Chris Caprette

A shark-shaped cloud of dust facing the upper left with its head centered and its "mouth" open against a rich field of stars

Another dusty patch, this one in the Constellation Cepheus known as the Dark Shark Nebula. #astrophotography

I've seen the same in my science classes. COVID causes brain damage and is especially hard on the prefrontal cortex where many of our cognitive processes and motivations occur. We may be seeing a generation of students permanently disabled by a preventable disease.

A cloud of dust like a witch's face looking slightly down and to the right against a background of stars.

It's a little late for Halloween, but here is the Witch Head nebula, a cloud of dust illuminated by the bright star Rigel in Orion. This is a tough object to image from moderately light-polluted skies but doable on moonless nights. #Astrophotography

A curtain of deep red with a dark shadow like a horse's head next to a maple-leaf shaped flame orange pattern against a background of stars

I'm reprocessing some old data with new tools. I imaged the Horsehead and Flame Nebulae in 2022 using my 61mm refractor with a dual narrowband filter and without. #Astro #Photography

A spiral galaxy with bluish arms and white central disc centered among a field of stars and other fuzzy galaxies.

This is the Deer Lick group of galaxies visible in Pegasus, with NGC 7331 in the foreground. This is not a "true" galaxy group as the individual galaxies are not interacting gravitationally. #Astro, #Photography

I wonder if it may have occured to Rep. Swalwell that the Republican may have been lying? After all, he's a Republican representative.

A heart-shaped red cloud against a backdrop of stars

The Heart Nebula and surrounding clouds of ionized hydrogen, imaged for a total of 24.5 hours from my backyard. #Astro, #Photography

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

Daisy-like flower with dew drops on the petals

Fresh dew on a Smooth Aster, Symphyotrichum racemosa. #NativePlants, #Photography

A dense ball of stars centered against a sparse star field with a few bright stars

This is M15, the Pegasus globular cluster. Somewhere in there is a planetary nebula and possibly a black hole at its center. #Astrophotography

Gray-headed bird with yellow breast and undertail feathers, white belly, pale eye ring perched facing down and to the left diagonally6 on a twig with some yellow triangular leaves.

This female Nashville Warbler visited this morning. #Birds, #Photography

Pale yellow butterfly with pink accent marks and green eyes on bright pink flowers with yellow centers

Clouded Sulphur butterfly on the pink form of New England Aster #NativePlants, #Butterflies

Bird with yellow undertail feathers, green back, white belly, white stripe above the eye and peeking from behind some twigs.

Playing peek-a-boo with an immature Red-eyed Vireo #Birds, #Photography

Yellow and black fuzzy bee on a flower with pink rays and yellow disc

Bumblebee loading up on pollen from New England Aster #NativePlants

A black yellow and white caterpillar sandwiched between two green leaves

A late Monarch caterpillar munching on Swamp Milkweed #NativePlants

Deep red, magenta, and blue glowing clouds against a backdrop of stars

The region between the constellations Cassiopeia and Cepheus has some wonderful emission nebulae , including the bubble nebula (bottom center) and the lobster claw nebula (left center) among others. This is about 10.5 hours of exposure from my back yard. #Astrophotography

Hummingbird centered and peeking out from a clump of bright red flowers.

This peekaboo Ruby-throated Hummingbird is one of two still visiting our potted Salvia and Petunias. The latest I've had them in the yard is Sept 15th. This is 14th. #Photography, #Birds

Green Dragonfly with a brown abdomen hanging head up from a leaf against a dark background of vegetation

Female Common Green Darner taking a moment's rest from her hunt in my back yard. #Wildlife, #Photography

Broad yellow ray flowers surround the central yellow and green disc flowers, with a bumble bee collecting pollen from the disc.

Early Sunflower, also called False Sunflower and Ox-eye Sunflower is another late-summer early-fall bloomer providing pollen to our bees. #NativePlants, #Photography

Vibrant pink ray flowers surround the central orange-yellow disc flowers, all against an olive green background

New England Aster in pink. The colors of this one have changed to a brighter pink from last year which was more violet. This is a good host plant and nectar source in the fall. The deer have pruned it a few times but that just means more blooms! #NativePlants, #Photography

Moon, many craters along the dark upper edge, especially to the left and the dark "seas" covering most of the right side.

Almost the third quarter moon from two mornings ago.

I haven't seen a single progressive/left post celebrating his death, certainly not from any of the leaders. These right wing fanatics just lie continuously with no damn consequences.

70-100 dollars a day on a seasonal job, would come to 24000-35000 a year only if they worked 7 days a week 50 weeks of the year. I don't know any US citizens that would be willing to do that.

Orange flower in profile open toward the left and a flat leaf both with drops of water reflecting the landscape

Dew on Orange Touch-Me-Not (Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis) #NativePlants, #Photography

Metallic green bee with orange highlights hanging upside down from a pale cream flower.

This is one of the metallic sweat bees feeding on Persicaria virginiana, aka Jumpseed. #NativePlants, #Bees, #Photography

Orangish-brown and yellow butterfly with triangular wings on magenta flowers

This is Peck's Skipper feeding on Ironweed. #NativePlants, #Butterflies, #Photography

Gray and light tan bee with bluish eyes on magenta flowers.

This is a Denticulate Longhorn Bee, Melissodes denticulatus, a native specialist on ironweed. Those fluffy pantaloons it wears soon will be stuffed with white pollen. #NativePlants, #Bees, #Photography

A bright star surrounded by red clouds and dark shadows in a field of faint pinpoint stars

This image shows clouds of ionized hydrogen in red interrupted here and there by bands of dust blocking the light. Just left of center is the bright star Sadr (γ Cygni) which forms the body of the swan in the constellation Cygnus. #Astrophotography

A ring of flame-orange surrounding a smaller pale blue ring around a dark center containing a star cluster and all against a background of stars and faint reddish-orange clouds

This is the Rosette Nebula in Monoceros, with about 8 hours total integration using a dual (Ha & Oiii) narrowband filter and processed emphasizing those emission lines.

Thank you!