The Space Koala

Spiraling – NGC 3718
A warped galaxy in Ursa Major with a twisted dust lane and faint tidal features. HCG 56 is visible to the left; NGC 3729, likely responsible for the distortion, is just out of frame.

📸 Luca Bartek
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#Astrophotography

20.04.2025 21:05 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Automate PixInsight like a pro — no code needed! take WBPP to the next level with the Pipeline Builder script, including a no-code drag & drop version.
Downsampling, BlurX, background extraction… all automated.
Game changer! 😍 #PixInsight #WBPP youtu.be/-kkpQcW3y_8

20.04.2025 11:31 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

At NEAIC 2025 I presented a talk on automating WBPP in PixInsight using the event script.
You can now watch Part 1 on YouTube — how to trigger Telegram notifications, copy frames, and more.
Code & docs included.

Watch: youtu.be/Xd097a8Zlxg

#PixInsight #Astrophotography

19.04.2025 14:35 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Milky Way Meets Glacier

Ever since I first visited this glacier in the Swiss Alps I wanted to go back there at night to see the Milky Way over the glacier. It was a beautiful sight watching our galaxy slowly set behind the icy mountain peaks.

#astrophotography #milkyway

18.10.2023 21:40 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

The Ghosts of Cassiopeia 👻

The main nebulosity in the picture is colloquially known as the Ghost Nebula, but in my opinion the surrounding dust area is a whole ghost town.

#Astrophotography #Space #Astronomy #StarryNight #NightSky #NASA #ESA #DeepSpace #Celestial #TheSpaceKoala #APOD #Optolong

15.10.2023 21:03 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0