Dylan O'Donnell

Blue sky has been popping off this week, so follow me over there if you want to hear my shower thoughts, and astrophotography news, images, and updates! 👉🏼 bsky.app/profile/dylanodonnell.bsky.social

5 months ago | [YT] | 81

Dylan O'Donnell

5 months ago | [YT] | 359

Dylan O'Donnell

You need to watch ‪@AstroBackyard‬ ‘s latest video about his trip to Australia! We had the most amazing weekend and he got to experience our most important things - Vegemite and Tim Tams. https://youtu.be/xQSDTr263KY

9 months ago | [YT] | 77

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Truly saddened to learn of Alyn Wallace’s passing tonight. He was an amazing astrophotographer and an equally incredible YouTuber. I enjoyed his videos a lot and it’s weird and unnerving to hear about one of your peers dying unexpectedly. Thanks for everything Alyn, you will be missed. savanaoptics.com/2024/03/29/alyn-wallace-death-pon…

1 year ago | [YT] | 443

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Thanks to the 7k+ viewers who've watched this video, the global number of Jupiter/Saturn impact observers has already gone up 10% and climbing I'm told!



This is one of the easiest and tangible citizen astronomy projects for anyone with a camera and telescope. Thank you everyone! And thanks to lead astronomer ‪@marc.delcroix‬ !

1 year ago | [YT] | 26

Dylan O'Donnell

Good morning AMERICA! I uploaded a really cool video while you were asleep and now the YT algorithm thinks I'm a loser because you weren't there to watch it, and the brits aren't really helping. Don't get me started on the bloody Australians. Do me a solid and watch it in the car on the way to work, but try not to kill anyone. Thanks.

2 years ago | [YT] | 35

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Hey space squad.. You're probably wondering where I've been and why I paused the Patreon. My son (You might remember him as Dr Zen) has been in hospital a lot recently for serious reasons and his recovery will take a long time. He's ok for now so thanks everyone for your thoughts and well wishes. I hope to return at some point when things settle down.. but in the meantime shoutout to ‪@frasercain‬ for having me as a guest on his 200th Space Q&A episode with many smarter people than me including ‪@scottmanley‬ , ‪@MarcusHouse‬ , ‪@joescott‬ , ‪@JohnMichaelGodier‬ and others! My stupid face is even in the thumbnail! What an honour. Well done Fraser.. cool episode! Enjoy the Universe... today.

2 years ago | [YT] | 53

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Did you catch my recent video about taking an entry level solar scope to the NEXT LEVEL? I posted it while you were asleep so you probably missed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU7SB... Also .. I made this small animation using the data I took that day I'm pretty proud of! Space is amazing eh?

2 years ago | [YT] | 241

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1 year ago I used my astrophotography to make a 5m music video for Rick Schneider from metal band POLARIS. The song he wrote for it is fucking EPIC and the imagery tells a story of decline. Somewhat presciently, I included footage of Russian soldiers training for war.

2 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 21

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Did you guys catch yesterdays video I posted about Asteroid detection in PixInsight? After I posted the video I went back and tried to get some more data and managed to get a nice light curve with AstroImageJ showing the asteroid is definitely a slow rotator ( > 2 hours ) .. you can see the meridian flip and then focus shift messed up the curve too. Anyway I'll get back to pretty space pictures soon... but it's fun to nerd out on what your telescope is capable of too! Watch here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d33dm...

2 years ago | [YT] | 149