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Dr.Ted

@alderan521.bsky.social

I am a retired physical scientist, now exploring what can be done in amateur astrophotography. I will post some examples here.

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I especially enjoy imaging asteroid occultations, due to the precision required. Here is an occultation involving the asteroid 14 Irene and star TYC 1892-00151-1 on 11:00:33.2 pm Eastern, 22 Mar 2025. They are near the center. Total duration of occultation close to 8.4 secs.

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I did some editing to remove many of the foreground (Milky Way galaxy) stars from my image of M31. Although it's normally claimed that one can't see stars in the Andromeda galaxy itself, this isn't entirely true. You can see a few 19th magnitude blue sprinkles at the upper left.

14.07.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My image of the Trifid Nebula from last summer.

14.07.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here is my very own NGC 891, in case anyone likes 1950s scifi style edge-on spiral galaxies.

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