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Scott Space Shots

@ScottSpaceShots

Capturing the light of distant objects over time, through my telescope, so I can share the wonder and awe of the depths of space.

 Westchester County, NY
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Joined January 2023
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Behold, the Super Blue Moon! I am so happy with how this came out. What do YOU think? #Astrophotography #Moon #supermoon #BlueMoon #superbluemoon2023 #SuperBlueMoon
Behold, the Super Blue Moon! I am so happy with how this came out. What do YOU think? #Astrophotography #Moon #supermoon #BlueMoon #superbluemoon2023 #SuperBlueMoon

ALT Behold, the Super Blue Moon! I am so happy with how this came out. What do YOU think? #Astrophotography #Moon #supermoon #BlueMoon #superbluemoon2023 #SuperBlueMoon

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The Orion Nebula was a favorite target when starting #astrophotography. Back then: my little setup and “Look! Stuff in space!” Now: deep data from a giant telescope in Australia. Same nebula. Same person. The telescope definitely got an upgrade. Thankfully, so did I :)
My latest capture of the Orion Nebula with a remote telescope in Australia

ALT My latest capture of the Orion Nebula with a remote telescope in Australia

My original Orion Nebula photo that I captured when I started astrophotography

ALT My original Orion Nebula photo that I captured when I started astrophotography

Orion Nebula with no stars, removed with StarNetv2

ALT Orion Nebula with no stars, removed with StarNetv2

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That little spiral is the Spanish Dancer Galaxy (NGC 1566), about 69 million light-years away. Three nights of RGB, H-alpha and OIII data went into this photo. Tiny smudge. Billions of stars. Supermassive black hole. Honestly, the galaxy was more patient than I was.
That little spiral is the Spanish Dancer Galaxy (NGC 1566), about 69 million light-years away.

ALT That little spiral is the Spanish Dancer Galaxy (NGC 1566), about 69 million light-years away.

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I went hunting for the Hunter’s Moon last night. Camouflage was not required. 30 seconds of 4K video at 60fps, stabilized in PIPP and stacked in AutoStakkert4 to beat atmospheric turbulence. Outside looked suspiciously close to daytime. Not a bad hunt. #Moon #Astrophotography
The Hunter's Moon from 10/25/2026

ALT The Hunter's Moon from 10/25/2026

The Hunter's Moon from 10/25/2026 Closeup

ALT The Hunter's Moon from 10/25/2026 Closeup

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I photograph the Moon a lot. Like, a lot. Probably too much. I'm sharing the full Moon first, followed by a tighter crop so you can get a closer look at the craters and surface detail. Same #Moon. Two views. Still worth photographing again, and again. #astrophotography
I captured 10 photos remotely with a telescope in Australia, using a hydrogen filter at BIN 1, then stacked the sharpest frames in AutoStakkert 4. Full Moon

ALT I captured 10 photos remotely with a telescope in Australia, using a hydrogen filter at BIN 1, then stacked the sharpest frames in AutoStakkert 4. Full Moon

I captured 10 photos remotely with a telescope in Australia, using a hydrogen filter at BIN 1, then stacked the sharpest frames in AutoStakkert 4. Tighter crop so you can get a closer look at the craters and surface detail.

ALT I captured 10 photos remotely with a telescope in Australia, using a hydrogen filter at BIN 1, then stacked the sharpest frames in AutoStakkert 4. Tighter crop so you can get a closer look at the craters and surface detail.

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I captured this young 3.5 day old crescent #Moon setting over Cape Cod Bay just after sunset, while the sky was still glowing orange from the Sun below the horizon. A tiny sliver of Moon, a Cape Cod sunset, and some very cooperative timing. Not a bad way to end the day.
Young 3.5 day old crescent Moon setting over Cape Cod Bay

ALT Young 3.5 day old crescent Moon setting over Cape Cod Bay

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The Moon is beautiful and also kind of a jerk. I was trying to capture nebula NGC3324 but I captured too much moon glow. You can't always process it away. So next time you think, “What a beautiful Moon tonight,” somewhere an astrophotographer is shaking their fist at the sky.
Moon glow ruining an astrophotographer's day

ALT Moon glow ruining an astrophotographer's day

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I captured this while camping on an island in Saranac Lake. The campfire had burned down, the lake was quiet, and I was just about ready to crawl into my tent when the #Moon surprised me by rising over the horizon. The best photos can be the ones you weren’t planning.
Saranac Lake long exposure capturing the moon rising

