In celebration of BBC's Stargazing Live, lets post some 'space' photos we've taken

 

Here is a picture of the moon to start us off (just taken with camera and not through a telescope)!

One from 16.10.13

 

Sigma 150-500 zoom handheld

 

One of my brother's shots, Ring Nebula. He's getting heavy into astrophotography.

Edited 10 January, 201412 yr by Guest

One more from my bro.

That's nice, need the right kit for sun photography....

Yes RS, he retired and realised he needed to find something to do. Has bought 4 scopes now in total including a sun scope with different filters.

This might seem a bit unlikely, but I snapped it a while ago in my back garden with a handheld DSLR, It is pretty much a 100% crop. But when I held up my Google Sky app, it said I was looking at Jupiter. It does sort of look possible......if you squint at it .

 

Jupiter??? by Geordie Amanda, on Flickr

 

Oh and a moon shot too

 

Cold Moon by Geordie Amanda, on Flickr

Edited 20 January, 201412 yr by Lady Elanore

Nice.... what kit to capture the moon?

Nice.... what kit to capture the moon?

If you mean mine, I just used a 7D with a 70-200mm (f2.8) and I think I had a 1.4TC on as well (need to find the original shot and check the EXIF data. I used the same for the blurry planet shot too though)

Ha I too have a 7D!

Love it, shame I can't afford any L series lenses....

It's the best thing I have ever bought, the L glass that is

70-200 2.8 is a great lens. I have the same one. It's just a tad bulky to lug around all day.

I'll pop some more of my brothers efforts on if there is interest.

Yes please!

 

 

 

Jupiter on top and Orion nebula through O3 filter (sees oxygen)

Edited 22 January, 201412 yr by Guest

Neat! Thanks for posting

Pleasure is all mine (and my bro's I suppose, lol)

Orion Nebula is cool. Like that. I must get my gear out and give this a whirl.

I've nae idea how to capture this sort of photo. What setting are ring used for the moon shots??

Hi Gregie, my moon shot that kicked off the thread was taken with my 70-300 zoom lens, so the moon appears as quite a small part of the whole frame, this leads to cameras (if left on 'auto-exposure') tending to over expose the moon because even a half moon is surprisingly bright. My moon shot was handheld at iso 800, f8 and 1/250

Cheers ill give it a bash and play around with the settings and hopefully will get some nice photos.

FYI the Orion constellation has a red giant in the shape of Betelgeuse. Can be seen slightly red with the naked eye.

M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

 

Bodes Nebula and Cigar Galaxy M81/M82