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Der PattePferdekopfnebel IC 434 <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ic434" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ic434</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/horseheadnebula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#horseheadnebula</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/pferdekopfnebel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pferdekopfnebel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/astrophotographie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astrophotographie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/seestars50" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seestars50</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/smarttelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarttelescope</a>

rdmI have a question for the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrophotographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astrophotographer</a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mathematician</a> folks out there.What is the smallest number of frames you could perform a drizzle transform on? Could you, for example, perform it on two frames, and then submit that image to a livestacking process?Does this idea even make sense?As for "Why do this?", I am looking at the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SmartTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTelescope</a> world, and wondering if you could perform the resolution increase in conjunction with live stacking, without resorting to post-processing. This is to attempt to allow a software-only capability upgrade, while still maintaining the convenience.I figured I'd ask here first, because (conceptually) it seems almost too simple. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DumbQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DumbQuestion</a>

rdmLast night we (myself, <a href="https://aus.social/@leece" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@leece</a> , and her mum) saw in the New Year with a star party for family and friends.To make it as accessible as possible, we found a park in Como that is almost completely dark, despite being only a couple of kilometres from the CBD. Adjacent to this park is the Como Croquet Club, so we hired their clubhouse as a base of operations. Two days before, we got a panicked message from the club, asking if their members could have a gathering of their own - which was fine with us, as long as they did not want to turn on the field lights. So we had twenty odd people turn up, along with about the same number of Croquet Club members. As it turns out, the son of one of my workmates played in high school, and got his family into playing a game, much to the delight of the rather elderly club members. We started proceedings with a couple of shots of the sun and the current sunspots (Me: "This is what it looks like right now!" 16yo daughter of a work mate: "Well, actually it's what it looked like 18 minutes ago." Me: Applause), and then ate dinner while waiting for the sky to go dark. At 8pm, we got our Dwarf3s aligned, and synchronised their schedules for the night. Then we fired up the DwarfIIs, got them running on some ad-hoc targets, and called everyone out, including many of the Croquet Club members, who were also interested.We opened with some spectacular views of the Orion Nebula, the Sculptor Galaxy, and the Horsehead Nebula. We also started on a shot the Helix Nebula. Most targets we scheduled 30 minutes for, before the Dwarf3s would move on to new targets. Aiding us in our explanation of what was on display was <a href="https://masto.ai/@ariaflame" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ariaflame</a> , a physicist from Murdoch Uni, and a good friend. We talked about the way clusters and nebulae are formed, how stars aged, and just how far everything is. Around 8:30, the last of our guests arrived - workmate and Perth Observatory volunteer (and former professional astronomer) Steve Ewing, who had with him a 10" traditional telescope. By about 9pm he had it up and running, and was showing off Saturn and Jupiter, which are too small for our smart telescopes to resolve meaningfully. Steve's enthusiastic explanations of planetary dynamics were a highlight of the evening.Sadly, as 10pm rolled around the sprinkler systems on the oval started up, and we had to rapidly tear everything down before they reached us. As Leece said - "Rain stopped play."Despite this, it seems that everyone enjoyed themselves, and we got some great images to share with everyone after.And that is how we saw in 2025.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/StarParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StarParty</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NYE2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NYE2024</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astrophotography</a> #2025 <a href="https://aus.social/tags/dwarf3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dwarf3</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/dwarfII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dwarfII</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SmartTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTelescope</a>

rdmDifficult to observe with an optical telescope, Barnard 33 - better known as The Horsehead Nebula - is a dark dust cloud overlaying the HII bright nebula IC434. To view it directly normally requires very dark skies, clear air, a large (14" or larger) telescope, and an Hb or Ha filter, making it one of the more challenging objects to observe.For the Traveller fans, it is 422 parsecs away - or about 70 weeks if you could take a direct Jump 6 path to it. It is also just under 1 parsec across - that's a 1 hex object. IC434 is less than a parsec behind it, and is over 4 parsecs across, making it a 4 hex object. Nebulae are one thing (of many) that Traveller tends to gloss over, simply because they are so huge! There is also the matter of such regions being star nurseries, typically with ten or more stars within a single hex. These will all be too young to have any planets, let alone habitable ones!Back to the real world, though.With Electronically Assisted Astronomy - in this case provided by a Dwarf3 smart telescope - it becomes an easy object to capture. A mere 37mm lens and a built-in Ha/OIII filter gave a visible image within a few minutes, and an hour of stacked images provided this view.Dwarf3, 57x60s@80 Dual-band filter. Post processed in Snapseed and Google Photos to bring out the colour and details. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astrophotography</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Dwarf3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dwarf3</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SmartTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTelescope</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TravellerRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TravellerRPG</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nebula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nebula</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Barnard33" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Barnard33</a>

Tony HoffmanSupernova 2024 abfl (between hashmarks ) in galaxy NGC 2146, taken with Unistellar Odyssey Pro on November 19, 2024, 40 minutes of stacked 4-second frames. It also showed up faintly in images from my Seestar S50. <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/astrophotography" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/Unistellar" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unistellar</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/Seestar" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Seestar</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/SmartTelescope" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTelescope</a>

rdm<a href="https://aussie.zone/u/Gorgritch_umie_killa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Gorgritch_umie_killa</a> <a href="https://aus.social/@leece" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@leece</a> has at least one photo in the exhibition!And we'll be on the field with our <a href="https://aus.social/tags/dwarfii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dwarfii</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SmartTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTelescope</a> s. The BOM promise the sky will clear!

