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So happy to have captured this — my best astro photo to date. This is, of course, the Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest galactic neighbor at a stone’s throw of 2.5 million light years away. You can also see M110 and M32, its two brightest satellite galaxies (out of a whopping 35 dwarf galaxies orbiting around it). Shot with a Dwarf 3 telescope under a starry Idaho night sky, which was stunning even with the naked eye.

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Partial solar eclipse in southern Germany

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Some astro shots from last weekend. Foolishly most of my shots where jpeg only. I checked this at the start but on my custom mode it was set differently.

Alas, it was still a fun experience, even if I had to shot these mostly blind and on a hurry during our night walk across a ruined town from the civil war.

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A slight detour for me today.

One of the problems with living in Scotland is that the sky doesn't get fully dark during the summer.
Last night was our first "proper" dark since May, so the telescope came out to play.

I concentrated on one area for about 45 minutes, knowing the Milky Way was in that part of the sky but not expecting to get very much from it.
Oh boy, was I wrong!

Zwo SeeStar S30 Pro, ISO 200, f/5, 2750 sec. Portrait image.

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