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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.
2008
2007
2006
- Rosette Nebula (Ha:sG:OIII) @ 29.12.2006 16:40 UTC
- Rosette Nebula (Ha:sG:OIII) @ 22.12.2006 23:22 UTC
- M42 - The Orion Nebula (Ha:OIII) @ 16.12.2006 19:02 UTC
- M42 - The Orion Nebula (H-alpha) @ 27.11.2006 23:53 UTC
- M45 - The Pleiades @ 27.11.2006 21:51 UTC
- IC1805/Sh2-190 - The Heart Nebula (HaRGB) @ 11.11.2006 08:38 UTC
- IC1805/Sh2-190 - The Heart Nebula (H-alpha) @ 31.10.2006 16:20 UTC
- The Double Cluster @ 19.10.2006 04:31 UTC
- M81 Group @ 27.09.2006 14:31 UTC
- NGC6992 - The Eastern Veil @ 24.09.2006 17:01 UTC
- M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy @ 16.09.2006 22:41 UTC
- M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy (HaRGB) @ 15.09.2006 23:40 UTC
- IC1396/vdB142 - The Elephants Trunk (H-alfa) @ 12.09.2006 22:08 UTC
- IC1318 - The Butterfly Nebula (HaRGB) @ 11.09.2006 04:24 UTC
- NGC7000 - The North America Nebula (HaRGB) @ 07.09.2006 00:21 UTC
- NGC7000 - The North America Nebula (H-alpha) @ 01.09.2006 22:13 UTC
- NGC6960/6979 - The Western Veil Nebula and Pickering's Triangle @ 30.08.2006 05:55 UTC
- NGC6960 - The Veil Nebula @ 26.08.2006 21:46 UTC
- NGC7000 - The North America Nebula @ 08.08.2006 16:27 UTC
- Albireo @ 07.08.2006 15:05 UTC
- M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula @ 30.07.2006 00:16 UTC
- M57 - The Ring Nebula @ 26.07.2006 00:11 UTC
- The Leo Triplet @ 23.04.2006 11:22 UTC
- The Leo Triplet @ 21.04.2006 23:06 UTC
- NGC7000 - North America Nebula @ 21.04.2006 16:34 UTC
- M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy @ 26.03.2006 22:00 UTC
- IC443 @ 22.03.2006 22:17 UTC
- Rosette Nebula @ 17.03.2006 21:40 UTC
- M42 - The Orion Nebula @ 10.03.2006 20:32 UTC
- M100 and SN2006X @ 28.02.2006 15:50 UTC
- M100 Widefield @ 27.02.2006 19:40 UTC
- M42 - The Orion Nebula @ 14.02.2006 21:50 UTC
- Horsehead and Flame Nebulae @ 30.01.2006 23:18 UTC
2005
- M81 and M82 @ 22.11.2005 07:05 UTC
- M52 and The Bubble Nebula @ 01.11.2005 22:52 UTC
- M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy @ 25.10.2005 13:38 UTC
- M81 and M82 @ 24.10.2005 22:30 UTC
- NGC6960 - The Western Veil @ 11.10.2005 16:58 UTC
- M42 - The Orion Nebula @ 10.10.2005 16:44 UTC
- M45 - The Pleiades @ 06.10.2005 17:44 UTC
- M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy @ 05.10.2005 17:48 UTC
- M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy @ 03.10.2005 15:54 UTC
- M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula @ 03.10.2005 15:18 UTC
- M92 @ 16.09.2005 21:29 UTC
- M13 - The Great Hercules Cluster @ 16.09.2005 21:28 UTC
- M15 @ 12.09.2005 14:12 UTC
- NGC6960 - The Western Veil @ 10.09.2005 06:07 UTC
- Cygnus Widefield @ 02.09.2005 05:38 UTC
- M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy @ 02.09.2005 04:10 UTC
- The Double Cluster @ 20.08.2005 06:01 UTC
- M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy @ 18.08.2005 16:44 UTC
- M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy @ 08.08.2005 23:32 UTC
- Cygnus Widefield @ 04.08.2005 17:54 UTC
- M44 - The Beehive Cluster @ 02.04.2005 06:00 UTC
- Orion Widefield @ 27.03.2005 05:34 UTC
- NGC2392 - Eskimo Nebula @ 13.02.2005 16:27 UTC
- The Orion Nebula @ 15.01.2005 21:45 UTC
2004
- M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula @ 11.10.2004 16:58 UTC
- M57 with Orion Europa @ 10.10.2004 05:31 UTC
- M13 Reprocessed in IRIS @ 30.08.2004 19:11 UTC
- M13 - The Great Hercules Cluster @ 24.08.2004 19:40 UTC
- M15 @ 21.08.2004 20:15 UTC
- Double Cluster @ 14.08.2004 20:52 UTC
- M57 - The Ring Nebula @ 05.08.2004 23:50 UTC
