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I see it! Nice catch!

Brilliant! Nice catch with the meteor

Thanks, Pete!

Thanks, Philip. I like the composition of those also

Thanks, George. I wish you could have seen it!

Thanks, wookie!

Another shot of the Saturn/Mars conjunction (with Venus in tow) the next morning (April 5). The two were a bit closer, with Saturn appearing to sit atop Mars. Can you see the contrast in colors? Cheers! Reggie 🤩

From the States I was able to see the close conjunction of Saturn and Mars (about 30 arcminutes apart), with Venus joining the party. I took a prime focus shot through my 127mm Mak to give the planets some size and took some widefield shots: Cheers! Reggie 🤩

After getting out before dawn to observe and image the planets I looked through my images to discover I had taken an image of Mars and Saturn almost exactly four years prior. Is this a pattern? I wouldn't be surprised; I just hadn't considered it before: April 2, 2018 image April 3, 2022 image with Venus joining the planetary party And visible to us in the United States, Mars and Saturn will pass less than 0.3 degrees of each other on April 4 and 5. I will be up at dawn to see it! Cheers! Reggie 🤩

Venus and Jupiter will be about 14 arcminutes apart in the predawn sky on April 30. Check out this link and enter your location to find out if it will be visible from your zone: https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20220430_20_100

Awesome! Nice work

It's definitely worth the effort, Myles!

I captured images of two spectacular open clusters recently that are visible in winter from the Northern Hemisphere, M41 (The "Little" Beehive) and M44 (The "Big" Beehive). M41 is more compact and colorful. M44 covers more celestial real estate and is more spread out. Do you have a favorite here? M41 Little Beehive (ISO 3200, 10s single exposure at prime focus, 127mm Mak) M44 The Beehive (ISO 3200, 1s single exposure at prime focus, 127mm Mak) Winter beeeezzzz! 😱 Reggie

No problem, SSC!

You're welcome, Dr. Mike!

One of my favorite double stars is the gorgeous blue and gold Albireo, and during the winter months I get my Albireo fix by observing 145G Canis Majoris and Iota Cancri, also very beautiful and colorful. Here are images I took of these "Winter Albireos" at prime focus using my Nikon D3200 and 127mm Skymax Mak: 145G Canis Majoris Iota Cancri Clear skies! Reggie🤩

Greetings all. Been having a run of nice clear nights (though chilly) and getting in some quality observing and imaging. Here is a series of shots focused on some of the reddest stars in the nighttime sky. For me, R Leporis (Hind's Crimson Star) is by far the reddest visually. The others in this series seem to range from orange to yellow, but, of course, the brightness of the star is a determining factor in the richness of color. All images were taken at prime focus using my Nikon D3200 and 127mm Skymax Mak: R Leporis (Hind's Crimson Star) 119 Tauri (Ruby Star), on the right Mu Cephei (Garnet Star) And, for good measure, Betelgeuse Clear skies! Reggie🤩

Wow, what an improvement! I had hoped the full quality image would be inserted in the reply post to you; I'll send you a message. Thanks for your effort!

Sure, vlaiv. Here it is. I can't wait to see your results! There was a little "ring" anomaly near the right bottom edge of the image, not quite sure what caused it. Cheers! Reggie

Here is my annual photo of one of my favorite nebulae of all time, M42, the Orion Nebula, prime focus using a Nikon D3200 and 127mm StarMax Mak-Cass at ISO 3200, single 10s exposure, post-processing in Photoshop: Cheers! Reggie🚀

Thanks, Andy. Same to you!

Thanks, Sunshine. Same to you and yours!

Thanks, Neil. Seasons greetings!

I grabbed this nice configuration of Jupiter and the Galilean moons on Christmas night. It was unusually warm here with mostly clear skies. Hope everyone who celebrates is having a wonderful holiday season! Orion StarMax 127mm Mak, ZWO ASI224mc: Seasons Greetings! Reggie🚀

Not bad at all, Pete. Hope you're having a nice holiday! Reggie