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    New hobby Astrophotography

    My latest hobby, started this fall after several years as an hobby astronomer. After a while i wanted to take some pics of the Objects:

    Orion Nebula (M42) and The running man nebula



    Andromeda Galaxy (M 31)



    Two galaxies in Ursa Maj. M 81 and M82



    The starcluster Pleiades M 45


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    And lastly, the Moon


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    Amazing photos Henry.
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    Those shots are amazing and breathtaking as well.


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    Can you take photos like that anywhere or do you have to be away from all city light?

    Jim

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    Quote Originally Posted by limjack View Post
    Can you take photos like that anywhere or do you have to be away from all city light?

    Jim
    Thanks! Yes you can but then you have to have som light polution filter. Those above pictures was taken at my cabin in Telemark where light pollution is absent

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    Good to see you are still hanging around here, Henry!

    What kind of equipment are you using to get those amazing photos?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferry_vO View Post
    Good to see you are still hanging around here, Henry!

    What kind of equipment are you using to get those amazing photos?
    Im using a couple of telescopes, a Skywatcher 200P and a SW 130PDS on a EQ5 mount with Synscan (Its a computerized tracking system). The camera is a Canon EOS 550D, here are the pics





    Here is the smaller one (130 PDS)



    And a little pic of Jupiter with the great red spot



    Cheers

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    Stellarium is the best desktop program I have found and use it nearly every night find my way around the vast nearby universe.
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    Andromeda Galaxy how I find, tonight 7 pm in st pete fl, look at moon and then go straight up, its that dot way up there.
    I also look for beetlejuice every night to see if it has blown up yet, lol, look at the bright star left of ol ryans belt, if you look right you will see rigal
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    What a set up Henry, including the cabin out and away from it all! I could enjoy that life as well some day.
    Showed my wife your pics tonight and she was amazed as well.

    Jim

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    Latest pics of the moon with some closeups











    Rgds Henry

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    Isn't it fascinating what one can see out there? I have a much more rudimentary setup than Henry has, but I have been able to see Saturn, Jupiter and the Galilean Moons, the Orion Nebula, and the Pleiades.

    Awesome set of photos, Henry!


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    Thanks! Thats right, sometimes its just great to pick up some binoculars and enjoy the beauty of the nightsky, there are so much to see....
    Here some more taken from my cabin:

    Messier 27, a planetary nebula



    Messier 13 a globular cluster



    Messier 33 a spiral galaxy in the neigborhood only 3 millions light years away



    And Messier 51 another spiral galaxy in Canes venatici



    Rgds Henry

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    The images are fantastic, Henry.

    Like you, I also enjoy looking to the skies. Ever since I was a boy my place was in the dark. I grew up in the city on a dead-end street. Our house was very near the end of a fairly deep canyon with a small creek. Growing up, my friend and I spent a lot of time exploring the woods. Following the creek to see where it started. We were in grade school at the time.

    One day we went on an adventure. It was near 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and we headed up the valley with our backpacks stuffed with, stuff. That day we'd reached unexplored areas beyond where we'd ever seen. Our being excited to see more led us to more exploring.

    Not keeping track of time, the sun was slowly setting. Not to worry, we told each other, as we kept going. Flashlight? Uh OH!

    Before we knew it, it was dark. And we were, LOST! OUR PARENTS WILL SKIN US!! "Gulp"

    Both scared to be out there in the dark, but we had no choice. We found a high spot in the hills. A grassy field, where we made our beds. We laid on our backs and looked to the skies the whole night. It was amazing.
    -From that day (night) forward, night was always a calling.

    For 23 years I and my family have lived in the country side, where the darkness of the skies are mysterious, yet inviting. Your images show me what I can not, with the eye alone.

    Thanks for sharing.

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    Thanks!
    Here are some of my latest this fall. Not many Clear skies here in Norway for the time beeing:
    4 hours expousure on the Andromeda Galaxy


    The horsehead nebula:



    The North America nebula



    And lastly one more of the Pleiades


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    One more of the moon:



    And the rest of a star that exploded as a supernova several thousands of years ago: The whitchs broom in the Constellation of cygnus


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    Sir, this is awesome! I've always liked these kind of photographs!
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    Thanks!
    And here a better pic of the Orion nebula:


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    Wow! Stunning pictures Henry! Have you posted them in HD anywhere?

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    Amazing photos Henry! I wish I could do that

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    Four hours of exposure? Meaning the shutter is open that length of time, to absorb all the possible light, before taking the picture?
    Please excuse me. I'm not one to be knowledgeable on anything more than point-and-shoot.

    The images are just awe inspiring to see. WOW!!
    Thank you again for sharing.

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    Henry,

    Your recent photos are just AWESOME! I love the shot of the Witch's Broom and the Horsehead particularly.


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