The moon before and after enhancement to emphasise differences between titanium and iron rich regions

* Pixinsight: WBPP, graxpert background and noise removal, spectrophotometric colour, generalised hyperbolic stretch * Photoshop to merge starless and stars, tweak colour balance, and saturation * Final optimisation for mobile device viewing in iPhone photos app

* 68 x 120 second exposures * 60 bias, 60 flats (with Aurora flat field panel), 25 darks, 40 flat darks

* Askar 120mm apo triplet 🔭 * Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro ⚙️ * ZWO ASI071MC cooled 📷 * AsiAIR Plus 🟥 * William Optics guide scope with ZWO ASI120MM 🎯

The Pleiades from Bethnal Green #astrophotography#astro

#astronomy#astrophotography

• Askar 120mm apo triplet • Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro • ZWO ASI071MC • AsiAIR Plus • William Optics guidescope + ZWO ASI120MM • 37 x 120s • 20 bias, 20 flats (Aurora panel), 5 darks, 20 flat darks • Pixinsight: WBPP, graxpert background & noise removal, spectrophotometric colour • Photoshop stretch & hue

The fireworks galaxy (25 million light years away) and NCG6939 cluster (4,000 LY)

Sidewalks used to be wider. It’s a fact that rarely gets acknowledged in discussions about road diets. Usually the road diet debate is framed as taking space AWAY from cars. Really it’s about giving it BACK to pedestrians. Here’s a good article about it tinyurl.com/2s4bzxw3

Hostile reminder that "gender tests" in women's sports have NEVER caught a "secret man" but they have historically been successfully used to discriminate against high-performing non-white cis women athletes