Astrophotography

[Blue bio balls]

Great pictures

 

[wsbrown]

Lagoon Nebula

Full resolution image here

https://www.astrobin.com/full/411310/0/

 

[StuP]

Fascinating stuff.

 

[gun guy17]

Cool photos! How do you identify objects and navigate to them?

 

[wsbrown]

I plan out what I want to image on a few apps. I have a motorized mount controlled via laptop for acquiring and tracking a target. My previous mount would only account for earth's rotation, I had to find objects manually. Learning where stuff was manually was good, but having a go-to mount is a huge time saver.

 

[gun guy17]

I never really thought about how much needs to happen to get a quality still photo of a moving object in space from a platform (earth) that is also moving. Space is fascinating. I enjoy your photography

 

[wsbrown]

Widefield of North American Nebula

Full resolution here
https://www.astrobin.com/full/416361/0/?nc=user

 

[wsbrown]

NGC 6914 in Cygnus

 

[wsbrown]

IC 1284

 

[wsbrown]

Triangulum Galaxy