Prathamesh Jaju

Prathamesh Jaju Photographer 🇮🇳

✨The past few days leading up to the eclipse were tough, with clouds and shifting skies making it uncertain. We were con...
04/05/2026

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The past few days leading up to the eclipse were tough, with clouds and shifting skies making it uncertain. We were continuously tracking the weather through every app we could, hoping for a break. Anyone who follows astronomy knows how rare it is to get clear conditions on the exact night of an astronomical phenomenon — let alone something as special as a Super Blood Moon.

But luck worked in our favor. On the night of the eclipse, the skies cleared and gave us a perfect view.

We ended up driving 200 km from Pune to Pandharpur, chasing clear skies — and every kilometer paid off.

The Last Full Moon of 2025 🌕✨[moon, supermoon, luna, moon photography, space, astronomy, Astrophotography, night photogr...
04/05/2026

The Last Full Moon of 2025 🌕✨

[moon, supermoon, luna, moon photography, space, astronomy, Astrophotography, night photography, full moon, photography, space, stars, stargazing, nightsky]

a series of the best night skies of India 🇮🇳✨Zanskar Valley feels like the edge of the world.No cellular network. No ele...
04/05/2026

a series of the best night skies of India 🇮🇳✨

Zanskar Valley feels like the edge of the world.
No cellular network. No electricity after dark.
Just you, the mountains, and a sky you weren’t prepared for.
Standing there at 2am, in the middle of nowhere,
with nothing above you but the Milky Way, you realize how small you actually are.

Not in a sad way.
In the most humbling way possible.
The cosmos doesn’t care about your deadlines, your city, your noise. It’s just there.

Vast. Silent. Indifferent.
And somehow, that’s the most peaceful feeling in the world.
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Rosette Nebula 🌹✨This is my longest integration for a deep-sky object to date, 26 hours of data captured over a course o...
04/05/2026

Rosette Nebula 🌹✨

This is my longest integration for a deep-sky object to date, 26 hours of data captured over a course of 12 nights. I have been wanting to share this image for a long time, but I deliberately held back while learning different processing workflows and newer approaches to extracting structure and contrast.

Ending the year with this image feels just perfect, and I am super excited to put it out especially today!

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Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 61
Mount: Warp Astron WD-20
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3 nm SHO
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR
Guiding: Off-Axis Guider
Location: Pune, India (Bortle 8 skies)

Integration Time :-
H-alpha: 14 hours
SII: 2 hours
OIII: 10 hours
26 hours of data in total.

[ milkyway, moon, photography, cosmos, nightsky, india, astronomy, astrophotography, stars, universe, space, deep space, telescope, nebula, sky, india, ISRO, NASA, nightsky, rosette nebula, pune]

28/03/2026

a passion that makes you feel insignificant…

[ milkyway, moon, photography, cosmos, nightsky, india, astronomy, astrophotography, stars, universe, space, deep space, telescope, galaxy, nebula, comet, sky, india, ISRO, NASA, night timelapse]

✨Last Quarter Mineral HDR Moon Composite ✨This image is an HDR Composite of two different images made to give it a 3 dim...
28/03/2026

✨Last Quarter Mineral HDR Moon Composite ✨

This image is an HDR Composite of two different images made to give it a 3 dimensional effect.

This is my most detailed and clearest shot of the third quarter Mineral Moon.

I captured around 50,000+ images over 186 GigaBytes of Data which almost killed my laptop with the processing.

I captured around 38 panels at 1500 and 3000mm Focal Length with a 1.2 megapixel ZWO ASI120MC-S which made this image almost 50 megapixels huge. (Resolution downscaled for Mobiles)

▪️Celestron 5 Cassegrain OTA.

▪️ZWO ASI120MC-S for details

▪️Canon 1300D for colours

▪️ SkyWatcher EQ3-2 GO-TO.

▪️GSO 2X BARLOW
(Which allowed me to shot at 3 metres of Focal Length)

Hope you'll enjoy.
Dm for high resolution and prints.

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Pillars of Creation ✨What Hubble revealed in 1995 and JWST reimagined decades later has become one of the most iconic st...
28/03/2026

Pillars of Creation ✨

What Hubble revealed in 1995 and JWST reimagined decades later has become one of the most iconic structures in our universe — the Pillars of Creation, towering within the Eagle Nebula.
After years of dreaming about capturing this region, I’ve finally had the chance to image it!
— and here’s my version, from Earth.

This image was acquired over two weeks, totaling around 19 hours and 30 minutes of exposure time using narrowband filters — a first for me. The process was long and challenging, but incredibly rewarding.

I can’t thank .nimbu enough for lending me this amazing setup, and for his constant support and help throughout the acquisition process!

Processing took almost an entire day — piecing together hours of data into this final image!

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GSO 10” Truss RC
ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
ZWO EFW
Antlia 3 nm SHO & LRGB filters
ZWO EAF
Warpastron WD-20 mount
OAG + ZWO ASI290MM Mini guiding
Captured with ASIAIR Plus

Total integration: 19 hours 30 minutes
(SII 3h30m · Hα 5h30m· OIII 10h30m)
RGB Stars from .s

Hope you all enjoy!

Pleiades | The Seven Sisters ✨One of the brightest and most familiar objects in the night sky, and also one of the most ...
28/03/2026

Pleiades | The Seven Sisters ✨

One of the brightest and most familiar objects in the night sky, and also one of the most photographed.
Yet, imaging it properly has been on my list for years.
This target looks simple, but it isn’t.

I last photographed the Pleiades in 2019. Nearly seven years later, I decided to commit to a proper 10–12 hours of integration and approach it with more intent.
This final image is an 11.25-hour LRGB integration, captured over four nights. Nearly 40–50% of the data was rejected due to hazy sky conditions.

After a long wait and a lot of discarded data, everything finally came together—and I’m quite pleased with the result.

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Equipment
Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 61 | RedCat 51
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
Mount: Warpastron WD20
Filters: Antlia LRGB
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR
Guiding: Off-Axis Guider + ZWO ASI290MM Mini
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Exposure
L - 300s Ă— 70
R - 300s Ă— 20
G - 300s Ă— 20
B - 300s Ă— 25
Total integration: ~11.25 hours


[milkyway, moon, photography, cosmos, nightsky, india, astronomy, astrophotography, stars, universe, space, deep space, telescope, nebula, sky, india, ISRO, NASA, nightsky, pleiades, galaxy, pune, dark sky]

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