Naztronomy

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I'm Naz! An astrophotographer from of Boston. I post astrophotos as well as videos which I create to spread the good word about space. shop.naztronomy.com/product/astronomy-calendar-by-naztronomy-2026 naztronomy.com youtube.com/Naztronomy

Cosmic Snake taken with a SkyWatcher Esprit 100ED and Q HY268M with ZWO LRGB Filters
Composite of Milky way galaxy with foreground in Acadia, Maine.
Single 10 minute exposure of the Eagle Nebula, aka M16.
Wildfire smoke from Canada causes everything to appear reddish.
Single 15 second exposure showing 18 satellites and one airplane.
My NexStar 6SE telescope on the parking lot at Jones Beach on July 6, 2013.
Moon scale showing how small the moon is compard to the Vela supernova remant.
30 hours of a subsection of the Vela Supernova Remnant
Strawberry moon photo taken with a cell phone
Photo of me standing in front of three observatory domes.
Screenshot of first page of Naztronomy.com
NGC 7000 with the Askar 91F and ATR2600M
Dark Doodad Nebula from the southern hemisphere at the Kagga Kamma Remote Observatory. About 3 hours of integrationt ime.
M56 as seen through the ASI2600MC Pro and Askar 71F.
M27 right after the mount stopped tracking it.
Sun with the Vespera III
Infrared LED from camera pointing to another camera.
300s exposure of Crescent nebula with Askar 131F using the 0.74x reducer and halpha filter
9.5 hours of LRGB data of Centaurus A captured with a Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED and QHY26M and ZWO LRGB filters
Telescope: Askar 120APO Camera: ToupTek ATR2600M (Just posted a review video of this bundle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip3D0BBFN_Q) Filter Wheel: ToupTek AFW-L Filters: ToupTek 4nm SHO filters Mount: SAL-33 Lights: 8x300s Ha, 8x300s O3, 2x300s S2
72 minutes of M27 taken with the Askar 131F and ASi2600MC Pro
2 minute exposure of M27, the dumbbell nebula
Prawn Nebula with hazy clouds
M13, the Hercules Cluster. Taken with the Askar 91F and ToupTek ATR2600M.
Equipment: - Telescope: Askar SQA85 - Camera: QHY268 Pro C - Mount: Proxisky UMi 20S - Filter: None - Total Integration time: 42h 35m (511 × 300") - Software: PixInsight, Siril (Stacked using my OSC_PP Script) Also see a slightly higher res on my website (but still much less res than astrobin): https://www.naztronomy.com/gallery/image/873/coalsack_region_14_panel_mosaic
Two panel mosaic stack of a region of the large magellanic cloud using Siril and my Naztronomy OSC Preprocessing Script
This is a similar project but also a bit different because we're using different panels. NGC 3324 (Gabriela Mistral/Cosmic Cliffs) is the centerpiece here and we hadded a panel on the right to show the Gem Cluster (NGC 3293) and associated nebulosity. There's also less of the Carina Nebula here.  Acquisition Details: Integration: 24h (144 × 600") Telescope: Askar SQA85 Camera: QHYCCD QHY268 Pro C Mount: Proxisky UMi 20S Filters: Antlia ALP-T Dual Band 5nm 2" Stacked using my Siril script Software: Adobe Photoshop, NINA, PixInsight, Siril Highest res version on Astrobin: https://app.astrobin.com/i/73x72v I also recently updated my website so I can highlight individual images a bit better: https://www.naztronomy.com/gallery/image/870/personal_pan_cosmic_cliffs_ngc33240-5x We're learning we can process these a thousand different ways because we're mosaicing and adding panels as we go to get different perspectives. Our next large project is the Coalsack Nebula.  This was done in collaboration wtih my friends Dave and Chris at the Kagga Kamma Remote Observatory (KKRO). 
29 Hours of the Carina Nebula and surrouding region
Moon thru a 10mm eyepiece and at60ed refractor
Group of nine printed Astro photos
Space Week: Speaker Presentations on the CS&T Stage Join the MA Space Consortium and the Museum’s Center for Space Sciences for this annual statewide celebration dedicated to making astronomy and space science programming accessible to all. This year, the future of human spaceflight takes center stage as we explore the theme of 2026 MA Space Week, “Reaching the Sky.” Throughout the week, you’ll hear from local researchers and space science communicators as they share how we are working to keep astronauts safe, design more sustainable missions, and make reaching the sky possible for more people than ever before. Grounded in discovery and inspired by curiosity, these talks invite visitors of all ages to imagine what it takes to journey beyond Earth - and what the future of space might look like for all of us. Presentations take place on the Museum's CS&T stage in the Blue Wing, Main Level. Daily Schedule: Tuesday, April 21, 3:00 PM Devjoy Dev (MIT / Museum of Science, Boston) Topic: How to Make Sure Astronauts Reach the Sky Healthy Wednesday, April 22, 3:00 PM Maya Nasr (Harvard University) Topic: How to Reach the Sky Sustainably Thursday, April 23, 3:00 PM Kyle Horn (AstroAccess) Topic: How We Reach the Sky: Stories from a Journey to Enable Increased Access to Space Friday, April 24, 3:00 PM Nazmus Nasir (ATMoB) Topic: How to Use Astrophotography to Reach the Sky Sunday, April 26, 3:00 PM Alissa J. Haddaji (The Space Consortium / MIT) Topic: How to Protect Ourselves From the Sky, an Introduction to International Planetary Defense If you wish to register for multiple dates, please add one date to your cart then come back to this page to add more before checking out.
GS-200 Guide Scope from ToupTek
Photo of my set up in the back yard.
Crescent Moon about to be eclipsed by crescent moon as seen from the Artemis II
Screenshot of NASA live stream after Artemis II crew goes farther than any any human
Friday NEAIC Talk Schedules. I'm scheduled to gon at 1 pm with topic "Advanced Imaging with NINA from a different hemisphere" and at 2:30 titled "Siril Scripts: Making Stacking and processing easy"
My son watching the artemis ii launch
Artemis countdown clock at t minus 9:10
M51 the Whirlpool galaxy with a green filter in monochrome with the Askar 120APO
30 second exposure of M13 the Globular Cluster in Hercules with the Askar 120APO and a monochrome camera (just the green filter).
Quarter moon as see through an 8" dob
Picture of the Clark 9" Telescope Dome on the roof of the Harvard CFA.
Golden Tarantula Nebula at the edge of the Large Magellanic Cloud from the Kagga Kamma Remote Observatory
M97 the Owl Nebula and M108 the Surfboard Galaxy
Airplane streak next to M101
~17 hours of M81, Bode's galaxy with the Askar 120APO.
M82 - the Cigar Galaxy with the Askar 120 APO
Cropped screenshot of the Cigar Galaxy, M82.
March 2026 calendar with lunar eclipse him 2025
Lunar Eclipse
S30 Pro image of the Total Lunar Eclipse
2 hour live stack of M81 and M82 through the Askar 120APO