I totally understand famous astronomer/astrophotographer/Australian Dylan O’Donnell’s distaste for the Moon. Because my camera is a “one-shot-color” type and I don’t use filters in my astrophotography, the Moon blows out most dark objects when it’s shining. Even when the moon is in it’s first quarter, the night is noticeably brighter. Normally, these nights photographing the […]
The Ring Nebula Messier 57
NGC3628: The Hamburger Galaxy
Capture Details Frames: 25×120″Integration: 0.8 hoursAvg. Moon age: 1.26 daysAvg. Moon phase: 1.79% Astrometry.net job: 3454297RA center: 11h 20′ 3″DEC center: +13° 33′ 57″Pixel scale: 0.718 arcsec/pixelOrientation: 23.991 degreesField radius: 0.492 degrees Full capture details on Astrobin Other Photos of Galaxies in the Constellation Leo Learn more about NGC 3628 Hamburger Galaxy on Wikipedia
Star Trails: Lyrids II
I had three different camera setups this night, with my 50D focused on Star Trails. My Canon T6 (which took this shot) was set to just take 20 second exposures all night in the hope of catching anything meteors from the Lyrid Meteor Shower. Stacking all photos between 10:30pm and 5:00pm (approximately 800 individual frames) […]
The Siamese Twins Galaxies
Space is incredibly big, so collisions are are. But galaxies are super big too, and when two of them get close to each other they start to interact with one another. This is what will happen with us and Andromeda in a few billion years, and you can see recent examples of interacting galaxies with […]
Messier 61
Star Trails: Lyrid Meteor Edition
Wednesday night, one camera was shooting real meteors while another was creating fake ones with star trails! Over the neighbour’s cottage facing west with nearly 3 hours of 20 second photos stacked on top of each other, the stars streak across the sky that matches the rotation of the earth. With the lack of humidity […]
Markarian’s Eyes: NGC 4435 & 4438
Every time I see these objects, I have an uncontrollable urge to sing “These Eyes” by the Guess Who. I blame 12 years of working in classic rock radio… NGC 4435 & NGC 4438 are two interacting galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, collectively known as “The Eyes” Galaxies. They’re also near the center of the […]
NGC2392: The Eskimo Nebula
After a warm kick off to the month, April has turned bitterly cold. For clear sky watchers like ourselves, it’s been great. Cold clear skies normally mean less humidity, and improved seeing conditions. But there’s a point of the year I begin to year for evenings I can stay outside all night (bugs aside). We’re […]
