarJan 5

My only accomplishment this winter. Clear Skies!

#PacmanNebula (#NGC281, IC11 or Sh2-184):
32x4min Ha-Oiii dual NB filter
stacked in DSS
processed in Siril and PixInsight
Bortle 5.

#nebula #nature #astronomy #astrophotography

Dr NKarJan 1
I wish you all a colorful New Year, and the fellow astrophotographers Clear Skies.
Thank you for sharing glimpses of your creations.
Dr NKarDec 3

Complete Regulatory Chaos: Derek Lowe, Science

"This is all perfectly in line with the rest of the Trump administration: we are being lead by a swarm of incompetent ideologues and ignorant grifters who are relentlessly ruining everything they touch."

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/complete-regulatory-chaos

#cdc #fda #nih #governance #HealthPolicy #vaccine #science

Dr NKarNov 29

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), Oct 28th.

80mm Refractor, IMX585 Color Camera, 46x1min, Bortle 4.
Stars removed by StatNet, stacked and processed in Siril, final adjustment via StarTools and DarkTable.

#cometLEMMON #comet #SolarSystem #astronomy #space #astrophotography #photography