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I Enjoy Taking Long Exposure Photographs Of Deep Space Objects, Here Are 22 Of My Latest Images
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My name is David and I spend every clear night out under the stars with my telescope taking long exposure photographs of deep space objects.
These are my latest images that I've captured. I think it is amazing what we can see from our own backyards even in highly polluted areas! Whenever the conditions are right, I take my gear outside to create new stills and then share them with others on my Instagram profile. You can also find more of my photographs in my previous post on Bored Panda.
More info: astrodavido.com | Instagram
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Ngc4565 - The Needle Galaxy
Think for a moment. Galaxies have billions of stars. Those stars have Goldilocks zones, and some have planets in said zone. Those planets may host intelligent life. Anyone who thinks Earth is unique in the fact that it has life is selfish. We have proof that small bacteria used to live on Mars even!
M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy
M45 - The Pleiades
I love the Pleiades! Outer space and Ancient Greece are my two biggest special interests and I love how much Greek mythology ties into astronomy
Sh2-132 - The Lion Nebula
M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy
I’m correcting my previous comment, this just looks like A Galaxy
Ic 405 - The Flaming Star Nebula
M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula
How do we know for sure these aren't portals to some entirely different universe or dimension, we just cant access it yet?
Ngc2903
Ic410 And Ic417 - The Tadpoles Nebula And The Spider Nebula
Ngc4725 And Ngc4712
Albireo - A Double Star
Ngc6946 - The Fireworks Galaxy
I used to enjoy the night sky until our local government introduced ultra bright white LED lights and installed MORE light units to replace the old sodium ones, the night sky has almost vanished in to a sea of light pollution......I hope that their own lights in their homes forever blow bulbs. David you work is amazing and is brilliant to see.
Ugh, I’m so sorry - unfortunately, light pollution isn’t a priority it seems. I’m in Bortle 6/7 skies so I understand. Have you checked into EAA before, its essentially live stacking images with the scope - nice alternative to visual astronomy while still getting out under the stars. Thanks for the kind words!
To give an idea of how bright things are here, the main road has 4 ROWS of street lights, the light across the road is so bright it shines through 4 layers of window dressing. even Orion is almost washed out.
That’s such a shame, I wonder if the local government there would do anything about all of the unnecessary street lights.
I wish they would turn them down at night but nope, they are too busy with vanity projects.
it's ... woaw ! What equipment do you use?
Thanks! For most of these, I used a Celestron 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope on a CGEM II mount with a ZWO ASI1600MM Pro camera. For narrowband data, I use Antlia 3nm filters. For a few of these images, I used my little Astro-Tech AT72EDII refractor on an AVX mount.
Is that telescope very difficult to learn to use? My siblings and my parents have been wanting to get a decent telescope for ages, ever since the 'rents got a property up in New Hampshire. The sky is so clear up there.
For visual use, the Celestron Nexstar 8SE is a great choice and not difficult to use. It includes an alt/az mount which makes things easier than an EQ mount as I’m using here which is necessary for long exposures to prevent star trails and field rotation. GoTo functionality is nice on it as well so you can easily find objects in the sky.
Thank you for the info!
thank you for all the references. and continue to make us dream !
Wow, you took these photos with a telescope? I thought you would have used a camera.
Most all of these were taken with an 8” telescope and a dedicated astronomy CMOS camera.
Yeah, I know. It's just my warped humor.
I used to enjoy the night sky until our local government introduced ultra bright white LED lights and installed MORE light units to replace the old sodium ones, the night sky has almost vanished in to a sea of light pollution......I hope that their own lights in their homes forever blow bulbs. David you work is amazing and is brilliant to see.
Ugh, I’m so sorry - unfortunately, light pollution isn’t a priority it seems. I’m in Bortle 6/7 skies so I understand. Have you checked into EAA before, its essentially live stacking images with the scope - nice alternative to visual astronomy while still getting out under the stars. Thanks for the kind words!
To give an idea of how bright things are here, the main road has 4 ROWS of street lights, the light across the road is so bright it shines through 4 layers of window dressing. even Orion is almost washed out.
That’s such a shame, I wonder if the local government there would do anything about all of the unnecessary street lights.
I wish they would turn them down at night but nope, they are too busy with vanity projects.
it's ... woaw ! What equipment do you use?
Thanks! For most of these, I used a Celestron 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope on a CGEM II mount with a ZWO ASI1600MM Pro camera. For narrowband data, I use Antlia 3nm filters. For a few of these images, I used my little Astro-Tech AT72EDII refractor on an AVX mount.
Is that telescope very difficult to learn to use? My siblings and my parents have been wanting to get a decent telescope for ages, ever since the 'rents got a property up in New Hampshire. The sky is so clear up there.
For visual use, the Celestron Nexstar 8SE is a great choice and not difficult to use. It includes an alt/az mount which makes things easier than an EQ mount as I’m using here which is necessary for long exposures to prevent star trails and field rotation. GoTo functionality is nice on it as well so you can easily find objects in the sky.
Thank you for the info!
thank you for all the references. and continue to make us dream !
Wow, you took these photos with a telescope? I thought you would have used a camera.
Most all of these were taken with an 8” telescope and a dedicated astronomy CMOS camera.
Yeah, I know. It's just my warped humor.