Josh Kovach

@shekibobo
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Codeweaver, astrophotographer, enthusiast.

He/him.

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Josh KovachJan 23, 2025
Josh KovachJan 23, 2025

My Latest: M45 - Pleiades / Subaru

Also known as the Seven Sisters, this is one of the closest star clusters to Earth, surrounded by a reflection nebula illuminated by the stars in the cluster.

Total integration time: 25 h 15 min

Click for details: https://app.astrobin.com/i/6r2umd

#astrophotography

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Josh KovachJan 19, 2025
Show threadJosh KovachJan 19, 2025

I was inspired to shoot this target to figure out what was cut off in my original photo of the Great Lacerta Nebula. The lower right of the photo is be head of LBN432, which looks to me like a dragon with smoke emitting from its nostrils. https://app.astrobin.com/i/335vs5?r=D

It was pretty cool to see that there were, indeed, dragons hiding there.

The Great Lacerta Nebula - AstroBin

This is a two-panel mosaic of the Great Lacerta Nebula, also known as Sh2-126. [list] [*]Pane 1: 608 x 150s (25 h 20 min) ISO800 bin 1x1 [*]Pane 2: 541 x 150s (22 h 32 min 30 s) ISO800 bin 1x1 [/list]...

Josh KovachJan 19, 2025
Josh KovachJan 19, 2025

Presenting my latest: The Bright Nebulae of Southern Lacerta.

This is a 6-panel mosaic taken between August through October of 2024 under Bortle 7 skies. Panel integration time varies between 12-25 hours.

Click for more high res and full details: https://app.astrobin.com/i/wvb931

This was pretty much the only target I shot all summer in 2024. Over half of my subframes had to be rejected for various reasons, but I was trying to take only the best ones to ensure I got as much detail as possible.

Southern Lacerta - 6-Panel Mosaic - AstroBin

This is pretty much the only target I shot in all of summer 2024. I've had to throw away probably at least half of the sub-frames across the six panels. Six panels at 2x drizzle is probably too much. ...

Josh KovachSep 27, 2024
Robert McNeesSep 27, 2024

I would simply dismantle late stage capitalism.

https://www.404media.co/ai-avatars-are-doing-job-interviews-now/

AI Avatars Are Doing Job Interviews Now

“This HR AI avatar is a perfect demonstration of late stage capitalism,” Jack Ryan, someone who was interviewed by a tool called Fairgo.ai, told 404 Media.

404 Media
Josh KovachSep 16, 2024
Show threadRobert McNeesSep 16, 2024

Sign this Resistbot petition demanding that elected leaders do something about US reliance on space and telecom infrastructure controlled by Elon Musk.

https://resist.bot/petitions/PKVISI

The US must stop its reliance on Elon Musk

Text SIGN PKVISI to 50409 to send this to your officials.

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Josh KovachJun 13, 2024
Robert McNeesJun 13, 2024
“Look on my works, be kind, and rewind!”
https://mastodon.social/@tomw/112588444560506691
Josh KovachJun 13, 2024
Tom WalkerJun 9, 2024
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert... Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies...
Josh KovachJun 8, 2024
Robert McNeesJun 8, 2024

William Anders, astronaut on the Apollo 8 mission, passed away earlier today.

Anders took the iconic Earthrise photo while orbiting the Moon with Borman and Lovell. No human had ever seen an Earthrise before.

On the transmission he says "Oh my God, look at that picture over there! It's the Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty!"

🌕

Image: NASA

Josh KovachMay 14, 2024
Taylor LorenzMay 14, 2024
“At some point — whatever the justification — you’re either advancing a policy that enables the mass starvation of children, or you’re not.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/army-officer-resigns-gaza-israel.html
Army Officer Resigns in Protest of ‘Unqualified’ U.S. Support to Israel

While assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency, Maj. Harrison Mann said he was enabling policies that violated his conscience.

The New York Times
Josh KovachApr 16, 2024
Show threadCharlie StrossMar 10, 2024
@georgetakei Proposal: make it mandatory to paint rainbows up the steps of all public buildings to exclude homophobes the way they want to exclude LGBT+ from public life.