Now i don't really have the right equipment for this sort of photography. In fact its all wrong. I don't have an equatorial mount and i used an Achromatic refracting scope which imparts a lot of chromatic aberrations on bright objects. 

 

However, i am still really happy with how these have come out.

 

 

1. M31 Andromeda Galaxy 10x3 second exposures stacked.

 

 

2.M82 (left) and M82 (right) galaxies. The Yellowish dot in M82 is a Supernova which has become visible only recently. Similar number of exposures to the first pic.

 

3. M42 Orion Nebula. Roughly 20 x 10 sec exposures stacked and processed.

 

 

 

Comments welcome. Thanks for looking.

 

 

 

Very nice.

One more

 

M45

Fantastic pictures Roblatus!  My daughter is currently doing her A levels in photography, so bought a decent camera for her to use. I got the bug for Astro photography, though I don't have any long lenses just yet... Once my new car is on the drive I'll be investing in a long lens to try and achieve the type of pictures you're taking.   Keep them coming..I'd be interested in seeing more !

 

My efforts so far ! 

Thanks for your comments Keith. My photos are all fairly basic to be honest. If you spend about £1500 and get equatorial tracking mounts, ED Rafractor telescopes, guide scopes and more then the results are incredible. I use a scope that cost about £270 and my Digital SLR.

 

Your widefield shots look pretty good to me keep it up!.

 

This is a link to my astro pics on Flickr. Taken with some different scopes and different cameras.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44820677@N03/sets/72157629273285927/

 

 

Feel free to comment. 

Wow they are great

Good work 

Some good pictures of Sun Spots you got there Rob...looking forward to some clear skies soon...I hope !

Like those a lot. I know nothing about this area of photography.

 

Would be good to get out and about though, and find somewhere without much light pollution to try something like this.

Thanks Keith.

 

just had a message on Flickr saying that the BBC want to use the M45 shot in the Sky at Night programme. :-)

Nice one..that's the ultimate accolade...  I shall keep my eyes open for it !! 

Like those a lot. I know nothing about this area of photography.

 

Would be good to get out and about though, and find somewhere without much light pollution to try something like this.

 

The light pollution does cause a big headache for me... I'm surrounded by and orange glow...  Have to have a long drive out into the countryside to find a dark spot but to be honest you are probably never more than 30 miles from any large town/city that causes unwanted light.  There are some tricks you can use to beat the light, shorter exposure times and then use stacking software..  I was amazed one night..I could only see around 20-30 stars in the sky, took 7x 15 second exposure and caught over a 1000 stars !

I can see plenty of stars from my back garden. A 5-10 minute walk and I'm away from all but distant lights

My back garden is awash with the glow from streetlights. Really should go to a dark site sometime. Lol.

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Had another go at the Andromeda galaxy the other night. Used some longer exposures and more of them.

 

 

Wow gorgeous shots

Excellent shots,   How do you know where to look for the Galaxies

Had another go at the Andromeda galaxy the other night. Used some longer exposures and more of them.

 

 

A much better pic. M110 in view too.

Excellent shots,   How do you know where to look for the Galaxies

Stellarium is an excellent program.

Wow. Some great pictures.

I considered trying this type of shot when out in the Alps, but didn't do enough research (only had my DSLR a few weeks :p) Maybe next time

Excellent shots,   How do you know where to look for the Galaxies

The scope i used for this is a GOTO so once you have aligned it with two stars then you can just type in  "M31" for example and it will swing around to it.

 

Also as mentioned Stellarium is pretty good for seeing where abouts things will be in the sky at any given time. I have also downloaded some star charts from the internet which can be usefull on the manual 8" reflecting telescope i also have.

 

 

 

These are the scopes i have. Nothing spectacular but still allow you to see some great things and maybe get a few photos along the way. :-)

 

 

Edited 8 February, 201412 yr by Guest

The scope i used for this is a GOTO so once you have aligned it with two stars then you can just type in  "M31" for example and it will swing around to it.

 

Also as mentioned Stellarium is pretty good for seeing where abouts things will be in the sky at any given time. I have also downloaded some star charts from the internet which can be usefull on the manual 8" reflecting telescope i also have.

 

 

 

These are the scopes i have. Nothing spectacular but still allow you to see some great things and maybe get a few photos along the way. :-)

Ah, the infamous 200p strikes again!

My weapon of choice for visuals, too. Great scope.

Sky and telescope's sky atlas is also highly recommended, if you're out and about.

Just read you're not on an EQ mount, so all the more impressive.

Edited 8 February, 201412 yr by BobSidian