Modern lenses provide pinpoint stars in nighsky photos, But this reduces all stars to small points, constellations are almost unrecognizable.
This is an image which is a part of a timelapse sequence taken with a Sony #RX100 IV camera. Mars, Saturn and the Milky Way are clearly visible.
Sony RX100, f/1.8, 15s, ISO 3200
The longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century took place during our vacation in Corsica, here are some shots taken from the beach:
Since this was a camping vacation I only had minimal gear with me, a Sony RX100 IV compact camera, and my wife’s Olympus E-PL5 with the kit zoom lenses. The 40-150mm is equivalent to 300mm on full-frame cameras, so the close-ups are cropped heavily.
Crater Copernicus, 200mm GSO Newton f/5, QH5IIc camera, Televue 3x Barlow lens.
Last night I photographed the same lunar regions through 3 different telescopes:
Today I pointed the 20cm Newtonian telescope again towards the moon. Shortly after first quarter quite a few nice landscapes are visible.
All images were captured as 120s AVI files using a 3x Barlow lens and the QHY5IIc camera.
Crater Clavius
The 20cm Newtonian telescope in combination with the Televue 3x Barlow show a wealth of detail on the moon.
I haven’t photographed the moon at this age, so here are some new lunar features for me. Read More
As the ISS orbits our planet, from time to time it passes in front of the sun for a given location.
https://www.calsky.com and https://transit-finder.com/ allow you to predict such transits for your location.
Last Saturday such a transit happened, and I was able to capture it:
A combination of all frames that captured the ISS.
Springtime is galaxy time! After a frustrating friday night with incorrect mount setup, iAstroHub not working properly, which resulted in badly focussed and guided images, saturday evening proved much more successful:
Leo Triplet, M65, M65 and NGC3628, 25x120s, Astro-Physics 127mm f/8, Nikon D750, BackyardNikon, PHD2, Regim, Photoshop, Lightroom
The Leo triplet is a trio of galaxies which are physically near each other, a faint tidal tail can be seen to the upper left of M66, the lower right galaxy.
The distance to this galaxy group is about 35 million lightyears.
Venus and Mercury conjunction in a hazy sky. Image taken with 300mm lens at f/5.6, 1/25s, ISO 400, cropped.
