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Decent and moonless night yesterday, finally.
Since galaxy season is starting, that's what I aimed for, but atmosphere was a bit too wobbly for a long focal length shoot.
Still wanted to go for it, so here is Messier 101, but at only 300mm FL... 🤷♂️
Messier 81 - I photographed this beautiful galaxy last year, in March 2025. This picture is a mono version of the of my original LRGB image.
▼ Baader Apo 95 CaF₂ | SkyEye62AM
https://astrocamp.eu/en/bodes-galaxy-messier-81/
#astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky #astroimaging #nightsky #clearsky #telescope #photography #space
Crescent moon - 22 February. Taken just after sunset, so the sky is not yet black.
Crescent moon - 22 February. Taken just after sunset, so the sky is not yet black.
Decent and moonless night yesterday, finally.
Since galaxy season is starting, that's what I aimed for, but atmosphere was a bit too wobbly for a long focal length shoot.
Still wanted to go for it, so here is Messier 101, but at only 300mm FL... 🤷♂️
More contrast under suburban skies — my real-world experience with the Baader UHC-L Booster Filter (50.4 mm).
Three projects, challenging conditions, and an honest technical conclusion from my backyard in Koblenz.
#astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky #astroimaging #nightsky #clearsky #telescope #photography #space
Three planets in the evening sky, as seen from the mountains of southern New Mexico. (Evening of 21 February.)
See the 2nd graphic for a finder chart from planetarium sky simulation software.
These three planets are very different in brightness, but the differences in sky background surrounding each planet ends up making them all appear roughly the same brightness in the photo. Venus is brightest, followed by Mercury, with Saturn the faintest of the three.
#Astronomy #Planets #Saturn #Venus #Mercury #Photography #Astrophotography #Evening #Twilight #Pisces #Cetus
Three planets in the evening sky, as seen from the mountains of southern New Mexico. (Evening of 21 February.)
See the 2nd graphic for a finder chart from planetarium sky simulation software.
These three planets are very different in brightness, but the differences in sky background surrounding each planet ends up making them all appear roughly the same brightness in the photo. Venus is brightest, followed by Mercury, with Saturn the faintest of the three.
#Astronomy #Planets #Saturn #Venus #Mercury #Photography #Astrophotography #Evening #Twilight #Pisces #Cetus
Messier 81 - I photographed this beautiful galaxy last year, in March 2025. This picture is a mono version of the of my original LRGB image.
▼ Baader Apo 95 CaF₂ | SkyEye62AM
https://astrocamp.eu/en/bodes-galaxy-messier-81/
#astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky #astroimaging #nightsky #clearsky #telescope #photography #space
Tardigrade in Moss
Credits: Science Source Images
#nature #space #astrophotography
This was the once-in-a-lifetime, super-duper, ultra-massive, fantastically big, colossus, mammoth, monumental, majestic, grandiose, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious full moon of 4/7/2020.
(Actually, it's just a full moon at perigee with the Earth. Single frame. Not AI. Not a composite. Shot at 600mm, f/8.0, 1/15sec, ISO100. Heavy editing to remove haze and add contrast.)
#NotAI #BlackAndWhite #Astronomy #AstroPhotography #Landscape #Photography #Darktable
This was the once-in-a-lifetime, super-duper, ultra-massive, fantastically big, colossus, mammoth, monumental, majestic, grandiose, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious full moon of 4/7/2020.
(Actually, it's just a full moon at perigee with the Earth. Single frame. Not AI. Not a composite. Shot at 600mm, f/8.0, 1/15sec, ISO100. Heavy editing to remove haze and add contrast.)
#NotAI #BlackAndWhite #Astronomy #AstroPhotography #Landscape #Photography #Darktable
The crescent of the waxing moon with the planets Saturn (left of the moon) and Mercury (bottom right, directly above the clouds).
Picture is cropped from on taken at f=70 mm with a Canon EOS 6D at 17:45 UTC from Wedemark, north of Hanover, Germany.
Venus is hidden behind the clouds.
#Moon #Saturn #Mercury #astronomy #photgraphy #astrophotography
While I'm no longer active in many commercial #SocialMedia platforms, as a #science communicator I still keep an eye on them to see how people (mis)understand #astronomy, and incorporate those lessons to my job.
Today Facebook crushed my soul with this abomination.
A while ago I wrote this article explaining how to spot fake #astrophotography images using science:
https://www.eso.org/public/blog/csi-astronomy/
That article has now been superseded by "this is fake because <waves hands angrily in despair>"
The crescent of the waxing moon with the planets Saturn (left of the moon) and Mercury (bottom right, directly above the clouds).
Picture is cropped from on taken at f=70 mm with a Canon EOS 6D at 17:45 UTC from Wedemark, north of Hanover, Germany.
Venus is hidden behind the clouds.
#Moon #Saturn #Mercury #astronomy #photgraphy #astrophotography
While I'm no longer active in many commercial #SocialMedia platforms, as a #science communicator I still keep an eye on them to see how people (mis)understand #astronomy, and incorporate those lessons to my job.
Today Facebook crushed my soul with this abomination.
A while ago I wrote this article explaining how to spot fake #astrophotography images using science:
https://www.eso.org/public/blog/csi-astronomy/
That article has now been superseded by "this is fake because <waves hands angrily in despair>"
