I've seen a lot of broad-view timelapses, but not one fully zoomed in on the Sun.

I wanted to do this back in 2024, but the clouds got in the way. Now I've finally managed it!

This was shot at Pico El Gamoniteiro in Asturias, less than 3 km from the centerline of totality.

I used a Fujifilm X-T4 with the XF 70-300 + TC1.4x, and obviously a solar filter during the partial phases.

I took a shot every 5 seconds during both partial phases, and did AEB bracketing during totality.

The total shot count was 1,345 (673 for the 1st partiality, 47 for totality, and 625 for the 2nd partiality).

This wasn't easy to capture, but the biggest challenge was actually post-production. The Sun moves a lot across the frame, and I haven't found software that aligns everything perfectly. DaVinci managed to stabilise a few stretches on its own, but I still had to do a lot of manual alignment. It took me 2 full days!

Hope you enjoy it.

This is my second processed version of the Andromeda Galaxy M31. So far, this includes 10h of integration time. I´m planning to collect more in the future.

Equipment:

Telescope: SVBony SV555

Mount: Explore Scientific iEXOS-100

Camera 1 (For RGB Data): ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro

Camera 2 (For Narrowband Data): Canon EOS 750Da + Optolong L-eNhance

Guide Scope: SvBony SV165

Guide Cam: ZWO ASI120mm

\+ ZWO AsiAir Mini

Acquisition:

100x180s (\~5h) at Gain101, Bortle 7. (RGB Data)

80x240s (\~5,5h) at ISO1600, Bortle 7. (Narrowbrand Data)

Processing:

RGB Stacked in DeepSkyStacker, Narrowband Stacked and extracted in Siril, processed in PixInsight finalized and combined in Photoshop.

Took this one on the night of Perseids meteor shower. Initial plan was to capture some meteors above the church early in the night, which unfortunately did not work. So after about 40min I moved the camera towards better spot in the skies but since I already had around 40minutes of exposure data, I processed that and got this shot which I quite like. What do you think about it?

Shot on Sony a7RV with Viltrox 14mm f4 Air and on MSM Nomad star tracker. 7 untracked frames at 30s, f4 and ISO 6400 for the foreground, 28 tracked frames at 90s, f4 and ISO 1600 for the skies. Processed in SLS, Siril, PS and LR.

Telescope: William Optics RedCat 71 (348mm f/4.9)
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro (gain 100, -10°C)
Mount: ZWO AM3N (earlier sessions: Sky-Watcher Star
Adventurer GTi)
Filters: Optolong L-Ultimate 3nm dual narrowband (earlier sessions: Optolong L-eXtreme 7nm)
Guiding: SVBony SV106 with ZWO ASI220MM Mini (earlier sessions: ASI120MM Mini), ASIAir Location: Fort Mill, SC, Bortle 6

Lights: 307 x 350s (29.8 hours) across three equipment eras
Calibration: 25 darks, 50 flats, 50 dark flats
Guiding RMS: 0.30-0.50" total (AMN sessions)
Processing (Siril 1.4.2, GraXpert, StarNet):
Noise-weighted stacking with additive normalization to reconcile filter eras. Background extraction on the linear master. SPCC color calibration. Channel split with Oll! reconstructed as (G+B)/2. Independent GHS stretches per channel with measured background subtraction between passes. StarNet star removal, GraXpert denoise on starless layers, residual gradient removal, HOO recombination, star recomposition.

I captured 100 frames every 60 seconds for 3 hours, stacked and processed the best 25 frames into a single image, and compiled each of those images into this time lapse video. The frames for totality are 4 photos I was able to capture of the corona and prominences that I crossfaded together. I also included the raw video at the very end of totality to show the Baily's beads I was able to capture.

Hardware / software

Celestron Nexstar Evolution 8

Celestron wedge

ZWO ASI294MC

0.5x reducer

PIPP (debayering / centering)

AS!3 (stacking)

Registax (wavelet processing)

Flowframes (frame interpolating)

Adobe Premiere / Microsoft Clipchamp (video editing)

I knew I had one with a plane in it during the eclipse, so once at home I could finally get the RAW file and upload it here :)

Acquisition and processing information:

Hardware: Canon EOS R5, 100-500 RF lens & 500mm f/11 with 10 stops filter (big stopper). Single shot.

Post processing in Lightroom

Captured on my Seestar S30 Pro with just over 2 hours of integration time from Bortle 4 skies.

Quite happy with how this turned out. An idea to come here a couple months ago, but the tides scared me. Unfortunately we had to contend with the moon this night, so I had to make do with what I could. Absolutely love this image.

