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☆ Matt Lukasik ☆

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@themattlukasik
Want to take great space pics?🌌 I can help! Follow my journey in capturing the universe from my Canadian backyard🔭 👇 ASI071MC Pro
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  • Followers 6.6K
  • Engagement 10.57%
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About ☆ Matt Lukasik ☆

☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ (@themattlukasik) is a Photographer creator on Instagram, also filed under Creators & Celebrities and Photography & Video. The account has 6,623 followers and 88 published posts. Recent posts average 713 likes and 14 comments, an engagement rate of 10.57%.

☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ belongs to the nano tier, the band usually drawn between 1,000 and 10,000 followers. ☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ follows 1,577 accounts, so the audience is roughly 4.2 times the size of the list followed. ☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files ☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ under 3 categories, led by Photographer and followed by Creators & Celebrities and Photography & Video.

The Instagram bio for ☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ runs to 22 words across 2 lines. Emoji sit alongside the words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for ☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ dates from January 1970.

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88 Posts

88 published posts give ☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ a moderate archive on Instagram. Against the audience, that is roughly 75 followers for each post published. ☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ also keeps 3 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 117 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include astro, night, it's, nebula and space. The captions tag #astrosprout, #spacephotography, #astronomy, #space and #astro_photography_.

Caught the half moon peaking behind some clouds just as the sun was setting a couple days back 🌛enjoy!
💜The Heart 💜
This is probably the astro version of an ink blot test, as different people see different things here 😳 (let's talk about what's going on in your unconciouss mind shall we?😅) Nonetheless, the heart nebula is a massive cloud of ionized hydrogen gas roughly 7,500 light years away from us, and takes up a field of view of 2.5° in our sky - if we could see it with the naked eye, this giant heart would take up the space of 5 full moons across! Glad that it's finally in a convenient spot to image now, and I put in about 6 hours worth of exposure to make this minimal-star version of it! Hope you enjoy, cheers pals ✌
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Details
60 x 6min exposures at unity gain with the 071MC Pro, L-Extreme, EQ6-R Pro and 70mm astrograph. 20 darks, flats and bias, stacked in DSS, Starnet++ for star removal, processed in photoshop
Fiiiinally! After a looong summer with non-stop projects, I FINALLY found myself on a rare, quiet, clear night with nothing but the stars on my mind. I decided to take a crack at the North America nebula since it's high up in the sky this time of year, and my last (and only attempt) was about two and a half years ago! This massive cloud of hydrogen gas takes on the clear shape of the continent, complete with the gulf of Mexico and all. I know the human brain is good at spotting patterns in anything, but this is just too close to the real deal, no? Give me suggestions for what I should shoot next!!!
Specs 😎
70 x 360s at unity gain (~7 hours) with the 071MC Pro, 70mm quadruplet and EQ6-R Pro. 20 darks, flats and dark flats. Stscked in DSS and processed in photoshop
🚨Red Light District 🚨
Technical issues with my gear last night, but I never pass up a photo op 🤷‍♂️
Just a guy setting up his scope hoping the weather apps aren't lying nothin' to see here
#botw
💀 THE GLOWING SKULL 💀
Shooting this target is such a pleasure. The Rosette nebula is a massive cloud of hydrogen gas 65 light years across (and 5,200 light years away‼) surrounding a star cluster in it's center. These stars were formed from the hydrogen in the nebula over millions of years!
I fought through the pesky moonlight this weekend to get a few hours on it from my backyard. Finally found a comfortable way to get my imaging going while I can stay warm inside haha. Amazing what's up there when you look up at the night sky! If you ever thought of getting into astro, gimme a shout, and let's get you started! Let me know in the comments if you see a rose 🌹 or a skull 💀!!
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70mm astrograph, 071MC Pro, EQ6-R Pro, L-Extreme

