#WilliamOptics

Danni (She/Her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘

@danni-astro.bsky.social

1 day ago

Messier 95 a barred spiral galaxy 33 Million Light years away in the constellation of Leo. The core & bars are orange with blue ring like structure & delicate spiral arms.

Messier 96 a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo 31 million light years away. The central core is amber with distinctive dust lanes & faint arms extend forming an oval around the centre.

#astrophotography #zwo #williamoptics #skywatcher

A couple of Leo galaxies, Messier 95 & 96 shot last night from my Lee on solent backyard with a William Optics FLT110 F7 scope.

Mary McIntyre

@marymcintyreastro.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Here is my stacked image of the #EyesOfClavius, taken at 18:08 UT 25 February 2026 from #Oxfordshire, UK. #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #ZWO #ASI120MC camera, #TeleVue #5xPowermate.

Danni (She/Her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘

@danni-astro.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

A star filled background, red supernova remnant, pretty blue irregular shaped cluster adjacent a smaller compact orange star cluster.

#Astrophotography #WilliamOptics #Redcat51

The Jellyfish nebula / supernova remnant & open cluster Messier 35 NGC 2158 shot from my soggy backyard.

Mary McIntyre

@marymcintyreastro.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

#Jupiter from #Oxfordshire UK 24 Feb '26. #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor + ASI120MC camera, shot with #Celstron 3x Barlow then a #Televue #Powermate 5x which was pushing it a bit! I merged a different exposure for the Galilean moons

shane

@robotshane.bsky.social

2 months ago

Rich in H-alpha and oxygen emission, this region is a stellar nursery where radiation and stellar winds actively sculpt the surrounding gas. You are seeing a dramatic snapshot of star formation in action.

#zwo #zwoasi #astrophotographer #williamoptics #arnejamesspacetelescope

Danni (She/Her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘

@danni-astro.bsky.social

2 months ago

#astrophotography #williamoptics #zwo

The crab nebula Messier 1, supernova remnant in Taurus shot from my backyard.

Danni (She/Her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘

@danni-astro.bsky.social

2 months ago

#astrophotography #williamoptics #zwo #askar

My first backyard shot of the year is the star cluster NGC 7380 & nebula SH2-142 know as the Wizard nebula in Cepheus.

Mary McIntyre

@marymcintyreastro.bsky.social

2 months ago

image shows the rosette nebula, an HII region that has shells of red gas in circular layers that resemble a rosette around the outside with little nebulosity in the centre. Some people think the shape resembles a human skull. There is a bright star cluster almost in the centre and the whole nebula is surrounded by a black sky and numerous faint stars

#RosetteNebula in Nov '25 from #Oxfordshire, UK. #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, EQ5 Pro mount/permanent pier, astro-modded #Canon1100D + #AltairQuadband filter. 150 x 2min + 30 darks, total exposure of 5 hours. I was losing the sky to dawn light at the time of imaging #Astrophotography

StarCatcher 🇨🇦

@starcatcherjohn.bsky.social

5 months ago

Fully autonomous Telescope system with a William Optics Red Cat 61

Fully autonomous Telescope system with a William Optics Red Cat 61

Fully autonomous Telescope system with a William Optics Red Cat 61

🧵(3/3) Here's the rig that took that picture.
A very small telescope (300mm focal length @ ƒ4.9) with excellent optics from William Optics

#Astrophotography #Space #DeepSpace #Astronomy #WilliamOptics #RedCat

Danni (She/Her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘

@danni-astro.bsky.social

6 months ago

#astrophotography #osc #williamoptics #zwo
Another backyard shot, this time of the bubble nebula in Cassiopeia in SHO.

Chris Howard

@chrishowardwriter.bsky.social

7 months ago

The Tulip in Hydrogen-alpha: Tulip Nebula Sh2-101 and the surrounding HII region in Cygnus, centered on the open star cluster NGC 6871. 60x300-second subs, 5 hours total integration time. Location: backyard, coastal New Hampshire, US. #astrophotography #astronomy #nightsky #ZWOAM5 #williamoptics

Chris Howard

@chrishowardwriter.bsky.social

7 months ago

The Space Cat was already set up and ready to go, so that's what I'm imaging with tonight. William Optics SpaceCat51 and the ZWO AM5 EQ in the backyard. I have the ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro Mono camera, 3nm narrowband 48mm filter set on tonight #WilliamOptics #SpaceCat #ZWOAM5 #astrophotography #astronomy

Dodi

@astrododi.bsky.social

10 months ago

#sun in H-alpha light today. First light with my vintage #IsleOfMan #coronado ASP60 filter and BF30. Made in Europe, unlike later Coronado's. Excellent contrast for a 20+year old filter. Telescope was a #WilliamOptics FLT91. Player One Neptune M camera.
#astrophotography #astronomy #solarsystem

Great Finds

@greatitemfinds.bsky.social

11 months ago

astrophotography telescope | eBay ZWO harmonic Drive equatorial go to Mount. It is not a planetary scope. ZWO mini guide scope (no optics, ). ZWO EAF electronic automatic focus. Optalong L quad enhance filter.

www.ebay.com/itm/38800362... #ad #Astrophotography #Telescopes #WilliamOptics #Stargazing #SpacePhotography #Astronomy #ExploreTheUniverse

Mary McIntyre

@marymcintyreastro.bsky.social

11 months ago

Animation of #Asteroid #Flora approaching #NGC3628 the #HamburgerGalaxy in the #LeoTriplet 7th, 8th & 9th April 2025. Imaged from #Oxfordshire with a #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor + #Canon1100D Moonlight has been a real pain!

