/r/astrophotography
/r/astrophotography went private for a period of 10 days in protest of reddit's proposed API changes, and unprofessional response to the community's concerns regarding 3rd party apps, mod tools, and accessibility options that have been impacted by this decision.
Despite community vote, we reopened with a new set of guidelines as chosen and approved by the community.
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More cloudy evening processing of old images. This is NGC 6960. It is also called the Western Veil or the Witch's Broom Nebula. It is located in the Constellation Cygnus.
I shot this 8000 year old Supernova originally on 10/19/2022 with my 6" Reflector telescope and the Canon T6 DSLR. It was 50 shots x 3 minutes. This cropped image was processed today using Pixinsight. I like the way this image came out.
After a month of learning, failing, more learning and failing again, I got this image today. I'm very happy how it turned out. This is from bortle 5. Next time, I'm going to take it in bortle 2.
What do you think?
Despite multiple attempts at different targets over the years I still feel like I'm just not figuring this hobby out. Here is my most humble attempt at capturing the easter veil nebula.
Equipment:
EQ6 mount (old one with no USB port)
Stellarvue 115 triplet refractor with 0.8x reducer
ZWO asi1600-cooled MM
ZWO 5 position filter wheel and narrow band filter
Processed in pixinsight.
Seestar s50 around 150min data. Edit in sirill & lightroom, progress in editing skills can be seen compared to the earlier post of M31
24.5 hours of 180s subs 20 flats/darks/bias
C8 with f/6.3 reducer and OAG (ASI290MM mini)
IR filter
ASI1600MC (gain 139, temp -20C)
Heq2 pro mount
Acquisition: Sharpcap Guiding: PHD2
Stacked in DSS and finished in Photoshop (nonlinear stretches and color adjustment, gradient xterminator, topaz denoise)
So far I think my best image and second most integration time in an object, I didn't expect to get as much detail in the spirals for my first night on target. Only thing I don't like is just above the Galaxy there's a Cluster of green dots I missed while processing and no clue what happened there.
Equipment •Apertura 75q refractor 400mm focal length •Eq6-R pro mount •UV/IR cut filter •ZWO 30mm guide scope and asi120mm for guiding •ZWO ASI294MC •ZWO ASIAir plus •Jackery 500 power supply
Process • Roughly 7 hours of 60s exposures at 120 gain cooled to -4° F. Processed in pixinsight and stacked with deepskystacker.
Hello everyone! My name is Alex and I am very interested in astrophotography. I recently bought a new camera (nikon z50 with a 50-250 mm lens) and I would like to buy a telescope so I can observe the sky.. My question is : what telescope between 250-500 euros can I buy, that will allow me to attach the camera to it? Also, what other gear can I use to attach a camera? Do I need anything other than the camera and the telescope? Thanks in advance!!!
Do you guys have any advice for this camera so I could take pictures of cosmos
Listed on Astromart just thought I would share here:
I'm new to this hobby, but I have always wanted to get into it. I realize that I might be going a bit over board being a beginner getting this kind of gear and not some cheaper stuff to learn hands on but I've been passionate about space my entire life. I've watched hours and hours of comparison videos and reviews on telescopes and dedicated cameras trying to get a sense of what I might want. Primarily I want to photograph deep space objects but maybe the planets here or there.
I do want to mention that I have a Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro since everyone recommends to spend more on a sturdy mount then the telescope itself. This being said, I don't really need to worry about weight to much. My budget is about $800 for the telescope and around $200 for a camera.
I've been looking at a few 8" reflectors and doublet/triplet refractors and cant really decide which one would be better. The reflectors are a little intimidating only because of mirror issues and collimators and what not but I don't think that would be a big deal at the end of the day once I actually get some hands on experience. I think I would be a little more comfortable with refractors but still don't want to just send it without some advice.
I'm having a really hard time understanding cameras, I'm not sure really where to start or how to mix and match the cameras with the telescopes. I know I want to get a monochrome camera with a filter wheel eventually but I don't think that's a good place to start. Maybe start with a color camera?
If you have any experience or maybe have some setups that you like and could give me any advice it would be appreciated.
This is NOT my data, but my processing of the Shark Nebula, it was supplied by the website "theskysearchers.com" as part of the monthly "Astrophotography Challenge" (originally shot and processed by "JockinIreland"). I still have a lot to learn...
The Shark Nebula (LDN 1235) and surrounding dust are in the Constellation Cepheus.
First picture of the moon. Used my Canon R6 200mm f11 ISO 100 SS 1/100 unfortunately did not have my tripod so I had to try and take it as still as possible
This image was taken through Canon 200d Mk II and 50mm f/1.8 lens by me. Hope you like this.
Taken with a Google Pixel 5 mounted on to a Celestron LCM80. My first successful picture after getting them telescope for my birthday is December.
Definitely not a smartphone camera 🤡
New to the hobby, looking at getting a dedicated astrophotography camera, probably a zwo asi something or another. Is the software for controlling their cameras pretty easy to use? Or is there a big learning curve?
Still got a lot to learn and a long way to go. But i like it.
First time AP. DSLR and 4" refractor. 29-13" stacked pictures. No idea what I'm doing, but I'm having fun doing it!