Unofficial PetaPixel BotUnistellar Vivid Vision Lets Its Telescopes Better Detect ‘Authentic’ Colors of Space <a href="https://petapixel.com/2024/09/05/unistellar-vivid-vision-lets-its-telescopes-better-detect-authentic-colors-of-space/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://petapixel.com/2024/09/05/unistellar-vivid-vision-lets-its-telescopes-better-detect-authentic-colors-of-space/</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/smarttelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarttelescope</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/vividvision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vividvision</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/processing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#processing</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/telescopes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telescopes</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/unistellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unistellar</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/Equipment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Equipment</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Software</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a>

rdmI own a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DwarfII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DwarfII</a>, not a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Seestar_s50" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Seestar_s50</a>, but everything in this article applies to any <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SmartTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTelescope</a>. A great introduction to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> outreach.<a href="https://urbanastrophotography.com/index.php/2023/12/07/guide-to-using-a-seestar-s50-for-public-outreach/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://urbanastrophotography.com/index.php/2023/12/07/guide-to-using-a-seestar-s50-for-public-outreach/</a>

Unofficial PetaPixel BotThis $479 Smart Telescope Lets Anyone Shoot Beautiful Astro Photos <a href="https://petapixel.com/2024/07/18/this-479-smart-telescope-lets-anyone-shoot-beautiful-astro-photos/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://petapixel.com/2024/07/18/this-479-smart-telescope-lets-anyone-shoot-beautiful-astro-photos/</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/smarttelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarttelescope</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/Equipment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Equipment</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telescope</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/dwarflab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dwarflab</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/nightsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nightsky</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/dwarf3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dwarf3</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/astro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astro</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a>

IT NewsThe Unistellar Odyssey smart telescope made me question what stargazing means - Enlarge / The Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro and the Unistellar Odyssey Pro. (credit: Ti... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2026083" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/?p=2026083</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/unistellarodyssey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unistellarodyssey</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/smarttelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarttelescope</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/unistellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unistellar</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telescope</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reviews</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a>

John PickeringThe Trifid nebula through the eyepiece of my smart telescope. <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Unistellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unistellar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/smarttelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarttelescope</a>

Tim ☑️ 🔭🌃📷🚴🌳Well at least the alleged "telescope" looks good in the back garden, even if the results won't be all that spectacular. Dwarf.II in action.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/behindthescenes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#behindthescenes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telescope</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SmartTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTelescope</a>

Cmdr_Halo_Jones<a href="https://cmdr.social/@Buzz777" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Buzz777</a> I've got a celestron with an EQ mount but it's so annoying to polar align and plate solve.By the time it's set up the clouds have rolled in and I'm freezing.So now I just stick this bad boy on the roof of the car, and throw on netflix for a couple of hours while it stacks for me.<a href="https://dwarflab.com/en-gb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dwarflab.com/en-gb</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/DwarfLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DwarfLab</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SmartTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTelescope</a>

Cmdr_Halo_Jones<a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Waxing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Waxing</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/MoonShot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MoonShot</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SmartTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTelescope</a>Last week's moon taken from my back yard. My <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/EliteDangerousOdyssey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EliteDangerousOdyssey</a> account is undergoing maintenance but my local detailed surface scanning device is fun when skies are clear.

rdmThe <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sun</a> today, as seen by my <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DwarfII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DwarfII</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SmartTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTelescope</a>. 20*1/200s Gain 0. Post processed in <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Snapseed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Snapseed</a>.Visible are three sunspots regions, two dark and one light. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astrophotography</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SunSpots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SunSpots</a>

Cmdr_Halo_JonesClass <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Bortle6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bortle6</a> sky pic of last night's moon.Taken from my <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Dwarf2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dwarf2</a> smart telescope around 2am UTCNo midge or mosquito involved.<a href="https://dwarflab.com/pages/about-us" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://dwarflab.com/pages/about-us</a><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/lunarPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lunarPhotography</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SmartTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTelescope</a>

Cmdr_Halo_Jones18 months ago I bought a bit of kit to take lunar pictures.Since then I have had only one night with clear skies that did not coincide with midge season. It's not fun trying to polar align 10kg of mount and scope in total darkness while being eaten alive.6 months ago I got a second, more portable 'scope, and as the nights close in, I'm looking forward to having a more pleasant time taking not so close up but perhaps easier pics...<a href="https://spacey.space/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/DarkSkies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarkSkies</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Dwarf2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dwarf2</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SmartTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTelescope</a>

NeilAnybody else got a <a href="https://glasgow.social/tags/dwarf2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dwarf2</a> <a href="https://glasgow.social/tags/SmartTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTelescope</a>?I ordered two from their kickstarter, and both (after using each of them for a day or two) have had the bottom mounting plates shear off.When I contacted support (and offered to pay for replacement parts if needed) they just sent me a tube of glue 😂 I didn't initially kick up a fuss as it was only the first telescope I had that problem with, but now it's both! Bah!Shame, as otherwise I was quite happy with it so far!<a href="https://glasgow.social/tags/DwarfII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DwarfII</a> <a href="https://glasgow.social/tags/DwarfLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DwarfLab</a>

Cmdr_Halo_JonesMuch excitement in the Jones household this morning with the arrival of the latest lightweight long-range discovery scanner. <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Dwarf2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dwarf2</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SmartTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTelescope</a> dwarflab.com <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/darkskiesforall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#darkskiesforall</a>

rdmThe Homunculus Nebula (a part of the Eta Carina Nebula - NGC3372) as seen from the middle of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Perth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perth</a>. 63 x 6s frames, gain 100 using a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/dwarfii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dwarfii</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/smarttelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarttelescope</a> . Postprocessed in <a href="https://aus.social/tags/snapseed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snapseed</a>. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DeepSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeepSpace</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/nebula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nebula</a>

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