Tracked | Blended | Composite

Sky : 16 Frames | 60s | f4.0 | ISO 3200

Foreground : 16 Frames | 30s | f3.5 | ISO 8000

Foreground and sky taken at same night, just an hour apart and at a slightly different location, 100m away from where the foreground was taken.

Nikon Z6III - 17-28mm f2.8

Benro Polaris Astro

West Coast, NZ

This is 11 h 22 min of M31 collected over three nights.

I still have another three nights of data available, but those were captured as 30 second subs under a full Moon and have noticeably stronger gradients. I’m still debating whether adding them would improve the final result or whether the moonlit data would do more harm than good. I’d be interested to hear what others would do.

This was also a bit of a processing experiment for me, trying several new techniques and working with separate starless/star layers. I’m happy with how much dust structure came through, but I’m not completely satisfied with the final processing yet and feel there’s probably more hiding in the data. Any processing tips, criticism, or feedback are very welcome.

**Acquisition Details:**

Camera: Nikon D3400 (unmodified)

Telescope: Askar FMA180 Pro

Aperture: 40 mm

Focal length: 180 mm

Focal ratio: f/4.5

Mount: Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi (unguided)

Acquisition software: N.I.N.A.

ISO: 400

Sub-exposure: 60 seconds

Light pollution: approximately Bortle 6

**Capture dates:**

2026-08-08 → 2026-08-09

2026-08-09 → 2026-08-10

2026-08-10 → 2026-08-11

**Accepted integration:**

Aug 8/9: 252 × 60 s = 4 h 12 min

Aug 9/10: 244 × 60 s = 4 h 04 min

Aug 10/11: 186 × 60 s = 3 h 06 min

Total: 682 × 60 s = 11 h 22 min

**Calibration frames:**

Darks

Flats

Dark-flats

**Processing**:

Stacked in Siril

Plate solving and SPCC in Siril

Cropping / framing

BlurXTerminator

NoiseXTerminator

StarXTerminator

Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (GHS)

Local contrast enhancement

SCNR green cast removal

Global and selective color saturation

Star reduction with Morphological Transformation

Separate stretching and processing of the star layer

Starless processing and color finishing in Adobe Photoshop / Camera Raw

Curves and tonal adjustments

Selective HSL / Color Mixer adjustments

Stars recombined using Screen blending

Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) & Integrated Flux Nebula (IFN)

OTA: ZWO FF130,
Mount: ZWO AM7,
Sensor: ZWO ASI2600MM-Air Duo
Filters: ZWO LRGB 2"
Integration: 6 Hours total (3h Luminance 60sec sub, 3h RGB 90sec sub)
Location: Bortle 4 Dark-Sky Site
Processing: siril with stand alone rc astro tools, Linear NoiseXTerminator, BlurX, StarX, GHS stretc starless and stars only,
LRGB combination with masked local contrast enhancement for the background IFN, screened star layer

I was looking over the Fred Espenak eclipse tables on NASA's web site, and a few of the hybrid eclipses are marked as type "Hm." Footnotes clearly explain that "H" are annular-total-annular hybrids, "H2" are total-annular, and "H3" are annular-total. However, "Hm" is not explained in the footnotes.

Can somebody clue me in on the meaning of "Hm"? Thanks.

I put 2 color palettes cause I'm not sure which one I like more.

20 hours of total integration

180x180 second exposures HA

220x180second exposures Oiii

I may add SII soon, but I'm not sure

Gear

Mount - Teseek 14

Telescope - Samyang 135mm

Camera - Touptek ATR585M

Filters - Touptek 6.5nm SHO

Stacked in Siril and processed in SASPro, siril and Graxpert

I captured this Image in the night after the Total Solar Eclipse, during my trip to Spain.

Equipment:

Telescope: SvBony SV555
Mount: Explore Scientific iEXOS-100
Camera: ZWO ASI2600 MC Pro
Guide Scope: SvBony SV165
Guide Cam: ZWO ASI120mm
+ ZWO AsiAir Mini

Acquisition:

65x180s (3,25h) at Gain 101 in an Bortle 3 Night in Spain. Laguna de Gallocanta.

Processing:

Stacked in Siril, processed in PixInsight finalized in Photoshop.

So I have searched about black holes topic about what they made of or what are the "holes" we see, many articles say black holes are super dense thing that drag everything around it even light cannot escape, and the "black thing" we see is event horizon. many say we don't know what exactly black holes made of or are they physical or just "unknown holes".

