Monthly Archive:: July 2014
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Introduction The North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus is probably one of the most popular widefield subjects of the northern hemisphere. This beautiful field of view contains
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Introduction C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) is a non-periodic comet discovered in June 2011 that became visible to the naked eye when it was near perihelion in March 2013. It
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Equipment
Aiming and framing with a DSLR In many occasions you probably are using a DSLR for astrophotography on a mount that doesn’t have GoTo, so you have to
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Previously I shared the image I took of NGC 4216 and friends here. I absolutely love this field of view in the constellation of Virgo with it’s many
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Introduction I had high hopes up front about this subject. I just find it very beautiful and never quite understood why it got a nickname like the ‘antennae
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Subject information NGC 4216 is spiral galaxy located not far from the center of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, roughly 40 million light-years away. It’s seen nearly edge-on.
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Equipment
I have this little lens already for 8 years or something, and have hardly used it even though it’s quite a decent lens. It gets good reviews and
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Equipment
This lens first appealed to me most because of it’s speed and allround abilities; having F2.8 available at 24mm and being able to go to 85mm with F4
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Equipment
Choosing a Nikon for astrophotography I must admit; the main reason for me to choose a Nikon D7000 to use for astrophotography had very little to do with
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Subject information The Siamese Twins (NGC 4567 and NGC 4568) are a set of spiral galaxies 60 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. These galaxies are
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