NGC 3344 - The Sliced Onion Galaxy captured from my patio on seven nights this month 😊🔭 It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of about 46 hours in LRGB and Ha to reveal the star forming regions. #Astrophotography

Abell 1656 - The Coma Cluster captured from my dark site in southern France in April 🇫🇷😊🔭 This was shot on the EdgeHD 8 with Hyperstar at f/2 for a total integration time of 4 hours using a QHY183C cam without any filter. #Astrophotography

Mandel-Wilson 5 - The Fish Hook Nebula IFN Nebula in Camelopardalis 48h total integration in L-Ha-RGB with SQA 85. #Astrophotography #CielosESA #Astronomy

Breakfast for Bumpy. He's one of our newest orphans, at our Kaluku Neonate Unit in Tsavo. His mother was killed – likely defending him in a territorial fight – and he spent at least a day alone beside her before the Kenya Wildlife Service brought him in. He's a baby hippo. Hippos start their lives in water and learn to nurse beneath the surface, diving and resurfacing for breath between sips. Bumpy's bottle feeds are easier – no diving required. He has a long road ahead. Adopting Bumpy helps fund his milk, his Keepers, and the years of care between now and his return to the wild. Adopt Bumpy: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o…

The "Pillars of Creation" are three colossal, tower-like clouds of interstellar gas and dust located about 6,500 to 7,000 light-years from Earth in the center of the Eagle Nebula (M16). Named for highly active "stellar nurseries" where dense pockets of gas collapse to form stars.

NGC 6188 The Fighting Dragons of ARA or the Firebird Nebula is an emission nebula located ~4000 light years from Earth in the constellation ARA. This is ~30 hours of 180 sec exposures using Ha-OIII & SII-OIII 7nm Svbony sv220 filters using the Hubble SHO colour palette. #astro

The Large Magellanic Cloud. Captured last week in Chile 🇨🇱. #astrophotography

Corona Australis Molecular Cloud, Close and Wide #astrophotography

This is the Prawn Nebula, also known as IC 4628. Its an emission nebula located in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, around 6,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. (wik) This is 5 hrs of HaOIII & SIIOIII data using Svbony sv220 dual 7nm filters. #astro

NGC 4631 & NGC 4656/7 - The Whale Galaxy and Hockey Stick Galaxy captured last month from my dark site in southern France 🇫🇷😊🔭 This was shot on the EdgeHD 8 with Hyperstar at f/2 for a total integration time of 4 hours using a QHY183C cam without any filter. #Astrophotography

NGC 4244 - The Silver Needle Galaxy captured from my patio on three nights in April 😊🔭 It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of about 12 hours in LRGB using a QHY294M cam. #Astrophotography

NGC 3486 captured from my patio on seven nights from mid March to early April 😊🔭 It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of 34 hours in LRGB and Ha to enhance the star forming regions. #Astrophotography

Love isn't all about roses or grand gestures. At our Nursery in Kenya, it looks like a Keeper dragging a mattress onto the lawn so a sleepy (yet playful!) orphaned infant elephant can enjoy a rest. With over 300 orphans successfully raised to date, discover how we raise orphans with love (and lots of milk) so they can return to the wild: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/p…

M16 The Eagle Nebula is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens and contain the famous "Pillars of Creation" made famous by the the Hubble Space Telescope. This is 4hrs of data captured from my backyard in W.Australia #astro #astrophotography #space

NGC3324 (lower left) is located NW of the larger Carina Nebula NGC3372 and is ~9100 light years from Earth. This image is 2.5 hours of 180 sec exposures of both 7nm Ha-OIII & SII-OIII filters for a total of 5hrs. The stars are NB-RGB using SetiAstro script in Pixinsight. #astro

NGC3576 aka The Statue of Liberty Nebula This is my first image using recently purchased Svbony sv220 7nm filters processed in the SHO palette. I have to say these filters are outstanding for the price! Only 2.5 hours each filter (sv220 Ha-OIII & SII-OIII) #astro #space

Barnard 30 in Orion 33h 50' total integration #Astrophotography #CielosESA #Astronomy

If the orphans had their way, they'd be in charge of our hiring process. And, actually, they are! When new Keepers join on a trial basis, we watch and wait – if they are embraced by the elephants, we know the herd has given their seal of approval. For those who'd like to know more, this archival edition of our Field Notes newsletter offers a great peek into the world of our guardians in green – and if you sign up to our monthly email (link in article), you can read interviews with our staff, including our Keepers, direct to your inbox: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/n…

In many ways, it began with Olmeg. In March 1987, a two-week-old elephant calf was rescued in northern Kenya. He arrived sunburnt and emaciated – and so young that round-the-clock care in the Sheldrick family home wasn't going to be enough. So Daphne built him a stable in Nairobi. The very first one. Since then, hundreds of orphans have arrived at our Nursery, which has become the formative first step of many an elephant's journey: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/p…

the unedited shot . Right of my camera. I actually did get it photographed. This is only the second time I’ve photographed a rocket . #Artemis #NASA