Catherine Ryan Hyde

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That's too bad. I had the same experience with the last eclipse, and I know how it feels. It's disappointing.

Thanks, Duncan!

The central coast of California

This is the Blood Moon again, but this time 30 6-second images stacked. I think it might have gained a little bit in detail, but I might like the color better on the first one. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

This was about half an hour after totality. The last decent image I got of it before it disappeared behind the studio over my garage. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

In case your sky was cloudy or you just didn't feel like getting up in the middle of the night (which I get), here's what the partial phase of the eclipse looked like. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

The first image off my camera of the Blood Moon. This is right at totality, 3:33 a.m. I did very little processing on this. I sharpened it. The light and color are exactly as they came off my camera. #astronomy #astrophotography

Oddly, I do DSLR astrophotography. Which is unusual. These were taken using a Nikon D810A. I have a lot of scopes, but the scope in this case was a StellarVue 152mm refractor. It's actually my biggest scope, but of course that's not very big. And then I'm tracking and guiding, probably obviously.

A nice little open star cluster, M93 in Puppis. Somehow this has escaped my attention up until now. This was taken under a nearly full moon, with the light blue background discarded. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

February 28 planet parade? Here’s what you’ll really see

According to the big splashy memes, yes. The reality is a bit more disappointing. earthsky.org/tonight/febr...

Just in case you thought the sun was going to go quietly into solar minimum. This is it today in hydrogen alpha and white light, both color and monochrome. I think I'm just playing because I'm so tired of not being able to take images at night. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Yes, I noticed that too. But it was too small to be designated with a number, so it didn't count. If we could get in much closer we'd probably see even more going on.

Only 152mm.

I really do.

February 28 planet parade? Here’s what you’ll really see

Not to be a downer, but that's never quite what they say it will be. earthsky.org/tonight/febr...

Moon and Jupiter on partly cloudy night, just for the sake of mood. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

The bright star Regulus, with the faint, fuzzy patch of Leo I on the left. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

The California Nebula, but as a wider field with more dark sky around it. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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This is a stack of 115 300-second exposures,

The first spotless sun (clear of numbered sunspot regions) since 2022. Assuming it lasts until the end of the day, that is. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

A very small planetary nebula called NGC 2392 in Gemini. Also called the Eskimo or Clown Face Nebula. Really too small for my equipment, but sometimes you just have to try. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

The Moon with Saturn Tonight. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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This is IC 1805, the Heart Nebula, and IC 1848, the Soul Nebula, and if that doesn't put a song in your heart then you just don't have a musical heart. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

This is NGC 2359 in Canis Major, also called Thor's Helmet or the Duck Nebula. Why the Duck Nebula, I will never know. I see no duck here. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

From just before dawn this morning, a 15% crescent moon hanging in one of my favorite asterisms, the Teapot. #Astronomy #astrophotography

This is the Alpha Persei Cluster, one of my favorite open clusters. Unfortunately there was a lot of humidity and thin clouds, which created a glow around the bright stars. The brightest is Alpha Persei, also known as Mirfak. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

NGC 2244, the Rosette Nebula. #Astronomy #Astrophotography