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A picture of the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) over 1200 light-years away taken by JCT on 2026-09-12 just before midnight. ACO AI autonomously captured and colour-composed this image through a sequence of 30-sec exposures with Hubble Palette narrowband filters. Image Credit: Charles Wang
An picture of the Bubble Nebula 7100 light-years away captured and processed by ACO AI on 2026-09-18 at 00:02 through JCT. A sequence of three 90-sec exposures were colour-composed into this stunning image using the Hubble Palette (SHO). Image Credit: Charles Wang
The Northern Lagoon Nebula (NGC 7538) captured on 2026-09-18 at around 3am. Image Credit: Charles Wang
The Pacman Nebula captured on 2026-09-18 at around 2:30am. Image Credit: Charles Wang
The Wizard Nebula captured on 2026-09-18 at around 2am. Image Credit: Charles Wang
An picture of the Crescent Nebula 5000 light-years away captured and processed by ACO AI on 2026-09-17 at 22:34 through JCT. A sequence of three 90-sec exposures were colour-composed into this image using the Hubble Palette. Image Credit: Charles Wang
An image of the Zeta Lyrae Double Star in the Lyra Constellation over 150 light-years away taken by JCT via remote control on 2026-09-01 at 23:10 with 1 sec exposure. Image Credit: Charles Wang
An image of Saturn and four of its largest moons--namely from left to right: Dione (SIV), Tethys (SIII), Rhea (SV), and Titan (SVI)--taken by JCT on 2026-09-11 at 23:00 via remote control and ACO AI autonomous plate solving navigation and target synchronisation. Given the low altitude of Saturn for around 27 degrees at the time of imaging in early autumn, the atmospheric seeing effect is noticeable. Image Credit: Charles Wang
An image of Jupiter with its four largest (Galilean) moons taken on 2023-12-26 in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, by the Meade Classic telescope using a colour CMOS camera. Image Credit: Charles Wang
An image of Lunar surface with the Copernicus Crater (lower right) and other craters its taken on 2023-12-24 in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, by the Meade Classic telescope using a colour CMOS camera. Image Credit: Charles Wang
An image of solar surface, i.e. photosphere, with conspicuous sunspots and granules taken on 2025-06-20 at 11:23 on the artificial grass roof of the Fraser Noble Building, by the Meade Classic telescope using a colour CMOS camera and a white-light solar filter Image Credit: Fraser Mackenzie and Charles Wang
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