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Today I& #39;m starting a #thread compiling the best astrophotography I& #39;ve got (so far) during my career. This will compile images obtained with both amateur and professional telescopes, sometimes using archive data too. All will be included in my #Flickr album https://www.flickr.com/photos/angelrls/albums/72157716512276437">https://www.flickr.com/photos/an...
I& #39;m starting with this crazy image of the Lagoon Nebula I got using the 2.5m INT @INGLaPalma when I was a PhD student at @IAC_Astrofisica. This is the 2016 version, the original one was obtained in *2005*, when colour photos using Hα+[OIII]+[SII] were rare https://www.flickr.com/photos/angelrls/27545798056">https://www.flickr.com/photos/an...
It& #39;s nice to compare that image of the Lagoon Nebula with this one I got 2 months ago using my small 80mm refractor telescope and @zwoasi camera from my backyard, 15km from Sydney& #39;s city centre. This is just *a test* of what I hope to get soon. Red is Hα https://www.flickr.com/photos/angelrls/50262702166">https://www.flickr.com/photos/an...
I& #39;m also using this #thread for updating my #Flickr. I just uploaded this wide field view around the Lagoon and the Trifid Nebulae. 15 x 5 min exposures at 200mm f/2.8 CANON 5D Mark III on 19 Sep 2017. Piggyback, no autoguiding, full processed with PS https://www.flickr.com/photos/angelrls/50499666133">https://www.flickr.com/photos/an...
You& #39;ve probably seen many images of the Trifid Nebula. This is the updated color image I got in 2005 combining Hα (green) + [O III] (blue) + [S II] (red) data obtained using the WFC @ 2.5m INT @INGLaPalma while I was a PhD student at @IAC_Astrofisica https://www.flickr.com/photos/angelrls/50503389988">https://www.flickr.com/photos/an...
Again, the view of the Trifid Nebula using an amateur telescope is quite different to that. Last June I got this colour image of M 20 using my Skywatcher BD80 + @zwoasi 178MC + @Optolong_filter L-Pro filter from my backyard, 15 km from Sydney& #39;s city centre https://www.flickr.com/photos/angelrls/50015249027">https://www.flickr.com/photos/an...
I& #39;ve taken *tens of thousands* of astro images with DSLR, many for time-lapses while working as support astronomer at the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT). This is a single 20s shot showing the Emu over the AAT. The dome was briefly illuminated by a car https://www.flickr.com/photos/angelrls/28379055959">https://www.flickr.com/photos/an...
The Southern Cross, Carina, & the Pointers (α and β Centauri) from Siding Spring Observatory. Stacking 20 x 15s frames with CANON Mark III, 14mm lens, f/2.8, on a tripod. Some clouds around, making the brightest stars much bigger! α Cen is a double star https://www.flickr.com/photos/angelrls/50513699662">https://www.flickr.com/photos/an...
As I& #39;ve been quite busy observing at the AAT while supervising two amazing students during the weekend, I& #39;ve not continued this #thread so here I go again: I took this photo of the Crescent Moon and the AAT inside the dome the 2nd March 2017, at 8pm AEST https://www.flickr.com/photos/angelrls/33076675731">https://www.flickr.com/photos/an...
Following the announcement of the (re-)discovery of water on the Moon, I& #39;m including in my #Flickr album an image showing 8 of the (many) shots of the #Moon my son and me took last year. Full details, as always, in the description below. https://www.flickr.com/photos/angelrls/50535990702">https://www.flickr.com/photos/an...
