astronomy

A new one for me, the Orion Nebula! When I got my Dob last year, I knew this would be one that I would want to photograph. It is big, bright, and colorful. As a result it is an easier target for someone like me who is operating outside of what my focus normally is (planetary astrophotography...

Hi all, I apologise for not being active for a while, I have been super busy with life duties! This is a composite containing my pics I shot of last week's Lunar Eclipse. I had to battle the clouds constantly and it took me all of yesterday to get it to where it is now; I am very proud with...

Messier 42 and IC 434: The Orion and Horsehead Nebulae Managed to snap these iconic duo on the night of the 25th of March. I'm glad I used my Canon 6Da to bring out the hidden Ha wavelengths in the Horsehead! Stars are trailing slightly because my polar alignment wasn't super accurate but it...

I took the North America + Pelican Nebulae using narrowband filters relatively recently and wanted to share it. Feedback is welcome! North America and Pelican Nebulae by Daniel Drew posted Jan 16, 2019 at 9:29 PM Narrowband Image Frames: 8x360 seconds each of Hydrogen-Alpha, Oxygen-III, and...

The limbs of these dead trees seem to be reaching up and grasping for the rich and colourful core of our Milky Way galaxy, and the planet Mars as well. Jupiter is about to be eclipsed by the trees on the left, while not far above it a pair of satellites reflects the light of the sun from their...

The farmer who owns this property, located in the hills southwest of the rural town of Nowra, Australia, happened to come home as I was setting up my camera and tripod. Seeing him move toward the gate, right near where I was lurking in the dark, I uttered “hi there”, but it went unanswered...

Yalwal Camping Area, New South Wales, Australia. Despite having planned to get to this spot when Venus was higher in the sky, I ended up arriving just as the “evening star” was close to the horizon. By the time I lined up my camera and tripod to shoot this vertical panorama, the trees on the...

This was taken the night before the eclipse at camp. The Milky Way was extremely bright and there were many shooting stars throughout the night. I have more to process but will probably leave those for tomorrow. I'll post them in this thread when I finish them. This is a single 25 second...