Went mushroom hunting with my daughter. Found some good ones. We are not confident enough to identify and eat the correct ones - maybe one day that achievement will get unlocked.
Congratulations to Indian Women’s cricket team for winning the World Cup!!! This whole tournament was so good except for some matches that were messed up by rain. Feels like Women’s cricket is much more exciting than Men’s cricket these days.
All decked out in Indian outfits for my nephew’s wedding in Houston. Got this picture at the venue after the ceremony was over.
Visiting Houston for a wedding this weekend. This place is so huge! Our last trip here was in 1995. Can’t compare as I don’t remember anything from that time. Weather here seems quite pleasant today.
First attempt at capturing the Pleiades (M45) cluster with my new imaging setup. Got only 25 one-minute subs before clouds spoiled the night. Will be adding more exposures to this in coming days and weeks.
Caroline’s rose (NGC7789) is an open star cluster in Cassiopeia. This was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783. This area of the sky has so many stars that it is hard to differentiate the cluster from the background stars.
Comet Lemmon from last week. Finally got around to processing photos from Nikon Z6. 25 six second exposures taken with 70 mm lens at f/4 were stacked to make this image.
Comet Lemmon on Oct 21, 2025. I really like how the ion and dust tails are clearly visible. This image is a stack of 226 ten second exposures. Total exposure about 40 minutes.
Comet Lemmon from last night. Nice coma and tail can be seen.
Taken with Nikon Z6 with 70-300 lens at 300mm f/5.8. 30x10sec exposures stacked in Siril. Focus wasn’t perfect. Will try again tonight with a refractor.
There was a song playing on the radio today… “strawberries and cigarettes always taste like you”.
Wouldn’t it be really insulting to tell someone that they taste like cigarettes?
I am so glad that I don’t personally know anyone remotely like Bam Pondi. I’d have a massive headache and will vomit my guts out every time I interacted with them.
Learning about different color palettes that are used in processing Hubble images. That process can be applied to amateur one-shot color astrophotos too and there is a SIRIL script to do that. Here is the same data for Wizard nebula that I posted earlier in SHO palette.
The Wizard nebula (NGC7380) is an open star cluster and star-forming region, located about 7,000 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. More details at Wikipedia.
This image is a stack of 82 five-minute exposures taken with a refractor attached to an astrophotography camera.
Had a slow leak in the bike tire. Decided to fix it. Couldn’t find any patches so decided to replace the tube. While putting the tire back, pinched the tube. Had to do it all over again. Pinched the second tube too. Now I am out of replacement tubes and bike shops don’t open till Tuesday. AARRGH!
North American and Pelican nebulae. I really like the intricate details in the dark nebulosity that lies between them. The total exposure time for this image is 6 hours (72x5min). For the first time, I kept my scope imaging all night while I slept. 😄
