Astronomy and Beer

@astronomyandbeer

Im just your plain vanilla astrophotographer and amateur astronomer. I take pictures of the night sky and talk about beer. I am an advocate for dark skies and the reduction of light pollution. I am a civil engineer by profession and politically neutral.

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Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· 12d

Im a little rusty. It’s been nearly a year since I could image anything. The weather has been really lame. All in all, I think it turned out nice but it can be better. I think I’ll start over on this one and try again. #bluesky #astrophotography #photography #astronomy

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· 21d

I'm back baby!!! After nearly a year since I last imaged anything, I finally got to go after the Eastern Veil. I am going to try a HaLRGB composite on this one. Sadly not a single beer was consumed during these sessions. #bluesky #astronomy #astrophotography #photography

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Jun 7

Im back baby!! Its been 9 long months since I’ve set my rig up. I fear my faithful fans have forgotten about me so I decided to do a fundraiser. Haha Full disclosure, I hate Uranus jokes but I have a teenage son so Im starting to embrace dumb immature jokes. Images soon! #bluesky #astrophotography

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Apr 28

My fellow astrophotographers, we care a lot about cable management. We go to extremes to prevent cable snags. We are meticulous about everything. So please tell me, and be honest. How much does this picture annoy you? The electrician that wired my house is an asshole. #bluesky #electrician #random

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Apr 3

That plush toy floating around is named Rise. It contains an SD card with 5.6 million names stored on it. My name included. Its as close to the moon that I will ever get. Unless NASA wants to consider my proposal for a wastewater treatment plant on the lunar surface #artemisII #NASA

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Apr 2

😂 Fatten the pig scammers suck. Bottom feeders of the world. But what’s worse is they are just trafficked victims who get beat half to death if they don’t meet their quotas for the day. Still, I can’t help but to mess with them.

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Mar 11

I was bored last night so I built a flowchart showing Dark Helmet’s relationship to Lonestar in the funniest movie ever made. A flowchart makes this scene even funnier. #spaceballs2 #spaceballs #melbrooks #rickmoranis #schwartz

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Mar 9

I need some good skies and no wind man. I’ve gained a metric ton this winter because the wind is either 60mph or it’s cloudy. So instead of taking pictures, I cook. I made banana bread, sandwich bread, angel food cake and attempted a lemon meringue pie in addition to dinner today….

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Mar 8

Ok. I stay away from politics for a lot of reasons but this picture made me laugh. Here is Chuck Grey, the douchebag Secretary of State of Wyoming taking a picture with the Mom’s for Censorship er I mean liberty. Men and children, blink twice if you’re in danger. #jimcrowlaws #fascistasshat

A tiny little douchebag acting like a tough guy taking his picture with the moms for liberty, er should we call them mom’s for censorship?

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Mar 2

Haven’t been able to capture anything new since September so I am reprocessing older images. M17 Omega Nebula captured in 2024. I’ve decided I just don’t like M17 in broadband. I can’t seem to process a version I like. #astrophotography #photography

Alt text: "The Omega Nebula (Messier 17) stretches across space as a bright and colorful star-forming region. Swirls of pink and red hydrogen gas mix with dark, dusty lanes, while clusters of young blue stars shine against a backdrop of deep black space."

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Jan 18

Well… guess I’ll get back to my lazy Saturday and continue reading Dan Brown’s latest mediocre book I’m reading. At least its plot is still somewhat of a mystery at a halfway point. #NFL #blowout #danbrown #cloudynights

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Dec 21

Eff this wind. Been in Wyoming my whole life so I am used to the wind. But this year has been relentless. I just want to image the sky… #wyominglife #wyoming

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Dec 10

Just an average winter day here in Wyoming. Tons of winter sky photos being posted online and here I am in bortle 4 skies listening to my aluminum gutters rattle in the wind. I just want to set up my telescope. Is that too much to ask? #astrophotography #wyoming #wyominglife #windy

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Nov 12

Nothing special in terms of processing. No filters, no specialized lenses; just my basic iPhone13 camera set on 3 second exposures. Certainly not as colorful as the northern territories, but pretty darn good for latitude 42. #Wyoming #northernlights #photography #iphonephotography

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Nov 1

I’ve been struck down in my prime. I was cleaning an area for my telescope when out of nowhere, this tree stabbed me in my ear and broke my eardrum. I gave this tree life and it strikes me down. I think I might play the lottery. #thissucks

