Tyler Martin
@gur814.bsky.social
Dad, husband, software engineer @ Disney. Writing a book, snapping some photos, and building models in my free time. 🌵Tucson, AZ 🌎 tylermartin.dev
I love when a job posting lists 3+ offices as the location, but the role is apparently not remote eligible.
Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) This one was a doozy! I am not a morning person and it required a 4am alarm. Although, the moment I stepped outside and could see the Milky Way core, it was worth it. It took me over a week to figure out stacking/processing. #Astrophotography #Space
Messier 3. A globular cluster containing about 500,000 stars. It doesn’t have a cool “common name” and I find that sad. That means we get to name it, right? Submissions are open until May 8th. I’ll publish the best one in my very unscientific journal. #Astrophotography #Space #Astronomy 🔭
For the first time in forever, I wrote something on my website: Messing around with star spikes in my space photos. tylermartin.dev/diffraction-... #astrophotography
Diffraction Distraction
I explore how to get cool star diffraction spikes in my backyard astrophotography.
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A test shot of Centaurus A (Caldwell 77). A big, bright, weird galaxy that is usually better suited for southern hemisphere viewing but I’m far enough south here to catch it low in the sky in April/May. #Astrophotography #Space 🔭
Don’t mind me. Just staying up late to catch a glimpse of Centaurus A and Omega Centauri from the northern hemisphere. I saw them. Now I sleep. Good night. 🔭
The moon is a fun target to test my new refractor (ZenithStar 61) on while I wait for clearer and darker skies. Just aiming this thing is tricky compared to the ball head I used with my 135mm. #Astrophotography #Photography #Moon
the images of earth from artemis ii are absolutely gorgeous
Last night’s “Pink Moon,” which is apparently just what we call a full moon in April. It wasn’t actually pink, but through the magic of editing I have delivered on the promise. It’s rising over the Rincon Mountains in Tucson. #AstroPhotography #Photography #Moon
Swapping forums for Discord is one of the dumbest things we’ve ever done as a species.
The Leo Triplet: M65 M66 NGC 3628 - The Hamburger Galaxy. Look closely and you can see its tidal tail: a trail of stars and gas extending into space as a result of gravitational forces from nearby galaxies. About 5 hours of integration at 135mm. #Astrophotography #Space #Science #SonyAlpha 🔭
My first galaxy season with a tracker and lens longer than 50mm. 🔭 This unassuming wide field shot gets more interesting the longer you look. This is Markarian’s Chain. Part of the Virgo Cluster. ~55 million light years from us. #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Spacesky More details 🧵:
A star cluster in the Coma Berenices constellation. Look near the bottom left and you’ll spot NGC 4565, the Needle Galaxy. 3 hours of integration over 2 nights. I designed and 3D printed a diffraction mask in an attempt to get Hubble-like star spikes. It worked! #astrophotography #space #astronomy
Spent half of my day trying to figure out what was fork bombing my computer. Turns out it was Docker. Beware v4.58.0 on Mac. After a downgrade, it seems to be ok.
Pleiades, the Seven Sisters, is a nearby cluster of young stars. This was taken on a clear night, so why the clouds? The cluster is passing through the Taurus Molecular Cloud, the nearest star-forming region to Earth. 37 minutes of total exposure time at 135mm on my Sony a7 IV. #astronomy #space
It blows my mind that I can just point my camera at the sky and take a picture of a nebula, or another galaxy, or another planet. Space is so cool. Anyway, here’s the California Nebula taken from my backyard a few nights ago. #astronomy #space #astrophotography
The world never did find out how many licks it takes to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Toostie Pop.
Andromeda from my backyard. 📷 Sony a7 IV, 135mm ⏱️ 200x 3.2s stacked exposures #astrophotography #space #astronomy
