The Heart of Space, a view of the Heart nebula and Melotte 15
The calibrated raw data set of this image has been shared to those of you with dropbox access
2022-09-07 22:34:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is called the "Elephant Trunk" but many people see a woman. What do you see?
Data for this is available in Dropbox to those of you that subscribe to the "aspiring astrophotographer" tier.
2022-09-06 23:17:43 +0000 UTC View PostRereleasing some of my most popular images- here's the high resolution ones for you
Lightning shots from last night's monsoon- roughly 2 minutes worth of shots
A collaboration with a planetary scientist: our moon in 174 megapixels
Some highlights from our solar system in one composite image. See if you can find everything!
A detailed shot of the sun from Tuesday. This one I included the solar corona, Captured during an eclipse and scaled to the image accordingly.
I had to drive to California to get this one: Saturn at it's closest to Earth.
Last night's waxing gibbous moon, with colors enhanced to show mineral composition
My massive composite image of this morning's planetary alignment
Last night's storm system that moved through Tucson- star trails and lightning
Look closely at this one- you should be able to spot the international space station!
Update: How to reach me
It's come to my attention that I have unread messages in my patreon inbox. However, the messaging system for patreon is beyond broken. It won't load on PC, and it crashes the app when I try loading it from my phone, and I very rarely get the email notifications from it. For that reason, if you want to contact me, please...
2022-06-19 19:11:54 +0000 UTC View Post"Heavenly Objects" Our waxing Crescent moon against the backdrop of a stunning sunset
Two images remastered - Lunar Rendezvous and Horsehead & Flame
The full size images are there for for you to zoom in at your leisure, and of course if you want one in print patrons get a special discount!
I hate using this as an advertisement (Patrons shouldn't have to be shown ads in any way) but I want to make sure you remember the discount code so you don't ever pay full p...
2022-06-12 23:58:10 +0000 UTC View Post
The densest starfield I've ever captured
This is near the core of our galaxy. The dark area in the middle is Barnard 72, known as the snake nebula.
2022-06-04 16:54:53 +0000 UTC View PostA surprise Patreon perk for you
Hello! I just launched my brand new website! Lots of new prints for sale, so you can check it out if there's something you want to get. cosmicbackground.io
Don't forget to enter COSMICPATRON20 at checkout to get a 20% discount on y...
2022-06-03 19:33:30 +0000 UTC View PostA 286 megapixel image of the sun a few days ago, with a massive sunspot grouping visible
