Messier 5 or M5 (also designated NGC 5904) is a globular cluster in the constellation Serpens. It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1702. Captured on 07/08/2026 using a Seestar S50, Oregon Coast. 45-minute total exposure. #astrophotography More info: science.nasa.gov/mission/hubb...

The fog lifted last night here on the Oregon Coast - so dusted off the Seestar S50. I was able to capture the Eagle Nebula (M16) with about a 2-hour total exposure. And a bonus - The Pillars of Creation are easily identified. More info here science.nasa.gov/mission/hubb...

I had one of those visitors recently. It seemed not intimidated by that three-legged monster that is known to devour wabbits.

Good luck with that. We are really close to "Weekend at Bernies", but not dead, just asleep all the time. Those drugs to keep you alive do have a toll.

He is sucking the blood out of our democracy so guess this works.

This is the Spindle Galaxy (NGC 5866), taken from my backyard over a couple of nights (6/15-6/16), and represents 8 hours total exposure. One of the most outstanding features of NGC 5866 is the extended dust disk, which is seen almost exactly edge-on. This image has been cropped from the original.

This is the Hercules Galaxy Cluster, roughly a half-billion light years away! Photons hitting my camera sensor departed this region 250 million years before the dinos first showed up on earth. It consists of roughly 200 galaxies gravitationally bound to one another.

Stephan’s Quintet was discovered in 1877. Despite its name, only four of these galaxies are a true, physically interacting group (Hickson Compact Group 92) locked in a cosmic collision about 290 million light-years distant. From last October, 22 hours total exposure over 3 nights, Bortle 6 backyard.

But sounds like he may be close. He needs help.

Just for context....

This is M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy), taken with my Seestar S50 last night after a month of waiting for a clear sky! The image represents about 4 hours total exposure using 10-second subs in the stack. M51 is about 30 million light-years distant and consists of around 100 billion stars. #astrophotography

The one answer that seems to fit. Quit trying to normalize this asshole. He is batshit crazy and certifiable.

Here is a single 60-second exposure I took more than a year ago of the same target but much larger telescope. if you squint, you can see the satellite track.

Clear skies are a premium on the Oregon Coast. I lucked out last night! I needed to get my astrojollies after 10 days of overcast. Here is M42 (Orion Nebula). 1.25 hours total exposure (450 10-second subs stacked). Seestar S50. #astrophotography

I will drink to that sentiment.

There is a Hyperstar v.4 under the hood. #Astrophotography

I have just finished cobbling together an all-sky camera from mostly bits and pieces I already had. I upgraded the ZWO camera (ASI178mc) fisheye with a better one Waiting for a clear night to test this contraption. 1st image is the camera and 2nd is my planned next iteration. #astrophotography

This is Jones-Emberson 1 (Headphone Nebula) discovered in 1939 by Rebecca Jones and Richard Emberson at Harvard Observatory. It is a planetary nebula 1600 light-years distant and about 13,000 years old, when a star shed its coat (the nebulosity) and left a white dwarf in the middle.

M81 (Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years distant. The galactic nucleus contains a supermassive black hole of roughly 70 million solar masses. Image was taken over two nights (12/29 and 12/30) and represents about 16 hours total exposure. #Astrophotography

This is M1, the Crab Nebula, also known as NGC1952. It is the remnant of a supernova explosion observed in the year 1054. There is a neutron star (Crab Pulsar) about 19 miles in diameter spinning 30 times a second at its center. Eight hours total exposure on 12/11/2025. #astrophotography

And this is the guy that SCROTUS has crowned king. Always remember this.

Sunset on the Oregon coast this evening. As it is the sun, I figure it is legit to add the tag #astrophotography. I know it is a stretch. Forgive me😁

Here is a Hubble Telescope image of the same target.