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Mike Read

@astromike.bsky.social

Amateur astrophotographer from Wiltshire, UK. Software Developer.

2,534 Followers  |  138 Following  |  221 Posts  |  Joined: 09.02.2024  |  2.1613

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Yes , that’s to my NW 0.5 miles , and the wind was blowing away from me too

13.08.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last nights Perseid capture. Corsley, Wiltshire. Using A Canon R6II and Sigma 20mm ART
#astronomy

13.08.2025 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Red Arrow #RIAT #Aviation

21.07.2025 06:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Friday #RIAT #Aviation

20.07.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Saturday #RIAT #Aviation

20.07.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This mornings Robin...

13.06.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What could possibly go wrong:
1. Forgetting to take the bag off
2. Clouds
3. Incorrect time
4. Clouds
5. not focused correctly
6. Clouds

Not too many things - good luck Kev :-)

13.06.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Freya - Mid yawn #catsofbluesky

11.06.2025 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last nights Strawberry Moon rising through Longleat Forest #strawberrymoon #astronomy #moon #wiltshire

11.06.2025 06:49 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just waiting for ours to exit 🀩

18.05.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Final Messier 106
A total of 66 x 300s images stacked using PixInsight.
Acquired using NINA.
8" Edge native + ASI2600MC

Astro Dark disappears this week :-(

#astronomy #astrophotography

18.05.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Messier 106 discovered in 1781 lies 22-25 million ly from Earth. 2hrs of integration using an 8" Edge at native 2000mm.
Imaged from my garden #wiltshire #astronomy

17.05.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

@bot.astronomy.blue signup

06.05.2025 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A 5 panel mosaic - Corona Borealis. I've also marked approx where T Coronae Borealis "Blaze Star" is - the possible location is where the nova event might happen.
#astronomy #astrophotograpy

06.05.2025 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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18 panel mosaic of Ursa Major using a RedCat & ASI 2600MC. each panel consists of approx 30 x 300s frames.
Assembled in Pixinsight and Affinity Photo. Pixel peekers - spot the galaxies...
#astronomy #astrophotography

05.04.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Correcting the orientation :-)

05.03.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OK - here's my largest mosaic todate - 8 panel on the Taurus Molecular Cloud - including the Pleiades.
#astronomy #astrophotography

05.03.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonights Moon with "Earth Shine" #astronomy

02.03.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Same 6 panel mosaic (Ursa Major), merged and process in PI
#astronomy

02.03.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very atmospheric - I like this πŸ™Œ

01.03.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha - I deactivated my Twitter this week.

01.03.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know that feeling…just collection as much data as possible to play with later.

01.03.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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6 panels , roughly stitched from last night , Ursa Major stars MerakΒ andΒ Phecda

#astronomy

01.03.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Kev πŸ™

28.02.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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More panels needed - Jupiter is currently in the way :-) #astronomy #astrophotography

28.02.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Me neither.....This is a year project :-)

27.02.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

PS ignore any grads and colour cast, this was an assembly only...

27.02.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Started on a mosaic of the TMC, 3 panels assembled in PixInsight..
RedCat51 + ASI2600MC
#astronomy #astrophotography #Wiltshire

27.02.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep - people are missing the whole point of astronomy/photography - getting people outside and reconnecting with the sky. The stronger the voice to stop sprawling light pollution the better.

26.02.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very true πŸ‘

26.02.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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