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theangryastronomer

Amateur astrophotographer & astronomer living in the South East of England.

Finally got round to taking a nice image of my new

Finally got round to taking a nice image of my new rig. #pcporn #vr #cyberpunk2077 #cyberpunk #pc #pcgaming #pcbuild #pcbuilds #halflife

Annotated Version #astronomy #astrophotography #sp

Annotated Version #astronomy #astrophotography #spaceporn #skywatcher #spacepics #orion #canonphotography

I finally got round to doing a wide field shot of

I finally got round to doing a wide field shot of Orion to demonstrate the positions of previous images. (See the next image for annotations). It was really fun to shoot such a large area thanks to a friend lending me the Canon 16-35mm 2.8 L lens. It proved to be pretty sharp and a joy to use. This was shot at 35mm with an aperture of f/3.2 . 100 Subframes of 90 seconds of exposure plus the usual calibration frames. Total integration just shy of 2 hours. #astronomy #astrophotography #spaceporn #skywatcher #canon #stargazing

Finally completely* finished my first build and re

Finally completely* finished my first build and reworking my desk to make it a bit cleaner. Super happy with the finish. *I'm thinking of adding a small screen in the bottom right of the case for monitoring things.

Specs before I get asked.

Case: Thermaltake Core P5
CPU: AMD Ryzen 2700X
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix B450-F
RAM: 2x 8GB 3200mhz Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro
PSU: Thermaltake Smart RGB 750
Cooler: Asus ROG Strix Ryujin 240 AIO
Storage: WD Green 240GB M.2, Seagate BC 4TB HDD, WD 1TB.
GPU: Aorus RTX 2070 Super

Also picked up the Red Dragon 551 Keyboard and the M601 RGB mouse too.

#pcbuild #PCmasterrace #astrophotography #rog #asus #aorus #thermaltake #corsair #reddragon

Setting up for live streaming some more. Turns out

Setting up for live streaming some more. Turns out you can just use your phone as a webcam. Also I'm counting this as my yearly selfie.

Some progress. #pcbuild #pcmasterrace

Some progress. #pcbuild #pcmasterrace

Should make Pixinsight run a bit quicker. 'Scuse t

Should make Pixinsight run a bit quicker. 'Scuse the 750ti. #astrophotography #astronomy #spaceporn #pcbuild #pc #pcmasterrace

Man what a year! Didn't see any of this coming but

Man what a year! Didn't see any of this coming but yet here we are. #astrophotography #astronomy #deepsky #space #spaceporn

Trippy pixaloop effect on M42 #astrophotography #a

Trippy pixaloop effect on M42 #astrophotography #astronomy #pixaloop #orion #daily #photooftheday

A shot I took of my Solar setup from the #mercuryt

A shot I took of my Solar setup from the #mercurytransit with both my #skywatcher telescopes. Resulting shots in my feed...of course. #astrophotography #spaceporn #spacepics #solar #solarastronomy #astronomy #photooftheday

M42 V2. Same data but I've managed to pull more in

M42 V2. Same data but I've managed to pull more information out revealing more of that lovely brown dust. More data is needed though to bring back details in that blown out core but for now I'm pretty happy with what I've got.
#astrophotography #spaceporn #astronomy #orionnebula #m42 #spacepics #orion #canonphotography #skywatcher #zwo #messier #80ed #600d #astromodded #heq5pro #photooftheday

M31 Reprocess Dec 2019 #astrophotography #astronom

M31 Reprocess Dec 2019
#astrophotography #astronomy #nikon #nikonphotography #skywatcher #m31 #andromeda #andromedagalaxy #spaceporn #spacepics #spaceart #deepsky #photooftheday

Caldwell 49 The Rosette Nebula with open cluster N

Caldwell 49 The Rosette Nebula with open cluster NGC 2244 in Monocerous. A large spherical area of molecular hydrogen showing stars that we're born of the cloud in the center. Hidden inside are many hundreds of newborn stars, some of which are extremely massive and responsible for the ionizing glow seen from it's exterior.
#astrophotography #astronomy #hydrogenalpha #skywatcher #canonphotography #space #spaceporn #spacepics #stellarbirth #80ed #heq5pro #zwo #spaceart

IC424 and Barnard 33. The Horsehead Nebula in Orio

IC424 and Barnard 33. The Horsehead Nebula in Orion.

Well chuffed with this. Went all out in post with using per channel processing to bring down noise and increase detail right where it's needed most. Getting my time spent processing down to a couple of hours now too.
#astrophotography #astronomy #canonphotography #deepsky #pixinsight #deepskystacker #skywatcher #80ed #horsehead #horseheadnebula #amateurastronomy #barnard33 #ic434 #spaceporn #spacephotography #spacepics #photooftheday

Ya bois ready for some planetary imaging next year

Ya bois ready for some planetary imaging next year. #astrophotography #astronomy #planetaryimaging #telescope #zwo #skywatcher

Bad boi frac in the dome at the observatory. #ast $Bad boi frac in the dome at the observatory. #astronomy #astrophotography #wiliamoptics #skywatcher #telescope #observatory$

Here's my video from Mondays #mercurytransit. Turn

Here's my video from Mondays #mercurytransit. Turned out to be a pretty good day weather wise after a rough start. #astrophotography #astronomy #solarastronomy #mercury #sun

I'm beginning to think I'm a bit of a magnet for t

I'm beginning to think I'm a bit of a magnet for these. Pure chance as usual. #moon #astrophotography #Nikon #D5500 #lunar #astronomy

2/2. Sol making a show of it's incredible size beh

2/2. Sol making a show of it's incredible size behind a dwarfed and silhouetted Mercury. #mercurytransit #mercury #solarastronomy #astrophotography #astronomy #skywatcher #zwo

1/2. Well I'd say that's a win considering I'd nev

1/2. Well I'd say that's a win considering I'd never imaged the sun properly before this week and it threatened to rain all day. I'm impressed how much can be coaxed out of the #baaderplanetarium astro solar film and continuum filter when used with an 8 inch dobsonian (EQ mounted). #mercurytransit #solarastronomy #astrophotography #astronomy #mercury #skywatcher #zwo #bbc #bbcessex #mercurytransit2019

Quick snap with my phone through the eyepiece on m

Quick snap with my phone through the eyepiece on my #Sky-watcher 80ED. Mercury is clearly visible even at a modest focal length. I collected plenty of data with the big rig too so hopefully I'll have something a bit nicer to share with you all later. #astronomy #astrophotography #mercurytransit #solarastronomy

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Transit of Mercury 2019

Photos by Paul Lummus