57 x 6min exposures at -10C, unity gain, stacked in DSS and processed in photoshop
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#skulls💀 #dailyspaceshot #bestnightskypics #nebula #ig_myshots
It's galaxy season! Think there's life in other galaxies looking back at us? I try to make the most of my widefield set up to capture these tiny little dots in the sky. M81 and M82, also known as Bode's nebula and the Cigar Galaxy, are a pair of galaxies just under 12 million light years away in the constellation of the big dipper. The Cigar Galaxy at the top is considered a star burst galaxy, where there is massive and rapid formation of new stars. You can just barely start making out the red clouds of hydrogen gas in it that are responsible for creating these bew suns. These faint little specks in the night sky are tricky to find without go-to (which I had to suffer through when my meridian flip didn't work!). Swipe to see what a raw single frame looks like from the camera!

Specs:
162 x 2min exposures at unity gain, -20°C. 70mm astrograph, 071MC Pro, L-Pro, EQ6-R Pro.
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#astrosprout #spacephotography #astronomy #space #astro_photography_
FRUSTRATION!
I love this hobby but man can it eat away at your soul sometimes haha. After a blunder of a weekend 2 weeks ago where 3 good nights were wasted due to focusing issues, I got an electronic automatic focuser and tested it out last night. Perfection. Everything went smoothly. Could not have been happier with the 6 hours of data I got. Plugged in the SD card of the ASIair this morning to transfer files, got an error message, and everything was wiped. All images, all software to run the ASIair, everything gone. So much for riding that good feeling! If anything this hobby has taught me to be more careful, slow down and think before I act, and triple check everything. I never make the same mistake a second time, so each one is a learning experience. Managed to salvage only 1 hour's worth of the Flaming Star and Tadpole nebula, and although it's not great because of such little integration time, I ain't gonna let that whole night go to waste!
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#astrosprout #spacephotography #astronomy #space #astro_photography_
This might not seem like much to many of you, but I was so excited to capture my first transit of the International Space Station the other day as it passed in front of the sun! It was so cloudy outside, but with some sunlight passing through the thick haze I decided to set up anyways and see what I could get. Can't make out too much detail on the ISS on account of the veil of clouds, but it's path across the sun was clearly there! I've been doing astrophotography for a couple years now, and this was the first time in a little while that I actually got nervous and my heart was racing, not knowing if I got the shots or not. Was pleasantly surprised to see those five frames with that blurry dark dot passing through 😊 hopefully there's another transit soon on a nicer day!!

#astrosprout #spacephotography #astronomy #space #astro_photography_
An island of wispy blue dust in a sea of golden stars 🌟 - The Pleiades have always been at the top of my list of favorite deep space objects, but imaging from the middle of the city made that pursuit a little daunting. Until I can get to dark skies, I'm pretty happy with what I could pull out on a cold, moonless winter night! Just goes to show that it never hurts to point your scope to the sky and give it a shot 😁

If anyone's reading this far who has thought of jumping into astro but don't know where to start, give me a shout! 😎

Specs:
70mm astrograph, ASI071MC Pro, EQ6-R Pro. 165 x 120s exposures with sensor at -20°C. Stacked in DSS and processed in photoshop.

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#astrosprout #spacephotography #astronomy #space #astro_photography_

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☆ Matt Lukasik ☆'s engagement rate on Instagram is 10.57%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 9 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 51 to 1, with 713 likes and 14 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.

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☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ (@themattlukasik) is a Photographer creator on Instagram, also filed under Creators & Celebrities and Photography & Video. ☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for ☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ runs to 22 words across 2 lines.

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☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ has 6,623 followers on Instagram (6.6K). ☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ follows 1,577 accounts, so the audience is roughly 4.2 times the size of the list followed. 88 published posts give ☆ Matt Lukasik ☆ a moderate archive on Instagram.

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☆ Matt Lukasik ☆'s engagement rate on Instagram is 10.57%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 9 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 51 to 1, with 713 likes and 14 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.

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