M51 (lemmy.world)
Whirlpool galaxy shot at 135mm....
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Whirlpool galaxy shot at 135mm....
Wide field shot of the virgo cluster....
Was surprised to be able to see it this far south, in canyon of the ancients so super remote....
Washington State ferry
Tonight a big solar storm hit the earth, showing aurora at least as far south as Northern Africa. I’m at ‘RACA’, a Belgian astro camp and took this picture with night mode on my Pixel7 phone. The main show lasted well over an hour and traces are still visible now, several hours after the start!
Hope this low effort post is accepted, I just wanted to share my first image when I started....
This was shot under extremely poor conditions with lot of clouds. So this is just a practice shot, but we try to get the best results with the equipment we have, so we will visit this target again with good seeing....
So I bought 2 sets because it looked like one set was briefly lost in the mail and this past week I got an email from Amazon that said one set I bought were "fakes."...
Last year, I had my mirrors tested optically because I was never 100% content with even my “sharpest” results - there was always a feeling that there was an unnecessary bit of blur in the raw data....
This will be the only chance I will have to see a total eclipse so I slapped together all the gear I own and made a dry run today. There were some wispy clouds that made things a little soft but it’s better than the 400mm I used in 2017.
PLEASE do not look at the sun unless you are wearing proper eclipse glasses....
This is just a test shot to see how much detail can be captured using the 135mm Samyang lens. I think with way more exposure time and proper polar alignment the details can be further improved....
This was a very challenging target for us as we are still beginners, but the comet stands out nicely. We hoped for a bit more detail, but shooting with the Samyang 135mm lens is quite a strech for this target....
Day 2 of owning a new (to Me) Lunt60 in preparation for the April 8 eclipse, first time posting here....
Hey! I wanted to share my “experience” as a newcomer, starting not only with astrophotography, but also with photography in general recently....