ASTROFANATIC

Anything astrophotography related. All images are by me!

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Milky Mosaic

2 pane mosaic of the Milky Way taken in Tenerife, Spain. Taken using a Canon 6D and Samyang 24mm Lens. 

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Milky Trees Part 2

I took almost an identical picture this last time i was in Tenerife but this time i think the trees look a bit cooler. 

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Distant Lights and Starry Nights

Milky Way taken from Tenerife looking south towards the lights of the seaside resorts. Its quite incredible how much the camera will pick up, the light pollution really dosent look that bad when you are there!

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Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex

Another photo taken in Tenerife this year and of my favourite region in space. This region contains some pretty mega stars and the banshee that is the Antares region. 

Taken at about 2100m on the side of a road in Tenerife on the TF21 up the volcano. 

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Milky Way Core - Tenerife

Possibly my best picture to date, this was taken 2 weeks ago in May 2017 in Tenerife, Spain. The image is a stack of 3 images which has been processed to extract the detail in the dust lanes. I took this at about 2 am at 2138m on the side of a Volcano. Canon 6D, Samyang 24mm, F5.6 ISO 800 X 3 

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Lagoon and Triffid Nebula - M8, M20

First deep space image from my trip to Tenerife last week. M8 and M20 are huge interstellar clouds of gas sitting in the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way. Taken at an altitude of 2138m on El Teide Volcano, Tenerife. May 25th 2017. 

Canon 700D mod, Canon 200mm 78x30sec

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Omega Centauri 

Omega Centauri is a globular cluster that spans 230 light years and is made up of over 10 million stars. Taken in Tenerife, 2138m altitude, 6D, 200mm, F4, ISO800 20x1min

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Cygnus Region Milky Way 

Another image of this region which was taken back last summer in Switzerland. I only just remembered i never processed this one!

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Moon and Venus

Out doing a shoot this evening and couldnt resist this shot. 

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Horse Head IC434

Took this in Kessingland Suffolk on the 29/12/2016. I was very lazy in my set up and my polar alignment was pretty bad so only managed to salvage 42 subs of 75 secs. Canon 700D, Canon 400mm L, F6.3 ISO800, iOptron SkyTracker. 

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Orion Nebula - NGC 1976

Its been a while since ive targeted this but its nice and easy and takes very little processing due to its distance to Earth. 

Taken in Earls Colne, Essex 26/12/2016 Canon 700D, Canon 400mm L F6.3, ISO 800, 46x1min

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Rho Ophiuchi and Antares

Ive been spending the day going over old data to see if i can improve upon my previous attempts at editing this. Pretty happy with the progress ive made on this image :) 

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Pleiades

Another target ive imaged before but with this game you have to keep imaging the same targets to see how you have improved. 

Canon 700D, Canon 400mm F6.3 21x5min, ISO400

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Orions Showcase 

Ive imaged this part of the sky on numerous occasions and will probably keep imaging it until I die because it just looks fucking wicked. 

30x2min, ISO800, Canon 700D mod, Canon 200mm at F4 

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Farewell Super Moon

See you some time soon

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More Super Moon

So people seemed to quite like the image I posted yesterday so im posting another one, this time the moon is just rising above some clouds. Getting images of the moon with foreground detail is bloody difficult and can only be done when its low in the sky. 

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Super Moon - Nov 2016 

Taken a day before the optimum due to the weather forecast.