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by Dan Thompson | Apr 27, 2025 | POTW, The Night

Alright – we’re doing something this week that I’ve never done before!  We’re officially having two pictures of the week.  Yes, I know I’ve done series posts, but generally speaking there...

Outer Scorpio and SH2-1

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by Dan Thompson | Apr 20, 2025 | POTW, The Night

Happy Easter everyone!  Admittedly, this week’s Picture of the Week doesn’t have anything to do with Easter (except in the Psalm 19:1 sense) – maybe the colors?  The nebulae kind of look like Easter...

The Gum Nebula Rising Over the Smokies at 50mm

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by Dan Thompson | Apr 6, 2025 | POTW, The Night

One of the things I love about night sky photography is it provides a seemingly endless outlet for my own curiosity.  Especially when using remote observatory data, its really easy to enjoy the night sky objects,...

Angelfish Nebula Setting in the Smokies

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by Dan Thompson | Mar 30, 2025 | POTW, The Night

This week I’m continuing my exploration of the humongous winter sky (as viewed from the northern hemisphere) objects with an image of the Angelfish Nebula setting at Morton’s Overlook.  The Angelfish Nebula...

The Troll Bridge at Night

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by Dan Thompson | Mar 24, 2025 | POTW, The Night

Over the next several weeks I want to spend some time sharing a few images that I captured last year, but never got around to posting – despite them being favorites!  This week’s image is of the famous...