Sergey S. @sergey@social.ssbx.dev

Once icemagedon was over and sky became clear I've been chasing Green Comet aka C/2022 E3 ZTF with 135mm lens, using charts assuming where it can be. On a second night I was able to get it on the edge of the frame of just 10 lights x 20sec sub-exposures, before clouds rolled in. It suppose to become clear tomorrow, I'll continue that quest hoping to get more as it comes close(visually) to star called Capella. #astropic

After bit of reading while back I was thinking about jumping on comet bandwagon and capture some lights, but weather just sucks, clouds has been covering us for a while, hopefully weather would make a 180 turn by Friday.

I thought to myself what if I try to reprocess data that I took during my first attempt. Here is what I've got. Same 5 lights that I took 6 month ago, same tools for processing, but 6 month later I actually knew what I was doing. Bottom line I missed MilkyWay core, only got a bit on the bottom left side on my picture. #astropic

Here is my most recent attempt to capture M42. I could say that I am finally happy with this image, of course it was taken under Bortle 8 sky, that's the limitation. M42 shot with Canon EOS T3i, 135mm, F4, ISO 800, 20sec sub-exposures with total integration time 77min. #astropic

Decided to take couple short of M42 last night after my attempt to shoot M33 ended abruptly due to a roof top entering picture. So difference is really stark this is just 5 min of integration and you already see many details. So I am going to return back to my favorite target Orion for next session as it high enough and nicely located in my heavy light polluted area. M42 shot using Canon EOS T3i, 135mm, F4, ISO 800. #astropic

I've tried shooting out M33 last night, and understood how faint it is. Everything worked against was shooting towards light polluted area, it was not too high above horizon and half way towards my session I tumbled upon rooftop of my house. So here what I got with 20-ish min of total integration time, not much(small smudge towards middle). M33 shot using Canon EOS T3i, 135mm, F4, ISO 800. #astropic

Caph - lone star. I was going to shoot NGC 7822 but missed big time and as a result the only object worth noting is star Caph 54.7 light years away. #astropic

Ажыццявілася мая даўнешняя мара, навучыць дзяцей размаўляць на роднай мове. My dream came true, now kiddos can learn Belarusian and better understand where their parents came from, and why we are so appalled at how Belarusian culture is being destroyed in Belarus. Every day they can learn one word.

What would you shoot with your camera on Christmas Eve ... right, Christmas Tree ... start cluster. I even got a proof of Santa Clause for my kiddos, as he flew by our house with Rudolph Red Nose leading the pack(this shot was removed from final stack, though). But bottom line I should have done my research and understand that it was not a good target for my setup. So here you go that smudge in the middle is a Christmas Tree cluster. Shot with Canon T3i, 135mm, F3.5, ISO 800, 89min #astropic

Shot accidental target last night, I was going after Christmas Tree and missed it, however Rosette Nebula was in the frame at the very bottom, but still, so I cropped it. So it's only 1/5 of the whole frame that I salvaged from about of 2 hours of integration.Rosette Nebula, shot with Canon EOS T3i, 135mm lens F2.8, ISO 800. #astropic

Finally added some necessary equipment. This is my first try using SWSA 2i star tracker. Spent quite a while learning Polar alignment process. But imagine session was a breeze with automation that tracker brings. This is retake of M45 aka Pleiades with new equipment, just 52 min of total integration and a bit of processing. Equipment: Canon EOS T3i, Samyang 135mm lens at F2.8 and ISO 800. 124 X 25 second sub-exposures. #astropic

Back to my backyard which is Bortle 7/8 class, however with bit improved skills I've decided to do retake for Andromeda Galaxy. This is M31 at the forefront with M110 bottom and M32 was "lost in translation" #astropic Specs: Canon EOS T3i, 50mm lens at F2.8 and ISO 1600. 20 min of total integration time.

Had a chance to shoot out of Bortle 4 sky, so I shot my favorite constellation Orion, here is the result. #astropic

Here is an interesting observation, when you trying to vote on each position separately without choosing a party and rather looking at each person, it's close to impossible to find a solid source of information.

I had a chance to take some almost "accidental" shots of M45 aka Pleiades. It looked like a smudge on the night sky, as I stepped outside for a second. So I went back inside and unpacked my gear and started shooting. This is just 12 min of integration of 4 second exposures, but I am genuinely happy with the image. I think I am making progress in this hobby. Post processing is just curves and nothing else. #astropic

Accidental session, shooting Pleiades. I saw it as a smudge in the sky and couldn't resist the temptation to shoot some photons.