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Oct 27

Its about time of year for the cooler constellations to start being visible earlier in the night. How many constellations can you find in this star map? #astronomy #starmaps

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Oct 13

First narrowband image: The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula. 25 hours of integration in the Hubble SHO palette using 6nm filters. This one taught me how patient you have to be to see color in hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen — but when it works, it really works. #Astrophotography #photography #bluesky #beer

A high-resolution astrophotograph of the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula, a vast column of cosmic gas and dust set against a deep star field in the constellation Cepheus. The central “trunk” curves gracefully upward like a celestial tornado, glowing in intricate shades of gold, green, and blue — the result of mapping sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen emissions into the Hubble SHO color palette. Wisps of illuminated gas stream away from the trunk’s rim, sculpted by intense ultraviolet radiation from massive young stars nearby. Fainter tendrils and filaments of dust fan outward into the surrounding nebula, giving the impression of motion frozen in time. Tiny pinpoints of starlight pepper the background — some crisp and brilliant, others faint and ghostly, scattered across the dark expanse of interstellar space. The entire scene feels alive, like a galactic storm caught mid-creation, revealing both the power and elegance of star formation nearly 2,400 light-years from Earth.

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Oct 8

New image coming. Finally got all of my data gathered and preprocessed. Now the fun stuff begins… making it all color. Choice of brew was A OK from the Gruner Bros. #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #bluesky

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Sep 27

Hey there Bluesky. Its me! My first Bluesky video. Check out my clear skies! #astrophotography #photography #bluesky

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Sep 27

300s vs 600s subs in OIII: longer subs don’t give you more detail — they give you more data. Detail comes from stacking and integration. Think: subs = data, stacking = detail. #BeginnersTip #AstronomyAndBeer #astrophotography #photography

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Sep 14

Welp… no images for you but you’re in luck. This Astronomy and Beer. Are you ready for some football! #bluesky #ChiefsKingdom #ArrowheadStadium #GameDayVibes #FootballSeason #NFLKickoff #RedFriday #astrophotography

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Sep 7

Note to self. When scouting some land piece of land on the mountain to build a small observatory, buy some fuel first. I literally rolled into the gas station! Thank the creator for gravity. 😂 #sweatingbullets #astrophotography #bluesky

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Aug 18

Very cool! I am going to reprocess mine. Mine is super electric. It looks like a neon sign at a supermarket 😆

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Aug 1

Throwing in the towel on this one. After 3 irritating months of bad weather and 8 separate imaging sessions, please enjoy my take on M20 - the Trifid Nebula. 9h 15m integration RC6 with ASI2600mm and Astronomik LRGB filters Beer: domestic nonsense #astronomy #astrophotography #bluesky #photography

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Jul 31

It's coming along. This one has been challenging for a lot of different reasons... Hoping to have this one done by this evening. #astrophotography #domesticbeer

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Jul 21

WTF!! #astrophotography Chance of clouds: yesterday 0%, today 100% and 81% of rain. 🤬 At least there is beer in my fridge

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Jul 21

Finally have nearly a full week of calm clear skies. 20% of rain on Wednesday... probably 100% now that I have the scope set up. I need two more days on this target... need the green and luminance data. This image is a single 300s sub in red. #astrophotography #astronomy #bluesky #beer #beerlovers

Black-and-white astrophotography image featuring the Trifid Nebula (M20) centered among a dense star field. The nebula appears as a faint, cloudy structure with dark filaments and a bright core, surrounded by intricate gaseous details. The image captures subtle nebulosity and contrast against a rich background of countless stars of varying brightness. High-resolution details reveal the nebula's internal dust lanes and is an early-stage post-processing in monochrome. This image is through a red filter.

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Jul 6

You can do astrophotography with basic equipment. Anyone who tells you differently, is gate keeping this satisfying hobby. This was captured with my stock Canon 600D and a Canon EF 200mm lens piggy backed on my telescope. It 87 minutes of data. #astrophotography #beginnertips #photography #bluesky

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Jul 2

Hey everyone! I entered some photos in the Capture the Dark 2025 contest. I would be very greatful for the vote for People's Choice award. You can vote for all 3 submissions here: capturethedark.us.launchpad6.com/contest2025/... I have entry #'s 2564, 2565, & 2554 #astrophotography #darksky

Astronomy and Beer@astronomyandbeer· Jul 1

Its happening! Clear skies! Its so beautiful!