Mars ice caps been melting for several years now.
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Morning Moon at 6am Due S taken with 500mm lens.
https://youtu.be/PNYoFx3GbCA
Smoked out again, well most days are.
Moon last night and Sun this morning.
Moon last night and Sun this morning.
Yesterdays Sun Surface scan.
Rare clear sky last night, got a good Milky way. sunspots from the morning.
Last nights capture.
Cassiopeia and Andromeda to the right.
Cassiopeia and Andromeda to the right.
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@dragonsfire, some very cool shots in here over the life of this thread! I dabbled in some astrophotography for a bit, and need to get the gear back out again for some more data capture. Good time of the year to go galaxy hunting. I was never a master at the image manipulation, but got at least some halfway amateur shots..... (Williams Optics Z61, Canon EOS, iOptron SkyGuider.)
M31 - Andromeda:
My only double galaxy (Cigar Galaxy and Bode's Nebula:
And a lunar shot:
M31 - Andromeda:
My only double galaxy (Cigar Galaxy and Bode's Nebula:
And a lunar shot:
Nice shots 
Unfortunately the skies are rarely clear here anymore.
Unfortunately the skies are rarely clear here anymore.
Yeah, we don't get a ton of clear nights here either, and being a Class 7 zone for LP really sucks. I need to get my gear up to Lake Tahoe sometime and hope for some clear skies!Nice shots
Unfortunately the skies are rarely clear here anymore.
Actually saw some stars last night
last night clearish again. big difference in satellite activity now.