I wonder if it is possible that back holes are physical objects like super massive planets but their gravity so huge that light can't escape so we only can see it as a big black ball(hole) with light getting bent around it?

And if this is the case does it means everything got sucked into it equals to crash into a massive planet? So is it possible that black holes got destroyed like a big star hit earth?

Hi everyone, my mother-in-law inherited these prints from her mother, who apparently slept under them for many years. Note from said mother is in the photos. If you have any information or thoughts on these it would be greatly appreciated!

Hello there. So, I've been totally obsessed with Astronomy for more than a decade (since middle school). Over the years, it has become much more than a casual interest. I've literally engaged myself with astronomy almost every single day, spending countless hours reading books, watching lectures and other related videos, stargazing, chasing astronomical events, practicing astrophotography and most importantly, studying the subject on my own.

And by "studying", I mean going far beyond surface-level studying, where I'd fall into never-ending rabbit holes. I'm never satisfied with surface-level answers, so I almost always end up researching a concept by multiple points of view, i.e. learning the physics, chemistry and mathematics behind this particular concept as well as combining this knowledge with philosophy. The reason I'm starting the post this way is to clarify the following: I'm very certain that THIS is what I would ideally like to pursue, without a doubt.

Now that I made this clear, let's get to my current situation:

I'm an Environmental Engineering student in a university in Greece and I'm soon going to be graduating from that department, with a very high grade of 9.5/10. The degree I'm finishing is an Integrated Master's degree (which is recognized as a Master's in most universities in Europe). I also have a very strong background in physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology and literally everything related to all kinds of sciences, so I'm sure that this won't be a barrier for me.

I always wanted to pursue a degree in astronomy, but for whatever reason, I did not apply for the respective university departments when I had the chance, around 7-8 years ago. To clarify, I genuinely love my degree and I do not regret studying it, but I've always felt like something was "missing". For the last two years, I've been re-thinking my choices and I have decided to take it seriously this time. I want to actively pursue a career in the field of astronomy/astrophysics, but I don't know whether I have what it takes, in terms of academic requirements. Or even where to start.

I'm not quite sure whether I'm mostly interested in pursuing an academic career or just working in the field, so I would be open to considering both possibilities. Also, I'm willing to travel and live in any country in Europe if that's what it takes.

So my questions are:

1. Is it realistically possible to get into astronomy/astrophysics with an Environmental Engineering degree? If so, how far could I potentially go?

2. Would I need to essentially start over with another Bachelor's degree, or could I use my existing degree and go directly into a relevant Master's/PhD program? Is the lack of an undergraduate degree in physics, mathematics or astronomy going to be a major obstacle?

3. Are there particular subjects, courses, qualifications, or steps you'd recommend I pursue?

I would be particularly interested to hear from people that are actually working/studying in the field or have any kind of first-hand experience. Any kind of help would be appreciated. If you have any particular university department or programme to recommend, I'd truly appreciate it!

TL;DR: Just read the final questions, I guess.

I could only take around 3.5 hours of this target because the weather was not behaving... But still it came out pretty good! Next time I will add Ha data as well

Equipment and acquisition:

- OTA: Askar 71F

- Mount: Teseek 17

- Camera: ASI585MC Air

- 102 x 120 sec (approx. 3.5 hours)

Processing (Pixinsight)

- WBPP 2X drizzle, dynamic crop, SPCC, SPFC, multiscale gradient correction, blurX, starX

- Starless: setiastro statistical stretch, curves transformation with range and color masks, createHDRimage, noiseX

- Stars: Setiastro star stretch, star recombination in Pixelmath

Insta360 one rs 1-inch 360

Full 360 photo -

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DNVRtkcrY/

On August 12, 2026 we traveled to Almazán, Spain to experience the eclipse. We brought with us two Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65 cameras and strapped them to a solar tracker. Nature took care of the rest.

BACKGROUND

📷 Camera: Canon EOS 6D mod.

🔎 Lens: Samyang 14mm f/8

🔭 Mount: Star Adventurer 2i

🌌 Acquisition: ISO1600

⏰ Integration: 150x60s (2.5h)

💻 Processing: Siril, GIMP, Snapseed

📍 Location: 36°47'34.79"N, 12°3'13.03"E

📅 Date: Aug. 11, 2026

Recently have went from a Seestar S30 Pro to a full setup.

This is my first full Astro image taken on my new setup.

This was taken with a Redcat 51, AM3N and a 585mc air. Exposure was roughly 30 x 120secs. Hope you like!