Deep Sky

Deepsky astrophotography is probably the most challenging form of astrophotography. I requires extremely long exposure times - the longer, the better. Most challenging part in the long exposures is tracking. Mount has to turn the telescope to compensate apparent movement of the stars due to earth rotation. Usually this means computer has to assist in this task. I got hooked in deep sky astrophotography when I first pointed my point and shoot camera throught the eyepiece to Ring Nebula M57 in fall 2004. Lots of things have changed since then and today I use DSLR and such fine instruments as narrowband filters, which requires even longer exposure times.

2010

M13 - The Great Hercules Cluster thumbnail

M13 - The Great Hercules Cluster

23:07 19/4/2010 UTC: After premature end with M106 I had a short opportunity to continue imaging before dawn. I could ...  [Read More]

 
M106 Revisited thumbnail

M106 Revisited

20:10 19/4/2010 UTC: I was in Artjärvi to try this again in a dark site. Unfortunately my exposures were cut shor...  [Read More]

 
M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy thumbnail

M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

20:05 18/4/2010 UTC: This beautiful galaxy was up high in the sky and weather was exceptionally good. This time I put ...  [Read More]

 
M106 LRGB thumbnail

M106 LRGB

19:10 12/4/2010 UTC: This is my very first try at LRGB imaging. I finally got Nebulosity to understand SX wheel via AS...  [Read More]

 
IC410 - The Tadpoles Ha:OIII thumbnail

IC410 - The Tadpoles Ha:OIII

18:11 23/3/2010 UTC: Not the best conditions for OIII imaging. Moon high up and random thin clouds hovering all over t...  [Read More]

 
IC410 - The Tadpoles in Ha thumbnail

IC410 - The Tadpoles in Ha

18:10 17/3/2010 UTC: Spring sky is pretty much void in emission nebulae, but this nice complex in Auriga is still well...  [Read More]

 
M81 Group and Integrated Flux Nebula thumbnail

M81 Group and Integrated Flux Nebula

18:03 12/3/2010 UTC: Most of the Nebulae are illuminated by only one or just few stars. Integrated Flux Nebula is a la...  [Read More]

 
M42 - The Orion Nebula thumbnail

M42 - The Orion Nebula

17:32 7/3/2010 UTC: Long time no see - stars! It's been like four months since I've done imaging. Weather has been ve...  [Read More]

 
 

2009

The California Nebula project continues thumbnail

The California Nebula project continues

17:36 22/11/2009 UTC: Finally after almost a month sky cleared again and what a night! SQM gave almost record readings ...  [Read More]

 
The California Nebula thumbnail

The California Nebula

20:10 29/10/2009 UTC: After a long cloudy and rainy period we finally got some nice weather (and moon of course). I had...  [Read More]

 
The Heart Nebula Project thumbnail

The Heart Nebula Project

18:55 7/9/2009 UTC: Finally I got some time and clear sky to do SII and OIII exposures to this. Moon was nearly full...  [Read More]

 
The Heart Nebula Project thumbnail

The Heart Nebula Project

19:51 24/8/2009 UTC: I started my next project with H-alpha. This time my target is a nice nebula IC1805 commonly know...  [Read More]

 
The North America Nebula thumbnail

The North America Nebula

20:10 21/8/2009 UTC: Finally got my H-alpha filter and immediately had clear night to finish this project. Now totalli...  [Read More]

 
The North America Project SII thumbnail

The North America Project SII

20:13 19/8/2009 UTC: Clear sky allowed me to continue this project with SII data. Clouds disturbed the session a bit, ...  [Read More]

 
The North America Project OIII thumbnail

The North America Project OIII

20:13 15/8/2009 UTC: I started my first astroimaging project for this season last night. The conditions were superb, s...  [Read More]

 
M27 - The Dumbbell in OIII thumbnail

M27 - The Dumbbell in OIII

20:37 9/8/2009 UTC: I continued to fine tune the system with M27 using OIII filter. I am getting pretty sharp results...  [Read More]

 
M51 - The Whirpool Galaxy thumbnail

M51 - The Whirpool Galaxy

20:11 15/4/2009 UTC: What a spectacular conditions. SQM read almost 22 and sky was pristine and seeing was very good....  [Read More]

 
Spring Galaxies thumbnail

Spring Galaxies

20:08 31/3/2009 UTC: I was privileged to have my camera attached for the first astroimaging test with a monster teles...  [Read More]

 
NGC4565 - The Needle Galaxy thumbnail

NGC4565 - The Needle Galaxy

18:55 27/3/2009 UTC: The Needle, which is also known as The Flying Saucer Galaxy, is a very attractive spiral galaxy...  [Read More]

 
M51 - The Whirpool Galaxy thumbnail

M51 - The Whirpool Galaxy

19:43 26/3/2009 UTC: We have now clear nights after each other several days in a row now. This time I decided to imag...  [Read More]

 
M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy thumbnail

M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

19:10 26/3/2009 UTC: M101 is a very nice photogenic spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. The galaxy is positioned face-on and ...  [Read More]

 
Leo Triplet thumbnail

Leo Triplet

18:26 19/3/2009 UTC: Leo Triplet is a photogenic group of galaxies in the constellation Leo. This group is also known ...  [Read More]

 
IC410 and The Tadpoles in color thumbnail

IC410 and The Tadpoles in color

17:26 8/3/2009 UTC: IC410 is a HII region in Auriga. This interesting nebula and open cluster hosts two interesting n...  [Read More]

 
First light - IC410 thumbnail

First light - IC410

20:26 7/3/2009 UTC: Atik 4000LE First Light! Weather was awful and I had some serious hassle with my gear. First of a...  [Read More]

 
M42 - The Orion Nebula thumbnail

M42 - The Orion Nebula

21:01 9/1/2009 UTC: Very cold night. I haven't been out imaging in such a cold weather yet. Usually I don't take my g...  [Read More]

 

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