ALT Saranac Lake long exposure capturing the moon rising

Saranac Lake long exposure capturing the moon rising

ALT Saranac Lake long exposure capturing the moon rising

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Meet the Silver Moon of Wisdom. I captured this photo this morning at 5am. The Moon is 27 days into its 29.5 day cycle, and this is the oldest crescent Moon I've photographed. If the lunar cycle were scaled to a 100-year human lifespan, this Moon would be about 92 years old.
Image from Scott Space Shots (@ScottSpaceShots)
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In an effort to avoid car/house lights, I tried capturing star trails from the roof of my house. I think this one turned out pretty good. Happy Friday! #StarTrails #Astrophotography #JustKeepSpinning
Star trails long exposure from the roof of a house

ALT Star trails long exposure from the roof of a house

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This is the Veil Nebula, ~2,100 light-years away in Cygnus. Expanding debris from a star that exploded 15,000 years ago, stretching ~110 light-years across. Those glowing filaments are shockwaves still colliding with interstellar gas. When a star lifts a veil, its not subtle!
Veil Nebula

ALT Veil Nebula

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This is NGC3576, a powerful star forming region about 9,000 light-years away in the constellation Carina. Also known as the Statue of Liberty Nebula, I kind of see it too... if Lady Liberty were made of glowing hydrogen and sculpted by radiation from massive newborn stars :)
Statue of Liberty Nebula - NGC3576

ALT Statue of Liberty Nebula - NGC3576

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This is the Football Nebula. It is AI generated space art I made for Super Bowl Sunday. Let's hope for a stellar game, and maybe not an actual supernova when the whistle blows! What are your game day predictions? #SpaceArt #Superbowl #aigeneratedimages
Football Nebula

ALT Football Nebula

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Meet the Bubble Galaxy, a spiral galaxy about 35 million lightyears away that prefers personality over perfection. Instead of tidy arms, we see tangled dust lanes, bright core, and a broken turbulent structure. Messy. Subtle. Beautiful. Even galaxies don’t have it all together.
Bubble Galaxy

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I pointed a 20-inch telescope in Australia at #NGC2467, and the universe stared back. Known as the #SkullAndCrossbones Nebula, this region in the constellation Puppis looks like a ghostly face emerging from a cloud of cosmic dust. Rotating this 135 helps but my framing was off.
Skull and Crossbones Nebula

ALT Skull and Crossbones Nebula

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This is the Meathook Galaxy. Over 50 million light-years away, and I captured it using a remote telescope in Australia. Its distorted spiral arm looks like it got beaten up, likely because of gravitational bullying from a neighboring galaxy or super massive black hole.
Meathook Galaxy

ALT Meathook Galaxy

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This is NGC 2070, the blazing heart of the Tarantula Nebula about 160,000 light-years away. It reminds me of a flower in full cosmic bloom. With so much bad and heavy news in the world lately, it’s probably a good idea to stop and smell the space flowers. #astrophotography
NGC 2070

ALT NGC 2070

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This is IC 434, and yes… it kind of looks like a chess piece drifting through space. Just 18 minutes of RGB light data, captured remotely using the T33 telescope in Australia. Definitely one I need to come back to. This feels less like checkmate and more like opening move.
Horsehead Nebula

ALT Horsehead Nebula

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The Pacman Nebula (NGC 281) is about 9,500 light years away and 100 light years across. I stacked 10 hours of sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen data, which felt like standing at an arcade cabinet all day while deep space kept flashing “insert coin.” #astrophotography #pacman #space
Pacman Nebula

ALT Pacman Nebula

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This is M74: basically a cosmic cinnamon roll 32 million light-years away. Textbook spiral arms, bright star-forming regions, and zero calories. Remote-captured because my backyard can’t see this beauty. 🌌 #M74 #astrophotography #galaxy
Image from Scott Space Shots (@ScottSpaceShots)
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Chromatic Carina Colorstorm 🌈✨ Captured with my remote astrophotography subscription — like a cheese-of-the-month club, but with galaxies instead of gouda. 22 hours of light reveal hydrogen red, oxygen teal, and sulfur gold in the Eta Carina Nebula. #Astrophotography
22 hours of light reveal hydrogen red, oxygen teal, and sulfur gold in the Eta Carina Nebula.

ALT 22 hours of light reveal hydrogen red, oxygen teal, and sulfur gold in the Eta Carina Nebula.

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