Great Finds

@greatitemfinds.bsky.social

11 months ago

astrophotography telescope | eBay ZWO harmonic Drive equatorial go to Mount. It is not a planetary scope. ZWO mini guide scope (no optics, ). ZWO EAF electronic automatic focus. Optalong L quad enhance filter.

www.ebay.com/itm/38800362... #ad #Astrophotography #Telescopes #WilliamOptics #Stargazing #SpacePhotography #Astronomy #ExploreTheUniverse

Mary McIntyre

@marymcintyreastro.bsky.social

11 months ago

#TimelapseVideo of the whole of yesterday's #PartialSolarEclipse captured from #Oxfordshire UK with a #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #ThousandOaks glass filter & #Canon1100D. I took a photo every 15 seconds for 2hrs. Unprocessed aside from cropping the video

ThatVikingGuy

@kharvilak.bsky.social

11 months ago

T Coronae Borealis, a binary star about 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis, is expected to go nova any time now. Photo details in comments.
#astrophotography #williamoptics #tcoronaeborealis #skywatcher #westminsterastronomicalsociety #nightskyphotography

ThatVikingGuy

@kharvilak.bsky.social

11 months ago

Not an easy target to say the least. M94 is a very small target in a mid-sized refractor. This was just over two hours of data. Photo details in comments.
#astrophotography #galaxy #nightskyphotography #williamoptics #nikon #skywatcher #westminsterastronomicalsociety

Mary McIntyre

@marymcintyreastro.bsky.social

1 year ago

The region around #MontesApenninus including #Eratosthenes & #Archimedes at 16:59UT 6th Feb '25. Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #Celestron 3x Barlow & #ASI120MC camera. Best 50% of 1,000 frames #LunarPhotography #LunarCraters #LunarMountains

Mary McIntyre

@marymcintyreastro.bsky.social

1 year ago

The #EyesOfClavius #ClairObscurEffect at 16:58UT 6th Feb '25. Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #Celestron 3x Barlow & #ASI120MC camera. Best 50% of a 1,000 frame video #LunarPhotography #LunarCraters

Mary McIntyre

@marymcintyreastro.bsky.social

1 year ago

#RupesRecta #theStraightWall at 16:55UT 6th Feb '25. Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #Celestron 3x Barlow & #ASI120MC camera. Best 50% of a 1,000 frame video #LunarPhotography

Mary McIntyre

@marymcintyreastro.bsky.social

1 year ago

The #PtolemaeusTrio at 16:54UT 6th Feb '25. Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #Celestron 3x Barlow & #ASI120MC camera. Best 50% of a 1,000 frame video #LunarPhotography #LunarCraters

@thestellarspectrum.bsky.social

1 year ago

Getting the telescope out in the clear, dry air of New Mexico tonight. I took this with my Pixel 8 and you can even see the Andromeda Galaxy that I'm shooting in the center of the frame.

#astrophotography #zwo #skywatchertelescope #williamoptics #m31galaxy #andromedagalaxy

Ninja Gloppy

@ninjagloppy.bsky.social

1 year ago

January 13 2025 Moon-Mars Occultation YouTube video by NinjaGloppy

This is a timelapse of the January 13 2025 Moon-Mars Occultation using my William Optics GT71, a 3x Barlow, and the ASI 585 MC.
#astrophotography #astronomy #science #williamoptics #celestron #zwo
youtu.be/l2pqKzK4knE

Dodi

@astrododi.bsky.social

1 year ago

Moon and Venus conjunction earlier this week. HDR image with #Nikon Z8 and #williamoptics FLT91 telescope. #astrophotography #solarsystem #astronomy #conjunction #planets

Dodi

@astrododi.bsky.social

1 year ago

Messier 45, imaged from Tellin, Belgium. #pleiades #M45 #deepsky #astrophotography
Imaged with #williamoptics Spacecat 61 and #zwo ASI2600MC camera.
Higher resolution version on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/dodi-...

Darren Carver

@dazza1639.bsky.social

1 year ago

IC 410 capture details: 12.5 hrs exposure with a #WilliamOptics #Redcat71, #AtikOne 6.0 camera, & @antliafilter.bsky.social 3nm filters (Sii, Ha, Oiii). Mount @skywatcherusa.bsky.social EQ8. Data stacked in APP & processed in PixInsight using the #Hubble #SHO palette. #Astrophotography

Ninja Gloppy

@ninjagloppy.bsky.social

1 year ago

I reprocessed my Andromeda image to add in HSO data on top of my LRGB image bringing it back up to the full 32 hours of data. It really highlights the areas of H-Alpha data in red. Bortle 8/9 can't stop me! (at least with M31)
#astrophotography #williamoptics #celestron #astronomy #andromeda

Ninja Gloppy

@ninjagloppy.bsky.social

1 year ago

I reprocessed my Andromeda image to only do LRGB. This brings the integration time down from 32 hours to 14.85, but this version is much more true to life and doesn't have a blown out core. Taken from bortle 8-9 skies.
#astrophotography #williamoptics #celestron #astronomy #andromeda