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Imaging #m31 from the driveway tonight. Here's a good example of the light pollution I'm trying to fight through. #lxd75 #asi071mc #astrophotography #space #longexposure #astronomy #telescope @meadeinstruments @zwoasi

#andromeda #m31 is driving me insane. Every fall I go to image one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky and #murphyslaw takes over. I started a month ago, and only have this 2hrs of usable data! Do you have one object that just drives you nuts? I am determined to get 7+ hours of data this year between the #optolongfilters #lpro and #hutech #idas NB1 Filters this year. #galaxy #space #astronomy #universe #astroimaging #astrophotography #stars #nightsky #spacepics #longexposure #universe #astroimaging #lxd75 #asi071mc #optolongfilters @meadeinstruments @zwoasi @optolongfilter

Once in a while I point a camera at land-based objects. This #roseofsharon #hibiscus made it through a brutal winter and is at least 25 years old. It has been blooming since the second week of July and has at least one more round of blooms. #flowers #canonphotography #summer

Going through some old DSLR data from last Winter. This is about an hour and a half on the #runningmannebula - over-shadowed by it's neighbor M42, but all nebulae need some love! #astrophotography #canon #500d #lxd75 #optolongclsfilter #space #orion #astronomy #longexposure #nightsky @meadeinstruments @optolongfilter @canon_photos

The last 3 nights were supposed to be the clearest I've had in months, but Northeast winds over the cloud machine that is Lake Michigan have ruined the entire week. I wasn't happy with my previous processing of #m16 so what do we do when the weather sucks? We go over and over old data. Here's a reprocess of the #eaglenebula enhanced for little screens. #space #astronomy #stars #longexposure #telescope #asi071mc #instadaily #nebula #milkyway #astrophotography #spacepics #astrophoto #lxd75 @astrohutech @zwoasi @meadeinstruments

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Katorella is a mashup of my daughters names that I had originally made up for a bike that I never built. They adopted the name, but I stole it back for my astronomy endeavors.

I’ve been casually into Astronomy for decades, but more recently I’ve taken a serious interest. I’ve been really imaging since 2017 from just outside Chicago, which creates challenge after challenge. I want to prove that you can do this from anywhere without spending your whole life’s savings.

I believe that anyone who wants to make their own art from hidden treasures in the sky should be able to go for it!

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