ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

[jmandell]

A place to post your astrophotos.


Here's some of mine:
M31, Andromeda Galaxy

M31 by JAG Photographs, on Flickr

NGC7293, the Helix Nebula

NGC7293 by JAG Photographs, on Flickr

M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy

M101 by JAG Photographs, on Flickr

M8/M20 Region

M8/M20 Region by JAG Photographs, on Flickr

 

[zombiesniper127 26]

I was just about to start a themed thread when I found this one.
Let's bring it back from the dead.
Here's one of mine.
M33, the Triangulum Galaxy, is a beautiful spiral galaxy, the third largest in our Local Group (after the Milky Way and Andromeda), located about 3 million light-years away in the Triangulumconstellation.

The gear was a Dwarflabs Dwarf 3 smart telescope. It has a FOV equivalent of about 700mm.
225 stacked images of 30 seconds gain of 60.

Post processing was in Siril (astrophotography processing software) and Photoshop.

M33 by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

 

[zombiesniper127 26]

M51
The gear was a Dwarflabs Dwarf 3 smart telescope. It has a FOV equivalent of about 700mm.
650 stacked images of 30 seconds gain of 60.
M51 final by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

 

[Jeff1561 61]

Some very good images ....

 

[zombiesniper127 26]

The Veil nebula

veil nebula-2 by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

 

[AlanKlein95 11]

Question about the shape of galaxies. Many have the appearance of a spiral. But since the length of a galaxy could be let's say 50,000 light years from end to end, if you're seeing one on end, the spiral isn't really a spiral because the stars you see at the end are 50,000 light years earlier than the ones you see closer up. Wouldn't the shape of the galaxy be actually different if you could see the whole thing at once?

 

[denum130 155]

A place to post your astrophotos.


Here's some of mine:
M31, Andromeda Galaxy

M31 by JAG Photographs, on Flickr

NGC7293, the Helix Nebula

NGC7293 by JAG Photographs, on Flickr

M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy

M101 by JAG Photographs, on Flickr

M8/M20 Region

M8/M20 Region by JAG Photographs, on Flickr

Nice images. Care to share the equipment used?

 

[denum130 155]

M51
The gear was a Dwarflabs Dwarf 3 smart telescope. It has a FOV equivalent of about 700mm.
650 stacked images of 30 seconds gain of 60.
M51 final by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

Very nice! With 650 images is it safe to assume you used some sort of tracking device? Sky guider perhaps? I tested my sky guider last night on a 30 sec shot of the Milkyway and it really improved the shot, at least when zoomed in on. I am currently in Moab Utah, Arches Nat'l park. I might be able to get a good MW shot tonight as the clouds are less tonight, however there are wildfires near so clearity might be an issue. Fingers crossed .

 

[zombiesniper127 26]

Question about the shape of galaxies. Many have the appearance of a spiral. But since the length of a galaxy could be let's say 50,000 light years from end to end, if you're seeing one on end, the spiral isn't really a spiral because the stars you see at the end are 50,000 light years earlier than the ones you see closer up. Wouldn't the shape of the galaxy be actually different if you could see the whole thing at once?

If the galaxies were in line with our viewing plane yes. Either way the galaxies and anything that far away will not necessarily look exactly as we see them.

Very nice! With 650 images is it safe to assume you used some sort of tracking device? Sky guider perhaps? I tested my sky guider last night on a 30 sec shot of the Milkyway and it really improved the shot, at least when zoomed in on. I am currently in Moab Utah, Arches Nat'l park. I might be able to get a good MW shot tonight as the clouds are less tonight, however there are wildfires near so clearity might be an issue. Fingers crossed .

I used a Dwarf 3 smart telescope for that one. It will track and stack the images on its own.

 

[zombiesniper127 26]

Elephant-2 by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

 

[zombiesniper127 26]

The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth.

Crescent Nebula by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

 

[zombiesniper127 26]

Re did the elephant trunk to add a bit of a Hubble colour palette.

et final by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

 

[terri48 19]

Re did the elephant trunk to add a bit of a Hubble colour palette.

et final by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

Beautiful!

 

[zombiesniper127 26]

Thank you.

 

[zombiesniper127 26]

First crack at the wizard nebula. Definitely need more time on this one.

Wizard by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr