Photography
Related: About this forumM31 the andromeda galaxy,probably my longest exposure ever
Over 14 hours of data using 2 different filters to bring out details
Dave Bowman
(3,674 posts)True Dough
(20,496 posts)It's a little out of the way.
Nicely done!
littlemissmartypants
(25,630 posts)brer cat
(26,345 posts)FSogol
(46,576 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,301 posts)Foolacious
(517 posts)femmedem
(8,445 posts)Congratulations! You must be so proud of this image.
moonshinegnomie
(2,916 posts)Marcuse
(8,025 posts)AZ8theist
(6,530 posts)calimary
(84,425 posts)Really makes you stop and think. And wonder
RexLipton
(98 posts)Last edited Wed Oct 9, 2024, 11:14 AM - Edit history (1)
Simply amazing!
You must have a very smooth mount!!
moonshinegnomie
(2,916 posts)RexLipton
(98 posts)moonshinegnomie
(2,916 posts)The mount is more important for astrophotography.
Unlike visual work where minor wiggles are ok astrophotography doesnt really have tolerance for it. I really want a 4-5 refractor around 5-60mm of focal length and fast
Plus a dedicated Astro cam. And better filters and
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Nululu
(945 posts)Amazing work.
Butterflylady
(3,997 posts)Seinan Sensei
(707 posts)Impressive at every level
usonian
(14,091 posts)I dont have the patience.
I considered a career in astronomy.
Decided that getting paid was a better option.
ENJOY. HAVE A BLAST.
Awesome to share these works.
✨🔭
Added a link to my 20mm camera lens photo
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1036136930
moonshinegnomie
(2,916 posts)once i set up i can program a little device i have to take x number of exposures of 5 length. then once it starts shooting i can ignore it until its done x hours later. In the morning I take a series of calibration exposures and then download the whole group onto my computer for processing. thats where the real work is.
stacking all these frames (over 300) took almost 200gb of hard drive space and about 4 hours for my computer to process. then i work on bringing out teh details
usonian
(14,091 posts)But I get a tiny fuzzy patch instead of your great photo.
Fantastic skill and patience.
iluvtennis
(20,896 posts)Laha
(418 posts)I sure hope so, would be fun to meet them
Foolacious
(517 posts)The Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million light years from us. You could fit about 25 Milky Way galaxies between us and them.
pjyonemura
(9 posts)Stellar photo. Thank you for posting it.
samsingh
(17,900 posts)Hekate
(94,889 posts)Thank you
moonshinegnomie
(2,916 posts)i just have to figure out how to control matter anti matter reactions using dilithium crystals
Picaro
(1,813 posts)Stunning pic.
majdrfrtim
(340 posts)What a triumph!!
Thank you for sharing this.
SheltieLover
(59,727 posts)TY for sharing with us!
OAITW r.2.0
(28,449 posts)You get to read great posts like this.
Phoenix61
(17,691 posts)Clouds Passing
(2,370 posts)flying_wahini
(8,026 posts)How dark sky does it need to be to take this?
I know we probably cant see with the naked eye, can we?
moonshinegnomie
(2,916 posts)it will appear as just a smudge though.
as for taking the picture it can be done in pretty light polluted areas. theres a scale that can be used for how dark teh sky is called teh bortle scale. it goes from 1 (darkest skies in the middle of nowhere like big bend national park) to 9 ( a bright urban area like in the downtown area of a major city)
my skies are bortle 7+ mIm in the first suburb north of austin texas and right by the suburbs downtown area
padfun
(1,857 posts)Or is it with-in the Milky Way?
moonshinegnomie
(2,916 posts)its M110. the bright spot just below andromeda is another satellite M32
niyad
(120,283 posts)By the way, I love that adorable logo on your photos.
Bernardo de La Paz
(51,026 posts)surfered
(3,340 posts)Beartracks
(13,594 posts)SpankMe
(3,264 posts)Doesn't look a day over 1 million!