A mosaic of the center of our home galaxy using 14 panels with a Rokinon 135mm f2 lens and Nikon D5300 h-alpha modified. Unfortunately, not a perfectly clear night, and so some panels had slight cloud cover, hence a difficult job in stitching together. But a very good practice for my first mosaic. 14 panels2 […]
Category Archives: Galaxies
M31- The Andromeda Galaxy from a Bortle 2 dark sky
Last Updated on October 4, 2019
M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy
Shooting all night in remote woods at -15C is brutal. The biggest challenge is frozen fingers and feet. The only refuge was my car, where I took shelter during small breaks. Yet I managed to complete this imaging session and have a beautiful image to share. The Whirlpool Galaxy is one of my favorites, because […]
M81 and M82
M81 (Bode’s) and M82 (Cigar) galaxies can be imaged all year round from the northern sky, but are highest in the sky in early spring. This is my first effort with the Nikon true black current hack enabled. It is doing an amazing job and I can finaly properly subtract dust motes out of my […]
First astroimaging session with Guiding
My first astrophotography with guiding. Its incredible how drastic the improvement is. By exposing longer, not only do you get so much more detail, but you eliminate any tracking issues that cause star trails. HDR image consisting of: 10 subs x 180 seconds8 subs x 60 seconds Stacked 9 subs x 180 seconds in DSS […]
Bortle 2 trip to Nirvana
Decided to take a trip to one of the darkest places in southern Ontario. Nirvana AKA Irvine Lake Strip is a Bortle 2 area just north of Bon Echo Provinical Park. I setup my Orion ST80 on an AVX mount with a Nikon D3200 camera. All images were tracked for around 60 seconds each, some […]