In this post, I’ll break down how to photograph theOrion Nebula, one of the most spectacular deep-sky objects in the night sky. While it may just look like a smudge to the naked eye, Orion is the nearest, large star-forming region to Earth at just 1,500 light years away. When yo...
In the video, you’ll see me set up my camera and lens to photograph the bright Lagoon Nebula that lies toward the center of the Milky Way core. TheLagoon Nebulais a stunning emission nebula in the constellationSagittarius. The Lagoon Nebula is big (90 × 40 arcmin’s), bright (apparen...
Why the nebula's core looks blown out Take a photograph of the Orion Nebula exposed for the core and it’ll look wonderfully detailed. However, much of the intricacy and colour of the surrounding area will be lost in darkness. No problem: simply increase the exposure to bring them back. ...
From star clusters to distant faint objects such as nebulae and galaxies, I’ll show you how to photograph them and get the best results. if you’re a beginner in astrophotography, then you can learn how to image bright objects in the skies too such as the Milky Way, comets and much ...
The Flame is almost not a visual object -- it is easy to photograph because the camera stores light, but it is very challenging to see visually. As someone pointed out, the higher magnitude number means it's fainter. Low power and nebula filters will probably just barely make it visible ...
That's a good filter for nebula which are primarily narrowband Hydrogen and Oxygen gases. Galaxies like M31 are primarily broadband starlight so they photograph better without that type of filter. If you try it without a filter you will notice a lot more sky light pollution but the galaxy wi...
When the sunlight is not absorbed from a thick atmosphere (Sun near the horizon), a filter must be used to view or photograph the Sun. A filter needs to block at least as well in the IR as in the visible, and to at least 2000 nm and preferable 2500 nm (most materials if blocking...
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You can photograph the moon using a telephoto lens or by hooking a camera to your telescope. The Sun Our sun Courtesy SOHO consortium The sun is our nearest star. Like the moon, the sun is big, bright, and can be observed easily with a telescope, provided that you take the proper ...
You can photograph the moon using a telephoto lens or by hooking a camera to your telescope. The Sun Our sun Courtesy SOHO consortium The sun is our nearest star. Like the moon, the sun is big, bright, and can be observed easily with a telescope, provided that you take the proper ...