Transit of Mercury in Hydrogen-alpha, by Paul Williamson, as viewed from the United Arab Emirates on 9 May 2016.
Tag - astro
One of the most important elements when choosing a lens for astrophotography is the aperture. Learn why FAST GLASS is so important!
You don't need a telescope to shoot deep sky objects! A camera and a standard lens will do just fine for many large and beautiful targets in space.
Cone Nebula & Christmas Tree Cluster, by Tim Christensen. A 6-panel mosaic, 42.0 hours of exposure time captured using a Celestron EdgeHD 800.
Do you want to capture jaw dropping Milky Way photos? Of course you do! Here's a complete guide to get you started.
Get the astrophotography backstory on the acquisition and post-processing details of the Large Megellanic Cloud by Amit Ashok Kamble and Jonathan Green.
The Wizard Nebula (NGC 7380), by Jaspal Chadha. Only 8,000 light years distant, the nebula surrounds a newly forming star cluster with gas and dust.
The Milky Way stretches over the experimental interferometer in Calern, by Jean-Paul Mission.
Many different interpretations of the same Milky Way image data. See how everyone processes their astrophotography images differently.
Image of the Week March 25, 2016, by Jose Mtanous. An amazing 4-panel mosiac of the Horse Head, IC434, Orion Nebula (M42), and M78.