Clear skies around new moon let me take a picture of Andromeda Galaxy, M31 our nearest neighbor and few other galaxies made it into the shot. This was shot with Canon T3i, 135mm F/2.8 lens, ISO 100 from Bortle 7-8 area. Processed in @Siril_Official #astropic #astrophotography
We had few nights with clear skies so I took advantage of that and shot object that I wanted since last year: Heart and Soul nebulas aka IC1805 and IC1848. Shot with Canon T3i, 135mm at F/2.8, L-Enhance filter from Bortle 7-8 sky and quickly processed with Siril. #astropic
I have decided to run an experiment: capturing Ha with a stock DSLR. Stock DSLR typically blocks 85-75 % Ha light, then given the structure of a sensor in the color camera, which DSLR is, you would only capture 1/4 of the light reaching filter. So I put Ha clip-in filter into my stock camera and embarked on that journey. Here is results of 6 hours of integration, all in all it was quite a waste of time. But I confirmed that it doesn't make sense to shoot Ha with stock camera. It's NGC 7822.
This shocking #photography was obtained from #Montana (#USA) over 17 minutes. It reveals the crazy number of #satellites orbiting the #Earth. Most of them are #StarLink (from #SpaceX / #Musk) and aim at providing internet to some remote places.
StarLink is not the only project for space-based #internet: there are also #Kuiper (#Amazon), #oneWeb, #Iris2 (@EU_Commission), etc... which will send even more satellites into #space
Credits: Matt C. Jackson
I was quite lucky this week, few nights with clear skies and I was able to complete 6 hours of IC1318 and NGC6888 aka Butterfly and Crescent Nebulas respectively. I think I finally nailed down whole process, it appears that on many subjects 6 hours is enough of the data for me to work with and get a descent pictures. Shot with Canon T3i, 135mm F/2.8 lens ISO 1600 and L-Enhance filter. I am still learning tricks around processing that data, this was a second try. #astrophography #astropic
Just finisher Cygnus Loop project. This is supernova remnant, it's believed that at the time of explosion it could have been seen from Earth in a broad daylight, so powerful it was. It's consist of West and East Veil nebulas and few other pieces. Sh2-103 Cygnus Loop/Veil Nebula shot with Canon T3i, 135 mm, F/2.8, ISO 1600, L-Enhance filter. It's about 6 hours of total integration time. I've used dark frames in that one and not entirely sure if I like it. #astropic
It’s a golden era in amateur #astrophotography.
New discoveries by amateurs all the time, and these are pretty large things like this nebula that’s about the size of the Moon in the sky.
I have recently combined 4 and 2 hours integrations and got results which I am proud of. It's been a long journey with a lot of learning, I think I know what I am doing now, though there is still a lot to learn. Posting my "before" and "after" pictures, first one I took with 50mm lens last year and second with 135mm this year after learning journey and adding equipment, both pictures are from the same location, Bortle 7 sky. #astropic #astrophotography
I finally had clear skies and pulled 4 hours image of North America and Pelican Nebulas. Just a bit of processing. I am happy with over all results, I know I can learn bit more on processing side. Shot from Bortle 7 sky, with Canon T3i, 135mm, F/2.8, ISO 1600. #astropic
It looks like .@Siril_Official site is up and running again!
@sergey compare this to my very first attempt to capture the same target, even though yesterday's picture is bit noisy but you can actually see those nebulas. Here is picture from last year, it's been fun journey so far. https://social.ssbx.dev/@sergey/108911803816615639
Life is a long educational journey, there is always to learn something if you are interested of course. I recently got L-Enhance filter for my #astrophotography hobby, so learning to use it. Unfortunately we have not had much clear skies time, when it looked like a clear you can see haze in pictures. Here is image of a target I started my journey with it's North America and Pelican nebulas, shot with Cannon T3i, 135mm, F/2.8, ISO 1600, L-Enhance filter from B7-8 sky, about 2 hours. #astropic
Interesting statistic, and it looks like it's just a beginning. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/28/a-record-high-share-of-40-year-olds-in-the-us-have-never-been-married/
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